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2 days agoMTN and NCC accused of blocking MNP for Nigerian mobile users
A Nigerian network operator has been accused of intentionally frustrating the mobile number portability (MNP) process launched last month.
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6 days agoTecno’s “biggest market” Nigeria to get own manufacturing plant
The management at Chinese smartphone maker Tecno shocked reporters at the launch of its latest device by adding it plans to open a Nigerian (more)
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7 days agoNigerians are more social than South Africans - 2go
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8 days agoBad mobile experience reflects badly on brand - Google
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8 days agoMobile web is catching up with SMS advertising - Elo Umeh
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8 days agoMobile Web West Africa 2013 underway in Lagos
The 2013 edition of Mobile Web West Africa 2013 is officially underway in Lagos, beginning with its first ever Focus Day.
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8 days agoEtisalat Nigeria partners biNU to increase browsing speeds
The owners of biNu have announced a partnership with Etisalat Nigeria to bring the mobile app to the network’s 15 million subscribers on (more)
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9 days agoMicrosoft plans to own SA smartphone market
Microsoft plans to take on the South African smartphone operating system market as its number one player as mobile penetration accelerates (more)
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9 days agoNigeria’s Innovation Camps for students begin
More than 55 Nigerian high school pupils have attended the first Junior Achievement Young Enterprise for Science, Technology, Engineering (more)
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12 days agoAfrican mobile sector witnessing maturity and progress – Dawes
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13 days agoMobile Web West Africa 2013 in Lagos next week
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19 days agoTecno becomes leading dual SIM brand in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana
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20 days ago93 per cent of Ghanaians aware of mobile money – Visa
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20 days agoMTN Group increases subscribers, but loses out in SA
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21 days agoMTN Nigeria borrows US$3bn for upgrades
MTN Nigeria signed loan agreements yesterday in Lagos to the value of NGN470 billion (US$3 billion) for countrywide infrastructure (more)
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21 days agoOPINION: NCC may be getting it right this time with MNP
Attention seems to have switched to the Nigerian subscriber for the first time since the advent of Global System for Mobile Communications (more)
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22 days agoMTN ‘ports’ rival Etisalat’s ambassador, slashes cost of BlackBerry subscription
Nigeria’s largest telecoms company MTN Nigeria unveiled a new television advert promoting mobile number portability (MNP), just hours (more)
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22 days agoMNP launched in Nigeria
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22 days agoTecno Mobile launches smartphone in Nigeria
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23 days agoNCC confirms MNP launch today
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it will officially launch Mobile Number Portability (MNP) today, amidst wide speculation (more)
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26 days ago2go's feature phone market makes life “very difficult”
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30 days agoTecno launches N7 smartphone in Ghana
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1 month agoNCC sets new April 22 launch date for MNP in Nigeria
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1 month agoMTN clears air on BIS data usage confusion
MTN Nigeria has told HumanIPO it does not have fixed data sizes for its BlackBerry packages but is constantly reviewing its data offerings (more)
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1 month agoStanbic IBTC Bank launches mobile money app in Nigeria
Stanbic IBTC Bank, a major commercial Nigerian bank, has launched its Stanbic IBTC MobileMoney application for devices running on (more)
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1 month agoTecno partners with Co-Creation Hub for Nigerian app development challenge
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1 month agoJamless now active on Tigo network
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1 month agoNCC again postpones MNP
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1 month agoAirtel Nigeria announces NGN100 unlimited access to WhatsApp
Airtel Nigeria has announced a new package that will allow its subscribers to access the mobile multimedia chat app WhatsApp for just (more)
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1 month agoNCC postpones MNP launch until April
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced it will not be able to launch Mobile Number Portability (MNP) today (Monday), (more)
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1 month agoNigeria inaugurates toll-free child helpline steering group
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1 month agoNCC to deactivate unregistered SIM cards following next week’s launch of MNP
The head of media and publicity at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Reuben Muoka has stated every unregistered SIM card on (more)
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1 month agoCBN considers partnerships to raise fraud awareness
Leading money deposit bank (MDB) Union Bank of Nigeria is in the process of establishing partnerships to drive the use of mobile money in (more)
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1 month agoEventsrail eases events registration and ticket purchase with mobile API platform
A mobile website that allows Nigerian event organisers to directly sell tickets has been launched by Eventsrail Limited, a major provider (more)
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BlackBerry has disclosed Nigerian app developers have developed about 250 applications for the latest BlackBerry 10 platform.
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2 month agoGuaranty Trust Bank reaches 90,000 mobile money subscribers in two months
Dare Adeyeri, chief information officer at Guaranty Trust Bank, Nigeria, believes now mobile money has begun in the West African country it (more)
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2 month agoAirtel Nigeria launches BB10 data plans
Airtel, the first telecoms company in Nigeria to introduce BlackBerry 10 in its outlets nationwide, has introduced unique bundled data (more)
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2 month agoNigerian banking expert optimistic for Africa success
A former Nigerian banking chief believes mobile money is where Africa can lead the world of science and technology the first time.
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2 month agoQ&A: RubiQube co-founder Mukhtar Oyewo
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2 month agoNigerians gain Facebook access via USSD
Airtel Nigeria is to allow its clients to connect to Facebook through Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code, as part of the (more)
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed the much awaited Mobile Number Portability (MNP) will be officially launched on (more)
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MTN Nigeria has revealed that it will boost its operations in Nigeria with an additional investment of US$1.5 billion in 3G services this (more)
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2 month agoJobberman releases a BlackBerry app
Nigeria’s top job site, Jobberman, has announced the launch of their BlackBerry application.
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2 month agoEtisalat acquires new messaging service for messaging and social media on every mobile
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2 month agoMTN Nigeria reveals new data plans for BB Z10, lowers cost of device
MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest operator, is promoting the sale of the latest BlackBerry device, BB Z10, by slashing its price.
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2 month agoiROKING partners with 2go in Nigeria
More than nine million Nigerians on the 2go mobile messaging service now have access to popular West African free music streaming service (more)
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