Nigeria, Page 40
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Mon, December 2nd, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Konga.com crashes during online promotion
Nigerian e-commerce site Konga.com crashed on Friday and remained offline for 45 minutes following unprecedented traffic to the site in response to its “Fall Yakata” promotions. → Read more
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Mon, December 2nd, 06:00 · Winfred Kuria
Samsung extends experience stores to Abuja
Samsung West Africa has now opened 15 Samsung Experience Stores (SES) in Nigeria with the latest in Abuja and Warri, for its customers to learn, play and share the latest technology releases from the company. → Read more
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Sat, November 30th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
Juwah fires warning at Nigerian networks over MNP compliance
Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has slammed the country’s mobile operators for “frustrating” subscribers by their inaction since the launch of mobile number portability (MNP) earlier this year. → Read more
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Fri, November 29th, 11:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Intel Explore & Learn Marketplace now in Nigeria
Intel has launched its education app, the Intel Explore and Learn Marketplace, in Nigeria, designed to give free and low cost educational content access to people of all ages. → Read more
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Fri, November 29th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nigerian state saves $164k through pension e-payments
The pensions board for Nigeria’s Cross River state has saved over NGN26 million (US$164,000) in the past 18 months by implementing an e-payment system for the release of pensions. → Read more
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Fri, November 29th, 08:30 · Tom Jackson
Efficient infrastructure necessary for economic development – Convergence
Investment fund Convergence Partners is looking to invest in efficiently deployed open access infrastructure in order to fuel growth in internet penetration to boost African economies, according to the company’s chief investment officer (CIO) Idan Segal. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 18:30 · Richard Cutcher
Nigeria to overtake SA as cloud computing booms in Africa
More Nigerian businesses will be using cloud-based services than in South Africa by the end of 2014, “dramatically” leapfrogging Kenya in the process, according to a survey carried out by Cisco and World Wide Worx. → Read more
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Thu, November 28th, 12:30 · Richard Cutcher
Tier III data centre goes live in Lagos
West Africa’s first Tier III data centre has gone live in Lagos with 3,000 rack spaces, positioning itself as the “future” of “disaster recovery, data storage and cloud-based data centre services” on the continent. → Read more
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Wed, November 27th, 09:30 · Selipha Kihagi
MTN Nigeria, LG partner to offer high-speed internet
MTN Nigeria, through MTN Business, has partnered with LG Electronics to bring broadband internet service to LG Smart TVs being sold across the country. → Read more
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Tue, November 26th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Panasonic, iROKOtv launch Nollywood Smart TV App
Panasonic and iROKOtv today launched the world’s first Nollywood Smart TV App for use on Panasonic’s VIERA smart TV, making over 5,000 Nollywood films available on demand. → Read more
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Mon, November 25th, 10:30 · Richard Cutcher
Africa can take advantage of LTE leapfrog – Gemalto
Regulators and network operators in Africa should take advantage of the current lack of 3G legacy networks by implementing 4G LTE, effectively leapfrogging the technology, according to Sherry Zameer, Africa and Middle East head of telecommunications solutions at Gemalto. → Read more
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Mon, November 25th, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
$50,000 needed to roll out “maker kits” targeting Africa’s future innovators
HacKIDemia, a global organisation based in Berlin, is trying to crowdfund US$50,000 to provide seven technology hubs across Africa with a “maker kit” containing a Raspberry Pi, Ardunio, Makey-Makey and other tools. → Read more
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Sun, November 24th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
FEATURE: The week in startups 24/11/2013
The StartupBus Africa trip, which began in Harare, Zimbabwe, and rolled into Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday, dominated much of the sectors news this week. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 18:30 · Tom Jackson
Microsoft launches Nigerian mentorship programme
Microsoft has partnered with The Future Project to launch an online mentorship programme in Nigeria to provide web-based training to boost employability. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 20:00 · Tom Jackson
Nigerian education stakeholders urged to adopt PPPs for ICT deployment
Nigerian education stakeholders in the country to form public-private partnerships (PPPs) to increase funding for ICT in education. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Jumia launches PS4 sales in Nigeria
Nigerian e-commerce store Jumia has launched sales of the Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4), becoming the first outlet to make the console available in Nigeria. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
NCC outlines open access broadband network plans for Nigeria
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has published its draft plans for the rollout of its Next Generation Broadband Network (NGBN), including using 2.3Ghz spectrum for last mile access and encouraging broad industry cooperation and infrastructure sharing. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
ICT on the agenda for high-level Nigeria-UK talks
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s communications technology minister, has accompanied President Goodluck Jonathan on a trip to the United Kingdom (UK) that will include discussions on ICT and foreign investment. → Read more
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Wed, November 20th, 20:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nigerian customs to tackle smuggled electronics
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is ready to combat the inflow of smuggled electronic goods, highlighting sub-standard phone handsets as a particular problem in the Nigerian market. → Read more
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Wed, November 20th, 18:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Kuluya launches app partnership with Nokia
Kuluya, a Nigerian online gaming platform, has entered into a partnership with Nokia to bring its games to Lumia and Asha devices, with its most successful game ‘Oga @ The Top’ the first to be available on the handsets. → Read more
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