E-Business
Samsung Launches 2021 Consumer Products Range

Samsung Electronics Nigeria has launched its 2021 consumer products range. The launch, which held at the Capital Club in Victoria Island, Lagos, showcased its groundbreaking and innovative Neo QLED 8k Television along with Bespoke Refrigerators, WindFree Air Conditioners and Grande Washing Machines.
With every new TV development and release into markets, Samsung reminds customers of its place among the most pioneering creators of immersive entertainment experiences and its resolve to continuously redefine the living space.
The Samsung Neo 8K QLED TV range, which is now in the Nigerian market, delivers an entirely new kind of display technology. The new range emphasises on Samsung’s rich engineering and innovation heritage, qualities consumers have wholeheartedly embraced.
According to Mr. Danny Kim, Managing Director, Samsung Electronics Nigeria, “Samsung Neo QLED works seamlessly with your workplace computers, letting you conveniently access and work on office files from your home TV. Using Samsung Dex, Smartphones can connect with Neo QLED TV to enjoy a more expansive, more comfortable view of your workspace.
“The TV also affords colleagues the opportunity to work together on documents such as Microsoft 365, right from the TV. With Google Duo built-in, you don’t have to rely only on emails, texts or other documents to communicate.
“Instead, with a simple press of a remote, you can instantly video chat with your team or colleagues at the same time. Whether you need to connect with an office or a classroom, you’re there, from the comfort of your living room. It is a must-have asset for professionals,” he concluded.
With the launch of other consumer products, the electronics giant aims to broaden its sleek, custom-design offerings to the kitchen, the laundry room and living spaces, throughout the rest of the year.
Also speaking at the event, Mrs. Oluwaremilekun Adesola-Ogunsan, Head, Consumer Electronics, Samsung Nigeria stated that “Samsung understands the economic difficulties currently being experienced in the country and has consistently produced pocket friendly premium consumer products.
“We are very consistent in our approach as we understand that our customers like the good things of life and we have provided that without compromising our standards”. “So I can say boldly that there is a Samsung for everybody regardless of your income stream” She added.
According to Marketing Manager, Consumer Electronics, Samsung Nigeria, Chika Nnadozie, “We have kept our resolve to utilize our transformative ideas and technologies to shape the future and inspire the whole world.
We have, once again, demonstrated our determination to continuously redefine the living space and entertainment of our customers.”
Speaking further, she said that the Bespoke Refrigerator come in different beautiful colours and exceptional aesthetic designs to enhance spaces and express style while the Wind Free Air conditioners and Grande Washing Machines, possess exceptional functionalities tailored to the needs of our Nigerian consumers.
Speaking at the launch Ike Eyisi, Executive Director, Operations, SIMs Nigeria said “The 2021 consumer products range from Samsung is fantastic.
“Samsung has consistently produced pocket friendly premium consumer products. They are very consistent in their approach as they understand that their customers like the good things of life and have provided that without compromising their standards”.
In his own words, Chief Leo Stan Ekeh, Chairman, Technology Experience Centre, said “Samsung never ceases to amaze its customers with its offerings. The company is known for adhering to very strict standards while also introducing spectacular innovations to meet the growing and diverse needs of their customers,” he stated.
Samsung has proven its enduring popularity in Africa with the release of the latest Brand Africa 100® list. It is the first and most comprehensive pan-African study and ranking of brands in Africa. Samsung was acknowledged as the third Most Admired Brand in Africa, across all categories and number one in the electronics/computer category.
E-Business
NIMC Says NIN Services Back Online

National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has announced the restoration of its National Identification Number (NIN) verification services nationwide.
This, according to the commission, follows the completion of a system maintenance exercise.
In a statement issued on Friday, the NIMC confirmed that all previously disrupted services have resumed.
“NIMC wishes to inform the general public that the recent technical maintenance has been completed and all services have been restored,” the statement read.
The NIMC urged Nigerians seeking to enroll for NIN to visit the its official website to locate the nearest enrollment centers.
The agency also encouraged individuals to make use of its self-service portal for tasks such as data modification, including name changes.
To further ease the verification process, the Commission recommended downloading the NIMC NameAuth app (oath.app) from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store for quick and secure NIN authentication.
NIMC expressed appreciation for the public’s patience during the service disruption, which had impacted banks, telecom providers, and government agencies that rely on NIN verification for their operations.
E-Business
Report Reveals African Organizations Dangerously Overestimating Cyber defences

Many businesses are overestimating their defence against cyber attacks, which creates a significant human risk blind spot. A new KnowBe4 report exposes a worrying disconnect between what leaders think about their cyber security readiness and what employees experience.
According to the KnowBe4 Africa Human Risk Management Report 2025, based on insights from cyber security decision-makers across 30 African countries, despite high awareness, a critical gap exists in turning that awareness into actual readiness and resilient behaviour.
Key findings from the KnowBe4 Africa Human Risk Management Report 2025:
Confidence vs awareness: While cyber security awareness is high, leaders express uncertainty about their workforce’s ability to act on that awareness. Many feel employees may overestimate their capabilities in recognising, reporting and mitigating threats.
The need for adaptive and personalised security awareness training: Many companies fail to personalise security awareness training to specific roles or risk exposures.
Widespread BYOD usage: A large percentage of employees (between 41% and 80%) use their personal devices for work.
AI policy development is lagging: Many companies (46%) are still in the process of developing policies for using AI tools in the workplace.
Regional variation: Southern Africa trains more, East Africa governs AI better and West/Central Africa sees the most human-related security incidents.
This gap is significant because Africa has become an attractive target to cyber criminals, especially those that launch AI-powered attacks. A LexisNexis Risk Solutions study found 60% of South African organisations have seen an increase in AI-facilitated financial crime – above the 56% global average.
Kehinde Popoola, regional manager and key representative for West and East Africa at Rubrik, said digital transformation is gaining momentum in Africa and companies are more exposed to cyber risk. The Rubrik executive adds that amid an increase in threats, it is crucial that organisations adopt an assumed breach mindset.
The KnowBe4 research shows that cyber security preparedness and the actual structures required to support secure behaviour seem misaligned.
The report highlights that just 10% of cyber security leaders are fully confident that staff would report a phishing attack or other cyber threat, despite rating employee security awareness of cyber threats at four out of five or higher.
There is also a significant perception gap between decision-makers and general employees in Africa regarding security awareness training, with 68% of leaders believing that training is tailored to roles, compared to only a third of employees feeling adequately trained.
KnowBe4 asserts that many organisations only conduct annual or biannual training that is too generic to effectively change behaviour, contributing to uncertainty about its effectiveness.
According to another report, the KnowBe4 African Cybersecurity and Awareness Report 2025, which focuses on end-user based responses, only 43% of African respondents felt confident in their ability to recognise a cyber threat, and just one in three believed their security awareness training was adequately tailored to their role. This comparison suggests the development of a dangerous perception gap in many organisations.
“There’s a disconnect here – between what leaders think is happening and what employees are actually experiencing,” says Anna Collard, SVP content strategy and evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa. “The data shows that without procedural and cultural follow-through, awareness simply doesn’t translate into readiness.”
“The continent’s cyber security posture may be more confident than it is truly resilient,” Collard adds.
E-Business
Domain of Deception as Attackers Deploy Spyware Under Guise of Legal Threats

Kaspersky has detected a rapidly escalating malicious campaign that has targeted over 1,100 corporate users since June 2025. The attackers pose as a legal firm and in their emails threaten recipients with lawsuits over alleged domain name patent violations, aiming to deploy malware.
Victims who opened and launched the attached files – that mimicked legal documents – had a Trojan installed on their devices, and the attackers could spy on the content of their screens. Organisations across healthcare, finance, and education sectors have been targeted.
The campaign began with 95 emails on June 11 and has since continued to escalate. Apart from claiming that the recipient’s domain name violates patented combinations of a major brand and threatening litigation, in the email the fake legal bureau also expresses the patent holders’ interest in acquiring the domain and offers getting acquainted with the details of the alleged violations by opening the attached archive with “documents”.
It is worth noting that the attackers, likely to avoid detection, attach an archive that is not password protected, and inside it includes another archive that is password protected and a file containing the password along with it.
After the user entered the archive password and clicked on the alleged legal document inside, a Trojan was installed on the device. The user saw a message displayed that read, “This document cannot be opened on this device. Try opening it on another windows device,” and simultaneously the Tor Browser was covertly downloaded and installed in the background.
Through it, the malware regularly sent snapshots of the user’s screen to the attackers over the Tor network. The malware also autostarts whenever the computer is restarted.
“This campaign is a sophisticated blend of psychological manipulation and technical deception, leveraging fear of legal action to coerce businesses into executing harmful files hidden in attached archives. Its rapid growth since June 11 underscores the urgency for organisations to bolster defenses.
Victims face the risk of losing their private data. Robust email security, employee training, and swift incident reporting are essential to counter this evolving threat,” comments Anna Lazaricheva, spam analyst at Kaspersky.
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