Articles by Paul Adepoju

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Mon, November 12th, 06:31 · Paul Adepoju

Group takes Cameroon gay right activism online, petitions govt

A pro homosexuality organization in Cameroon called All Out has launched an online petition on its website in which it is calling on President Paul Biya and the nation's justice minister to allow Roger Jean-Claude Mbédé, who was arrested after he sent a text message and placed a moratorium on Cameroon's discriminatory anti-gay laws, to regain his freedom → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 13:08 · Paul Adepoju

Made-in-Nigeria IT solutions earning praise

Major stakeholders in Nigeria’s ICT sector have praised the Nigerian government for promoting local development of computer hardware and software. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 12:37 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s top bank introduces customized Naira MasterCard

First Bank of Nigeria (FBN), a major first generation Nigerian bank, has introduced a debit Naira MasterCard that allows the bank’s teeming customers to personalize their cards by capturing their individuality on the card. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 10:36 · Paul Adepoju

Nazara to distribute EA mobile games in Nigeria, Ghana

To bring its array of globally renowned latest games to users in Nigeria, Ghana and the rest of Africa, international mobile games developing and publishing company Electronic Arts Incorporated has appointed Nazara Technologies as its core African vendor. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 09:26 · Paul Adepoju

Airtel touches lives in Ghana through CSR

To transforming lives across the Ghana, Airtel has, through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative dubbed “Touching Lives”, awarded gifts to Rebecca Kwapong and Emmanuel Martey, both residents from Asesewa in the Manyo Krobo District of the Eastern Region. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 07:20 · Paul Adepoju

Ghanaian locals save Vodafone millions worth of losses

To check cable theft in Ghana, reportedly affecting to the quality of telecommunications services, locals have initiated actions against vandalism of copper and fiber-optic cables. One of such is the recent tip off of the police by three residents of the Greater Accra Region, who on different occasions noted suspicious activities in the middle of the night. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 07:06 · Paul Adepoju

Gambia’s national telecoms reports increased revenue, expansion, upgrade

Gambia’s integrated telecommunications operator Gambia Telecommunications Company (Gamtel) has announced an increase in generated revenue. According to a report presented by the company, the company realized D1. 450 billion in revenue in 2011, an increase from D1.395 billion it generated in 2010. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 10:17 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian WebTV launches portal, corporate service

WebTV, a Nigerian online business TV, has launched a Web portal and corporate services. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 08:10 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s MTN And Globacom, top spenders in advertising

Mediafacts, an annual publication of MediaReach OMD, has i its latest publication revealed that Nigeria’s top four telecoms companies spent more than 20 billion naira, making them the highest advertising spenders in telecommunications product category. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 12:32 · Paul Adepoju

Glo Ghana records marginal reduction in subscriber base

Ghanaian telcos Glo Ghana has recorded the company’s first drop in the number of subscribers on its Glo Mobile network since it commenced operations in Ghana about five months ago. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 12:26 · Paul Adepoju

Ghanaian telcos lament over rising costs of cable cuts

Two of Ghana’s major ICT stakeholders National Communications Authority (NCA) and Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications are engaging other players in finding solutions to the incessant disruption of telecoms services, attributed to cable cuts that negatively affect service delivery. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 12:18 · Paul Adepoju

Ghana’s telecoms sector has created 1.5 million jobs, report

Aside from providing a wide array of services to Ghana’s population, telecommunications firms in the country play significant roles in developing the West African nation’s economy. → Read more
Tue, November 6th, 07:58 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria to censure ads and promos by telcos

The executive board of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Nigeria’s telecommunications industry regulator, has said it is now ready to intervene in what has become a common practice in which telecoms operators in Nigeria send adverts and promotions indiscriminately to subscribers. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 13:26 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s GTBank unveils PoS Promo, opens more e-branches

Efforts by Nigeria’s central bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to encourage Nigerians to adopt its cashless policy has received a major boost following the introduction a new promo by Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank), a major commercial bank in the country. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 13:05 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian undergraduates get new scheme for PC, Internet acquisition

The Nigerian government has revealed of plans to inaugurate a scheme that will allow students across the nation’s institutions of higher learning to own a computer. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 11:04 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian Telecoms rallying to initiate discriminatory tariffs in hostile states

Licensed telecoms operators in Nigeria has, under the tutelage of Association of licensed Telecommunication Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), revealed its displeasure with the tax regimes and harsh operating environments in several states across the country. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 07:39 · Paul Adepoju

Telecoms masts are not harmful, declares Nigeria’s communications minister

Nigeria’s minister of communications technology Omobola Johnson has declared as “untrue” the widely circulating claims that telecoms masts emit substances that are injurious to the human health. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 14:02 · Paul Adepoju

Airlines in Nigeria urged to adopt e-Planning to tackle flight delays

Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the government agency charged with the management of the nation’s airspace, is partnering with other stakeholders to tackle the menace of incessant flight delays at airports across the country by deploying the latest technology. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 13:31 · Paul Adepoju

Airtel Nigeria Announce Cost Slash, New Packages

Leading mobile telecommunications company Airtel Nigeria has slashed the cost of calls made across its network to 18 kobo per second, part of its bouquet of plans it recently revealed in Lagos. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 12:20 · Paul Adepoju

Vodafone launches dynamic data tariff plan in Ghana

Telecommunications firm Vodafone has launched a pay-as-you-go data tariff in Ghana to enable its subscribers to pay less as they spend more time surfing the Net via their mobile devices. → Read more