Author: Paul Adepoju

The Nigerian government has been urged by the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) to approve the National Software Policy (NSP). In a statement signed by the president of the society Prof. Adesola Aderounmu, the society described the NSP blueprint as one that is aimed at providing a strategic roadmap to make…

Jumia Nigeria has formalized the appointment of Mrs Juliet Anammah at the head of Jumia Nigeria, which is Africa Internet Group’s (AIG)  biggest company on the continent. Juliet is taking over from former Co-CEOs Jeremy Doutte and Nicolas Martin, who are taking the reins of Jumia Global across the 11…

Some members of Nigeria’s National Service Corps (NYSC) have bagged innovation prizes awarded by the Office for ICT Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIIE), a subsidiary under National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). At a ceremony held in Abuja, the ‘corpers’ were honored for excelling in NITDA’s inaugural Idea Sprint under its…

2016 is already promising to be exciting already with quite a number of planned and rumored product launches, the latest being Google’s interest in competing with Facebook and other companies that offer messaging services. Wall Street Journal reported that Google’s new service would tap into Google’s artificial intelligence know-how, integrating…

Chinese OEM company Huawei yesterday (Tuesday) announced it had shipped 100 million smartphones in 2015. According to the company, the number represented a 3 000% increase over 2010 and comes on the back of research and development investment. “The smartphone landscape is constantly changing as people look for devices that…

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has announced the government is coming up with a cash transfer programme that would provide free education for science, technology and education students in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. According to the president, the plan will address the needs of the poor and vulnerable in the…

Digital payments company Interswitch has expanded its operations to Tanzania with the unveiling of its corporate identity at Dar es Salaam hotel. This feat is in line with Interswitch’s Africa-wide expansion plan. The company is now operating in six countries. The entry into East Africa follows the completion of the…

Omidyar Network has announced it has invested in e-Currency Mint (eCM). eCM is a new technology enabling central banks to issue digital fiat currency, called e-Currency. In a statement, the network said the investment is in line with its Omidyar Network’s Financial Inclusion initiative which focuses on supporting innovative technologies…

MTN has allayed fears that it may quit Nigeria over its ongoing face off with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the hefty fine the regulator slammed on the network for failing to disconnect some lines on its network. But the network has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to its stakeholders…

With the Central Bank of Nigeria announcing a possible recession hitting the economy by 2016, analysts have forecasted higher cash receipts for the hospitality sector. According to PriceWaterHouseCoopers, the global accounting firm, although the domestic market took a knock in the first half of the year, an increase in hotel…

The Nigerian government through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission ( NERC) has announced the removal fixed electricity charges for all classes of electricity consumers, noting that users would only pay for what they consume. NERC released the new power tariff regime in which it outlined the various rates of increase…

Andela Kenya is accepting applications for its fifth fellowship. The fellowship is a 4-year, paid opportunity to master the craft of professional software development while working for leading technology companies around the globe. Graduates are expected to be tomorrow’s most successful leaders both on the continent and around the world.…

MTN has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to quash the USD3.9 billion sanction imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). But in a new development, a lawyer, Abubakar Sani, in a separate suit, has also asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to declare…

With a high unemployment rate, Africa is sitting on a largely untapped pool of resources that has the potential to drive economic growth. The problem, says Pitso Kekana, Head of Public Affairs and Corporate Citizenship for Samsung Africa RHQ, lies in both the lack of relevant skills and the availability…

Google has released the list of Nigeria’s top searches in 2015 and the list includes Biafra, xenophobic attacks and other trending topics. Google’s Annual Year in Search looks back at the events and hottest trends that kept fingers tapping throughout the year, in search of the latest news. Local personalities,…

The Nigerian Police Force has been advised to invest more in technologies capable of tackling cybercrime. This advice was given to the force by the President of Cyber Security Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), Remi Afon, after the group trained some police officers on cyber security. According to Afon, there are…

UNESCO has said it will offer assistance to countries in the dissemination of Open Educational Resources (OERs) with a view to creating inclusive knowledge societies. By definition, OERs are any type of educational material released with an open license or into the public domain that allows users to legally and…

Farmers will benefit from a partnership between Clinton Foundation and Visa, a global payments technology company which will enable them conduct business transactions digitally. The partnership by the two entities will connect individual farmers and cooperatives with financial institutions, retailers, processers, buyers and other producers consequently creating a digital payments…

The South African Post Office (SAPO) is due to deliver more than 2 000 set-top box decoders to households in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) area in the Northern Cape. Post Office acting CEO Trevor Ndlazi said 2 281 households in the area were due to receive an SMS from…

MTN Nigeria this afternoon announced it is dragging the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to the Federal High Court in Lagos to challenge the commission’s decision to impose a fine on the network. The company said it is acting on legal advice. MTN said it has resolved that the manner of…