Articles by Paul Adepoju

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Fri, October 12th, 09:18 · Paul Adepoju

Liberia gets first digital visitors’ map

Visitors to Liberia can now find their way around the capital Monrovia using the first digital visitors’ map, which was produced by John Sheehy of Emerging Business Lab and has several user-friendly features to help users locate important landmarks easily. → Read more
Fri, October 12th, 04:00 · Paul Adepoju

Cogniko, global digital intelligence company, opens Nigerian office

Cogniko, a leading global technology brand in analytic and digital intelligence, has expanded its business network to Nigeria to increase its clout as a digital solutions provider for local and international markets. → Read more
Thu, October 11th, 13:39 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian hackers to represent Africa at world challenge

Nigeria will this year be Africa’s sole representative at a global hackers’ challenge dubbed CyberLympics, slated for Miami in the United States later this month. → Read more
Thu, October 11th, 07:28 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s health ministry to use SMS to monitor countrywide operations

Patients in Nigeria will soon be able to lodge complaints on the nation’s healthcare system through, with plans underway to launch the technology in the near future, according to Nigeria’s health minister Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu. → Read more
Wed, October 10th, 04:06 · Paul Adepoju

Boko Haram terrorists blamed for telecoms’ slack performance in 3rd quarter

A review of the Nigerian communications industry for the third quarter of 2012 presented by Nigeria’s minister for communications technology Omobola Johnson showed the sector suffered major setbacks, attributed to the impact of Boko Haram terrorists. → Read more
Tue, October 9th, 13:45 · Paul Adepoju

MasterCard unveils first partnership with Nigeria’s top retailer

In line with the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a directive aimed at reducing cash transactions in Nigeria, global electronic payment leader MasterCard Worldwide has announced its first partnership with indigenous Nigerian retailers. → Read more
Mon, October 8th, 04:04 · Paul Adepoju

More illegal SIM-card vendors nabbed in Abuja

Officials from Nigeria’s communications industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Friday arrested more illegal SIM card sellers and successfully tracked down several unsuspecting subscribers who had purchased the cards at exorbitant prices in the nation’s federal capital Abuja. → Read more
Sat, October 6th, 06:19 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian advertising agency to use Skype video for operations

The Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) has become the first West African advertising agency to apply Skype’s interactive technology to facilitate consumer engagement and speedy service delivery. → Read more
Fri, October 5th, 13:37 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian government urged to create country’s local Internet protocol

Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), the body responsible for the nation’s .ng domain name, has urged the Government of Nigeria to create the country’s local Internet protocol. → Read more
Fri, October 5th, 13:16 · Paul Adepoju

Ghana’s rural to benefit from high-speed data links

Ghana’s communications minister Haruna Iddrisu has reassured citizens of the government’s commitment to promote an effective telecommunications network connecting the country’s remote regions to the rest of the nation. → Read more
Thu, October 4th, 12:03 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian Communications Satellite Corporation Act Bill passes second senate reading

The bill that will serve as “the enabling act for the Nigerian Communications Satellite Corporation (NCSC)” has passed through a second reading in the Senate chambers of the Nigerian National Assembly in Abuja. → Read more
Thu, October 4th, 09:05 · Paul Adepoju

Omatek introduces eco-friendly energy products into Nigerian market

In line with the new environmental requirements for electrical products in the Nigerian market, Omatek Engineering Services Ltd (OESL), in partnership with a China-based technology corporation Kehua Group, has unveiled a new range of energy-saving eco-friendly products in Lagos, Nigeria. → Read more
Thu, October 4th, 07:21 · Paul Adepoju

Sierra Leone hit by surge in prices of mobile recharge cards

Sierra Leone's communications regulator the National Telecommunication Commission (NATCOM) has condemned the current surge in the prices of mobile recharge vouchers and scratch cards in several parts of the country. → Read more
Wed, October 3rd, 07:07 · Paul Adepoju

Mobile users in Nigeria decry poor service quality, dismal customer relations

Nigeria’s mobile subscribers have decried the dismal quality of the telecommunication services in the country, claiming it is businesses that are on the receiving end. → Read more
Wed, October 3rd, 06:40 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian states urged to invest more in solar technology

State governments in Nigeria should invest more in solar technology to tackle the nation’s electricity power outages, says Abubakar Mohammed, the Director-General of Nigeria’s National Directorate of Employment (NDE). → Read more
Sun, September 30th, 08:07 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian government rejects calls to ban social media

The federal government of Nigeria has rejected calls asking it to ban the use of social media in the wake of the gruesome murder of a young woman in Lagos by friends she met on Facebook. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 09:48 · Paul Adepoju

MTN Ghana CEO arrest ordered

A Ghanaian court yesterday ordered the immediate arrest of the CEO and two other officials from the country’s largest mobile telecommunications company, MTN Ghana, due to their failure to appear before court for the third time. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 12:35 · Paul Adepoju

Police in Nigeria arrest illegal SIM card manufacturers

Officers from the Nigeria Police Force and operatives from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday arrested several individuals suspected to be producing counterfeit SIM cards using fake identities in the capital Abuja. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 04:20 · Paul Adepoju

Ghana’s banking industry urged to embrace cashless economy

Ghana’s senior minister for communications Haruna Iddrisu has urged the nation’s banking industry to embrace ICT to a greater level, saying there is a need for players in the financial sector to move towards cashless and branchless banking. → Read more
Wed, September 26th, 16:01 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s government commits $15M to indigenous ICT ventures

The Federal Government of Nigeria has earmarked US$15 million as start-up capital for its ICT sector, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, Minister of Communications Technology, said yesterday. → Read more