Articles by Paul Adepoju

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Thu, January 17th, 15:20 · Paul Adepoju

Amnesty International promotes youth understanding of poverty and human rights

Amnesty International has launched a new platform giving African youths and other users the opportunity to understand the nexus between poverty and human rights with RespectMyRights.org → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju

StarTimes launches DVB-T2 technology in Nigeria and other African countries

Broadcaster StarTimes has introduced DVB-T2 technology to a host of African countries in a bid to meet its target of providing wholly digital television signal by June 2015. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 13:08 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian network providers commend government over security of telecoms infrastructures

The Nigerian government has been praised by the country’s telecommunications network providers providers for its quick responses in the protection of facilities belonging to operators across the country. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 10:50 · Paul Adepoju

Omatek CEO calls on Nigeria’s capital market stakeholders to support SMEs

Florence Seriki, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive of Omatek Ventures Plc, has called on players in the Nigerian capital markets to support the goods, products and services being offered by the country’s small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) listed on the stock exchange. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 10:26 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s Interswitch promotes web payment security with Safetoken

Integrated payment and transaction processing company Interswitch has launched Safetoken in compliance with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy concerning mandatory tokens for payments made online in Nigeria. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 09:49 · Paul Adepoju

Centralized biometric identification database project for Africa underway

A project is underway to launch a centralised biometric identity database for West African countries. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 09:24 · Paul Adepoju

Etisalat Nigeria hits 15 million subscribers base, focuses on expansion and service upgrade

Etisalat Nigeria, a major network operator, has announced an increase in subscribers to 15 million, equating to 15 percent of the country’s telecoms market. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 08:30 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria will generate wealth and jobs via indigenous technology – Science and Technology Minister

Professor Ita Okon Bassey, the Nigerian Minister of Science and Technology, has revealed plans to create wealth and millions of jobs through indigenous technology. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 07:33 · Paul Adepoju

80 percent of data collection in Africa is with pen and paper or face-to-face interviews

Online data collection is yet to become well established in Nigeria because of the unreliability of communication services, according to Paul Nnanwobu, Chief Executive of Random Dynamic Resources, a fast-growing indigenous market research company. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 15:27 · Paul Adepoju

Indian company launches new tablets in Nigeria

HCL Infosystems, a major Indian premier services provider involved in ICT systems integration, distribution and hardware has launched a new range of tablets across Africa and the Middle East. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 09:54 · Paul Adepoju

NITEL Warehouse Manager among 17 arrested for cable theft in Nigeria

Police officers in Lagos have arrested 17 suspects, including Warehouse Manager at Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), for allegedly stealing cables valued at 50 million naira (US$318,000) belonging to the country’s former telecommunications company. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 09:10 · Paul Adepoju

MasterCard President decries high volume of cash transactions, supports CBN cashless policy

Despite the immense advance in mobile retail technology, around 85 percent of all transactions are still being made with cash, which will only change with the “will of the people”, according to the President of MasterCard Worldwide. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 08:59 · Paul Adepoju

New ICT tool introduced to combat Abidjan traffic woes

A new crowdsourcing ICT tool called CivRoute has been developed by four tech-savvy Ivorians to help citizens overcome traffic problems in the capital city. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 19:15 · Paul Adepoju

Research agency predicts boom in mobile, online display and social media

Global research agency Millward Brown has revealed its latest top ten digital and media predictions including how using “mobile as remote” will become the “brains” of utilities. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 15:44 · Paul Adepoju

Q&A: Obi Asika, Lagos Chairman of Social Media Week

Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos will host Social Media Week (SMW) from February 18 to 22 - the first time an African city has hosted what has become a major global event. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 13:06 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian government insists farmers need phones

The last may not have been heard on the 10 million phones the Nigerian government is planning to procure and distribute to the nation's farmers after the nation's Agriculture Minister, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, said in spite of the criticism, he still believes the devices are needed. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 11:29 · Paul Adepoju

Truce yet to be reached in dispute over AFCON broadcast in Nigeria

The Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria (BON) has revealed no solution is in sight on the dispute over who will screen the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), despite the competition kicking off in South Africa on Friday. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 10:33 · Paul Adepoju

Abuja’s Development Control Dept demolishes telecom masts

The Federal Capital Territory Administration’s Department of Development Control in the Nigerian capital of Abuja has initiated the removal of communication masts belonging to various telecommunications companies because they were put up “illegally”. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 15:08 · Paul Adepoju

Social media regulation unrealistic in Nigeria – expert

A social media expert has declared unrealistic the proposition that the Nigerian government should regulate access to and the use of social media in Nigeria. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 13:30 · Paul Adepoju

MultiChoice Nigeria promotes ICT teaching in schools

Nigeria’s largest pay television company MultiChoice Nigeria will unveil more MultiChoice Resource Centres (MRC) in government owned schools across Nigeria to improve knowledge and skills in information and communication technology. → Read more