Juventus has signed an exclusive deal with Konami, the games company that makes Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) 2020. This new deal means that Fifa 20 will not feature Juventus. However, for Fifa 20 players who want to play Juventus stars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Mathijs de Ligt, they will have…
Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun
The Development Bank of Nigeria Entrepreneurship Training Programme is an initiative by the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) aimed at equipping micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) with the skills and competencies to defend sound and viable business proposals, improve their access to available credit, and improve their capacity for…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Nigerian youths through effective ICT initiatives that would magnify locally developed content onto the global digital space. Felicia Onwuegbuchulam, Director Consumer Affairs Bureau at NCC, made this affirmation when she received Executive Council of Nigerian Association of Chambers of…
nThe nominations for the 71st Annual Emmy Awards have been announced. The Emmy Awards recognizes and honors the best in television. The nominations were revealed at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center on Tuesday morning. Eventual winners will be announced during a telecast scheduled for September 22, 2019, which will…
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive (EVC/CE) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, has been honored with an Award of Excellence in Regulatory Excellence for NCC’s attainment of the 2018 target set for broadband penetration in Nigeria. Prof. Danbatta received the award from Kabuga, Kano branch…
Dr. Fernando Corbato, the man who invented computer passwords to protect user accounts has died aged 93. Dr. Corbato who reportedly died of complications caused by diabetes pioneered the elementary security measure while working on techniques that allow more people to use a computer at the same time. He developed…
Angola Cables has launched Angola Cables Cloud Sevice for the African market. The company Angola Cables has been working on a subsea cable between South America and Africa. The multinational telecommunications operator of fiber-optic telecommunication cables company initiated its advanced Tier III AngoNAP data center facility in Fortaleza, Brazil. The subsea…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has remitted N51.3 billion to the Federal Government’s Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) in the first quarter of 2019. The remittance, according to the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC/CEO), NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, is in compliance with the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2007 (FRA 2007). The…
Miss.Africa Initiative led by DCA Academy, is announcing a Seed Fund in Africa that will offer grants to support women and girls in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields to launch or expand their own initiatives that will increase their digital opportunities in IT related training, jobs and…
FutureHack is a national technology hackathon event, in which computer programmers and others involved in software development, including graphic designers, interface designers, project managers, domain experts (and others) collaborate intensively on software projects. FutureHack is an initiative of The Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIIE), a Subsidiary of the…
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission Prof. Umar Danbatta has said that the online protection of the 122 Nigeria’s Internet users rests greatly on a synergistic collaboration among various organisations and agencies of government to enthrone effective Internet governance in the country. Danbatta stated…
The UK Government’s Department for International Trade (DIT) in partnership with Innovation corner launched Lagos Immersion hosted by Microsoft. A program which aims to promote seamless bilateral trade and illuminate the strengths of the Nigerian technology scene and encourage greater investment; especially those which address some of the macroeconomic and…
The Chief Executive Officer of Maraphone, Ashish Thakkar, has said that the vision of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for telecommunications devices manufacturing in Nigeria is impressive. The management team of Maraphone visited the Commission’s headquarters on 10th July 2010 to discuss potentials of establishing a manufacturing plant for production…
Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitpoint has been hacked to the tune of $32 million. Bitpoint in a notice on its website said it has “identified an unauthorized outflow of virtual currency,” which is why it has stopped trading as well as opening new accounts, in order to find the cause and…
Consulting and outsourcing services provider Accenture on Thursday appointed Julie Sweet as its new chief executive officer, effective September. The current interim CEO, David Rowland, has also been appointed as the executive chairman according to the company. Former Chief Executive Officer Pierre Nanterme, who died in January this year. A…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has again urged the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to directly sensitize their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards registration agents and dealers to the dangers of transacting in the sale of pre-registered SIM cards. Mr. Yomi Arowosafe, Controller, Ibadan Zonal Office of the Commission, who made…
Microsoft will support a female-led software solution Kenyan startup the Bugslayers Group to assist farmers to predict the outbreak of crop pests and diseases. Microsoft 4Afrika regional director Amrote Abdella while speaking at the end of a 16 week LEAP Engineering Acceleration Program said The BugSlayers founded by Ms. Clara…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has informed telecom consumers of efforts being made by the Commission to improve the quality of service (QoS) and reiterated its commitment to improving QoS. This was one of the topics discussed at a Consumer Conversation forum organized by the Ibadan Zonal Office of the…
Access Bank Plc in collaboration with She Leads Africa has wrapped up the first edition of #SheMeansBusiness, a Facebook training package aimed at empowering female SMEs on how to employ digital platforms to boost growth in their businesses. The training programme targeted at scaling up the skills of small business…
Following concerns being raised by telecoms consumers about the rapidity of data depletion on their devices, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has charged the over 174 million telecoms subscribers in the country to constantly monitor their data usage to authenticate their consumption level. The Commission particularly enjoined the consumers to…