Nigeria, Page 23
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Tue, April 15th, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
PayLater pioneers credit-based online shopping in Nigeria
A new platform has been launched in Nigeria to allow online shoppers to purchase products on a buy-now-pay-later basis. → Read more
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Tue, April 15th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Abuja to host third African Internet Governance Forum
Nigeria’s capital Abuja has been announced as the host city for the third African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF) from July 10-12 2014. → Read more
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Mon, April 14th, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian online trading platform launched to enhance transparency, accountability
A new online trading platform called LeadTrader has been launched by Nigeria’s Lead Securities and Investment Limited to enhance transparency and accountability in stock market transactions and ease the process for capital market investors all over the world. → Read more
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Mon, April 14th, 16:30 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Savannah Fund invests in 3 African startups
Africa-focused seed capital fund Savannah Fund has invested in Zevan Limited (Kenya), BIGxGh (Ghana) and UniSmart (Nigeria) as part of its third accelerator round. → Read more
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Mon, April 14th, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
First iPad assembled in Nigeria
A group of young Nigerian ICT trainees have assembled an iPad device, the first of its kind, at the Calabar Phone and iPad Assembling Plant component of the Niger Delta Skill Acquisition Centre located in Cross Rivers state. → Read more
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Mon, April 14th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Etisalat Nigeria offers subscribers free USB modem, data SIM card
Etisalat has announced it is extending access to its Easyblaze HSPA data service by providing subscribers who purchase a 1.5GB data plan or more with a free USB modem and data SIM card loaded with a 12-month free internet → Read more
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Mon, April 14th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel Nigeria partners fast food chain for electronic airtime recharge
Airtel Nigeria has announced a partnership with restaurant chain Sweet Sensation, allowing subscribers to access electronic airtime recharge at all the chain’s outlets. → Read more
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Sat, April 12th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Galaxy S5 on sale in Nigeria
The Samsung Galaxy S5 has gone on sale in Nigeria, even though an official event to introduce the flagship device in West Africa will not be held until April 16 in Lagos, according to Emmanouil Revmatas, Samsung’s director of information technology and mobile. → Read more
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Fri, April 11th, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
Jumia Nigeria’s former heads launch Supermart
Gbolahan Fagbure, former director of operations at Jumia Nigeria, and Raphael Afaedor, co-founder and former managing director of Jumia Nigeria, have launched Supermart, an online grocery delivery service where individuals in Lagos can buy groceries from supermarkets. → Read more
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Fri, April 11th, 17:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lagos most popular city in Africa among online property searchers – Lamudi
Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos is the most popular African city among online property searchers, new statistics by online real estate marketplace Lamudi have revealed. → Read more
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Fri, April 11th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s information technology development agency appoints DG
The appointment of Peter Jack as the new director general (DG) for Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has been approved by President Goodluck Jonathan. → Read more
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Thu, April 10th, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
NITDA launches CERRT to tackle cyber threats in Nigeria
Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has inaugurated the National Computer Emergency Readiness and Response Team (CERRT), tasked with tackling cyberattacks in Nigeria. → Read more
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Thu, April 10th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Sonia Jorge, executive director, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI)
A4AI is a coalition of prominent stakeholders from the private and public sectors and civil societies to provide a unified voice and coordinated focus in addressing the shared goal of open, affordable access to the internet in the developing world. The initiative has also set a 40 per cent minimum internet penetration rate for all countries. Executive director Sonia Jorge spoke to HumanIPO on how the coalition is attempting to achieve this in Nigeria and other countries in Africa. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 19:00 · Paul Adepoju
Phase3 Telecoms to deploy 3,000km optic fibre across Nigeria
Phase 3 Telecoms has concluded plans to deploy 3,000 kilometres (km) of optic fibre across Nigeria as part of measures aimed at boosting broadband penetration in the country. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
MTN to supply electricity to subscribers in Nigeria
MTN has announced it will soon begin to deliver electricity supplies to its subscribers in Nigeria who are residing in rural areas not connected to the national power grid. → Read more
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Wed, April 9th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Payarena VAS platform launched in Nigeria
Payarena, a platform that offers users easy access to value added services (VAS), has been launched in Nigeria by Unified Payment Services Limited, allowing users to purchase airtime via virtual top-up and prepaid PINs. → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 18:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria loses 2.4m internet subscribers in month
Nigeria saw the number of internet subscribers in the country decline by 2.4 million to 63.47 million in February compared to 65.87 million in January, according to the Internet Subscriber Data released yesterday by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian government rejects calls to amalgamate NCC, NBC
The Nigerian government has said it will not be implementing a recommendation it should amalgamate the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) under a unified Communications Regulatory Authority of Nigeria. → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
100k telecoms subscribers buy microinsurance every month in Nigeria – NAICOM
Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has announced 100,000 telecoms subscribers on the MTN and Airtel networks have been buying microinsurance products every month since last October. → Read more
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Tue, April 8th, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
CPC, NCC form joint committee to tackle Nigeria’s telecoms’ poor QoS
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) have formed a joint committee tasked with working out modalities to stem the poor quality of service (QoS) in Nigeria’s telecoms sector. → Read more
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