Author: Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s largest telecoms operator MTN has reportedly set aside about $600 million (about NGN118.8 billion) for potential settlement of the fine slammed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), this was announced by the  Executive Chairman of MTN Group South Africa, Phuthuma Nhleko. MTN’s plan suggests that the network…

Just few days ago, I had to pay about N20,000 to ecommerce giant Jumia as shipping fee for a product I ordered on the platform even though I know that you don’t have to spend pay up to N10,000 to transport anything from Jumia’s office in Lagos to my house…

In less than a week, the first global forum for science on African soil will take place in Dakar, Senegal, from 8-10 March 2016. The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) has launched a global call for support for Africa’s scientific and technological emergence. The video, which asks the question, “Can the…

EMC Corporation has announced a quantum leap forward in its enterprise storage strategy with major additions to the industry’s leading all-flash storage solutions to address mixed, consolidated and the world’s most performance-intensive enterprise workloads. Complementing the industry-leading XtremIO all-flash array, today’s announcement of EMC’s flagship VMAX® All Flash® enterprise data…

The 6th Anzisha Prize application phase is now open, and the search is on to find 12 of Africa’s youngest, most innovative social and business entrepreneurs under the age of 22. Organisers are calling for more nominations from the public this year to ensure they discover the very best talent…

Last week, news leaked that Aniedi would be leaving Afro which he led as the General Manager for three years through a number of logistical and technical challenges over the years, to Google (we found out). Today, the company announced he will be replaced by Tayo Onadipe who until his…

Ecommerce giant Jumia yesterday launched a new series of offers on thousands of electronic devices under a concept called “electroshock”. Until Sunday, March 6, the online supermarket’s customers throughout Côte d’Ivoire will benefit from “shocking prices” on smartphones, tablets, and computers. As a bonus, in partnership with MTN, Jumia is…

African leaders including health ministers, political leaders and technical experts have expressed their commitment towards reducing child mortality, morbidity and disability across the continent by ensuring improved access to vaccines.; they also pledged they will keep immunisation at the forefront of efforts to reduce child killer-diseases. The decisions were taken…

Even as the next step regarding the hefty fine slammed on MTN Nigeria is unknown, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has slammed another fine on the regulator. This time, NCC is asking MTN to pay fine for violating its regulations regarding the mobile number portability (MNP) scheme. NCC fine fined…

After years of several failed attempts to resurrect Nigeria’s moribund national telecoms company NITEL, NATCOM Development and Investment Limited (trading as ‘Ntel’), the bid winner for Nitel/MTel (in liquidation) yesterday (Thursday) made its first Voice over LTE call in Lagos. The test VoLTE call was made at 3.30pm at Ntel’s…

Every day, millions of Nigerians tweet, post and like stuff on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Some people capture very creative videos that generate lots of views and some share fun content with their followers and always create significant engagement. People do these things for fun. But, now you can do…

Global jobs search platform Indeed.com has expanded its operations to Nigeria with the launch of ng.indeed.com. In Nigeria, Indeed.com will be competing with the local giant Jobberman to target job seekers and recruiters. It is believed that how Indeed.com fairs in Nigeria, Morrocco and Egypt will influence the company’s expansion…

The GSMA announced that the number of active Mobile Money accounts worldwide now exceeds 130 million, with more than 100 million new registered users added in 2015. Here are some Highlights from the GSMA’s 2015 State of the Industry Report on Mobile Financial Services 1 billion Mobile Money transactions in…

Gerhard Hartman is the Head of Department: Sage HR & Payroll International Division. In this guest post, he discusses why companies in Kenya should deploy tech tools in order to add value to the recruitment process The job market in Kenya is a paradox. On the one hand, an estimated…

Nigeria’s Diamond Bank Plc has announced that its mobile app has crossed the one million downloads mark. The bank said the one millionth customer who downloaded and registered the Diamond Mobile app did it on Valentine’s Day. The savings account linked to the app is domiciled at the bank’s Okumagba…

Centurion Law Group in line with its commitment to training and development, has announced the introduction of the Centurion Business Mentorship Program which is a Pro Bono initiative that will provide complimentary legal services to start-up companies and small and medium-sized enterprises. A statement issued by the group revealed that…

On the first day of Social Media Week Lagos 2016, several events were held, one of them focused on The Future of Digitization, it was hosted by Brand Soulhouette Limited. The session ended with panelists and attendees shedding more light on the budding conflict between humanity and digitization. They discussed…

Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) were compelled to refund N6.2 billion to their customers by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), being illegally deducted charges. The apex bank disclosed this in a released by its Director of Corporate Communications, Ibrahim Mu’azu. CBN said the move is in line with its readiness…

Major telecoms company Tigo has announced it is setting up a data center at its Accra headquarters in Ghana. The new facility which is expected to house the network’s network infrastructure can also host and store data for other companies. Valued at $5.1 million, Tigo said it will ensure that…

I often think I’ve seen it all but once in a while, I get flabbergasted and gob-smacked at the same time when some things happen. I had that rare moment this week with the funny story of Linda Ikeji and her Hermes Birkin bags. Even after Hermes confirmed that the bags…