Nigeria, Page 18
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Fri, May 23rd, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s largest TV network to be split to achieve digital switchover
Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has announced plans to split the government-owned Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) into two independent parts as directed by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) towards achieving digital migration. → Read more
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Fri, May 23rd, 11:30 · Paul Adepoju
Internet abuse a universal plague – Soyinka
Nigerian Prof Wole Soyinka, a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, believes internet abuse is becoming a universal plague, and has called for collective, professional action to protect the integrity of the medium. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
Smile to launch in Abuja, Port Harcourt in August
Smile Communications has announced plans to extend its services to Nigeria’s capital city Abuja and Port Harcourt in August following launches in Ibadan and Lagos. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Slow growth expected for apps not entertainment-related – Find-A-Med
Apps that are not entertainment-related are expected to record slow growth in Nigeria, according to Emeka Onyenwe, co-founder of award winning healthcare app Find-A-Med. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian travellers need education on advantages of online booking – Jovago
Nigerians remain reluctant to fully embrace booking services online, even though Sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest growing market in hospitality in the world and the Nigerian hospitality sector is the fastest growing in the region, according to Marek Zmyslowski, managing director of Jovago. → Read more
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Thu, May 22nd, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
West Africa’s largest data centre to be commissioned in July
MainOne’s US$25 million data centre, currently under construction in Lagos, Nigeria, will be commissioned in July, according to Temitope Osunrinde, the company’s marketing support analyst. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
POS transactions in Nigeria hit $150m in April – CBN
The amount of point-of sale (PoS) transactions in Nigeria rose to NGN24 billion (US$150 million) in April, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), with the total number of deployed PoS devices rising to 153,167 from 5,000 in 2010. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Customers have inspired us to expand so quickly – Jovago
Jovago’s customers are responsible for the company’s rapid expansion, according to Nigeria managing director Marek Zmyslowski, who told HumanIPO the company has experienced amazing growth in Nigeria and is now looking further afield. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
Startups in co-working spaces 4 times more likely to survive – Davies
The chance of a startup surviving quadruples when it operates from a co-working space, according to Nigerian tech innovation expert Tomi Davies. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Intel to relaunch Create Your Tomorrow campaign in Nigeria
Intel has said it is ready to relaunch its Create Your Tomorrow initiative in Nigeria following its successful initiation last year teaching students the value of ICTs in their future careers. → Read more
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Wed, May 21st, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Fines not enough to tackle poor Nigerian telecoms QoS – analysts
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) needs to do more than fine operators if it is to tackle the poor quality of service (QoS) in the country, according to analysts at Informa Telecoms & Media. → Read more
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Tue, May 20th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
NCC to issue 2 broadband InfraCo licences by September
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced it will be issuing two licenses to regional infrastructure companies (InfraCos) to provide fibre infrastructure for broadband internet access across the country. → Read more
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Tue, May 20th, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
Fostering tech entrepreneurship focus of EduNet 2014 conference
The EduNet 2014 conference kicks off today under the theme of fostering technology entrepreneurship in Nigerian universities. → Read more
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Mon, May 19th, 17:30 · Paul Adepoju
ICT can be engine room that drives Nigeria’s national growth – report
ICT can be the engine that drives Nigeria movement from a mono-cultural economy, according to the Connect Nigeria report released by the country’s Federal Ministry of Communication Technology (FMCT). → Read more
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Mon, May 19th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lamudi launches in 6 more countries
Online real estate platform Lamudi has extended its operations to Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Jordan, taking the total number of countries it operates in to 28. → Read more
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Fri, May 16th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Find-A-Med wins MWA2014 mobile app competition
Find-A-Med app has emerged the winner of the mobile app competition at the Mobile West Africa 2014 event in Lagos, Nigeria, after pitching its products alongside four other groups of developers. → Read more
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Fri, May 16th, 17:00 · Paul Adepoju
iPhones will cost $10 in 2019 – Ahonen
Mobile expert Tomi Ahonen has projected that by summer of 2019 the cost of a smartphone such as an iPhone will be as low as US$10, including distribution, marketing and profit. → Read more
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Fri, May 16th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Johnson insists Nigeria spectrum auction will take place this year
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s minister of communication technology, has said the planned 2.5 GHz band frequency spectrum auction will take place before the end of the year, in spite of regulatory body the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) expressing doubts it would happen so soon. → Read more
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Fri, May 16th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Shareholders to appoint directors of Nigeria’s telecoms companies
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has released a new Corporate Governance Code stipulating shareholders of telecoms companies will be responsible for the appointment of boards of directors. → Read more
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Fri, May 16th, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
Brand ambassadors better funded than Nigeria’s startup community – Njoku
Brand ambassadors for telecoms companies receive more money than Nigeria’s startup community, even though more venture capital funds are now available, according to iROKO founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Jason Njoku, who called for the remobilisation of funds to promote startups and enable them to create more local content. → Read more
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