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- 27 Mar 2018
Security-as-a-Service Grows 21% in 2017 - Report
Security-as-a-service (SAAS) registered strong growth in 2017 at 21% to $4 billion, following the rise in adoption of cloud solutions for enterprises, according to technology market analyst firm…
- 4 Apr 2018
Mobile Payments to Rack Up 34 percent by 2023
Data from Allied Market Research suggests that the mobile payment market will expand at a compound annual growth rate of 33.8 percent from 2017 to 2023, to reach a market value of $4.574 billion. AMR…
- 17 Dec 2014
Global ATM Market Expected to Approach $22Bn by 2020
A new report by Allied Market Research predicts that the global ATM market will expand at a compound annual growth rate of 7.6 percent between 2014 and 2020, to a total of $21.9 billion, according to…
- 18 Apr 2017
Global Blockchain Market to Hit $5.4Bn in 6 years - Study
The global blockchain distributed ledger market accounted for $228 million in 2016, and between 2017 and 2023 is expected to reach $5.43 billion, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 57.6…
- 24 Aug 2019
Huawei Unveils Ascend 910 AI Processor
Huawei has officially launched what it is calling “the world’s most powerful AI processor” – the Ascend 910 – as well as an all-scenario artificial intelligence (AI) computing framework, MindSpore.…
- 31 Oct 2024
African Telcos Compete to Launch Eco-Friendly Data Centres
African telecommunications companies are hurrying to build data centres powered by green energy as the demand for digital services on the continent increases, driven by the largest youth demographic…
- 10 Mar 2021
How Ecommerce Market leader Opened up Food Delivery Service in Nigeria
By Adedoyin Giwa If there's any industry that has witnessed tremendous growth, impact and success in recent years, it is the online food delivery sector. Thriving on technology and digitalization,…
- 14 Apr 2017
FXTM: Trump U-Turns Dollar Weakness Fails to Support Rand, Lira
FXTM Vice President of Market Research, Jameel Ahmad comments on the US President Donald Trump’s latest comments and escalating geopolitical risks. The recent escalation of geopolitical risks…
- 19 Jul 2018
FG Names New National Carrier ‘Nigeria Air’
The Federal Government has unveiled the name and logo for the national carrier that would be launched at the end of this year. The name; ‘Nigeria Air’ was unveiled by the Minister of State for…
- 24 Jun 2016
Purple Capital’s Maryland Mall Displays Growing Retail Trends
Have you heard about the new shopping trend, the new wind of change blowing across the agro-allied, business and commercial landscape? It’s called “modern retail”. If you however still do most…
- 31 Jul 2014
Gartner Says Service Providers Hold Key to Their Success in the Digital Era
As enterprises move to become digital businesses, opportunities are arising for service providers to play a crucial role in the digital era, according to Gartner, Inc. Service providers should begin…
- 23 Jun 2008
The Internet and African IT Journalism
A while back, I attended the first ever IT Journalism Conference in Nigeria in 2003. I was one of the speakers (sandwiched between Adrian Woods (then CEO, MTN Nigeria) and late Dr Charles Alaba…
- 12 Aug 2025
RMRDC Urges Investors to Patronise Research Outputs, Embrace Domestic Resource Based Manufacturing
The Raw Material Research and Development Council (RMRDC) is wooing Nigerian investors to patronise its research outputs by embracing domestic resource based manufacturing that would end Nigeria’s…
- 5 Sept 2019
Computer Village Traders Lament Poor Internet Activities over Suspension of Google WiFi
Some traders at the Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday decried low internet activities as a result of the suspension of the Google free WiFi. The traders, in separate interviews with…
- 14 Apr 2020
Caution Kicks In as Corporate Earnings Loom
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM Caution and unease are set to engulf financial markets ahead of one of the most uncertain earnings seasons for years, as it is expected to offer a…
- 4 Sept 2013
Financial Bankruptcy Forced Nokia's Acquisition by Microsoft-Analyst
Francisco Jeronimo, research director, European Consumer Wireless and Mobile Communications, IDC EMEA, has said that Tuesday’s announcement on Nokia's acquisition by Microsoft signals the end of an…
- 20 Apr 2016
AFC Launches Africa Project Developers Initiative
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) alongside its development partners is pleased to announce the launch of the Africa Project Developers Initiative (APDI), a think tank and network to promote and…
- 28 May 2020
SEC De-registers 84 Inactive Stockbrokers
The outgoing Acting Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Mary Uduk, Thursday, presented her scorecard, stating that under her leadership, the register of capital…
- 29 Nov 2014
Lamudi.com Whitepaper Reveals Nigeria’s Real Estate Key Influencers
Lamudi.com is a global property portal focusing exclusively on the emerging markets with presence in Nigeria, has released a whitepaper on the state of Nigeria’s real estate and general housing…
- 19 Apr 2024
6 Ways Gemini can support your job Search in the Nigerian job Market
The Nigerian job market is a competitive jungle, rich with potential and brimming with energy. From bustling tech hubs to burgeoning green energy sectors, there's an incredible opportunity out there…
- 25 Jul 2014
Lamudi App Now Available On iOS
Lamudi App Now Available On iOS By peter ugwu Leading property portal Lamudi has launched its iOS app in Nigeria as the company seeks to capture the growing smartphone market in the country. The…
- 30 Aug 2017
Disruptive Africa Conference Focuses On Digital Business Evolution in Nigeria, Africa
Computers and Technologies are exponentially getting more powerful and will take away millions of jobs but creating even bigger opportunities hence companies and organisations are now virtualizing…
- 13 Aug 2018
Mines Secures $13M Series A to Grow Digital Credit Platform for Emerging Markets
Mines, a fintech startup re-inventing credit in emerging markets, has closed a Series A round of $13M led by The Rise Fund, a global fund managed by TPG Growth. Also participating are Velocity…
- 26 Apr 2020
COVID-19: E-commerce companies cry out under weight of restrictions by Govt security operatives
At a time when global players in the e-commerce sector have seen the peculiarities of their operations come to the fore in helping governments and people in other climes observe social distancing and…
- 14 Jun 2015
LASRAB, IIM-Africa, Others Seek End to Intellectual Property Theft
The Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau (LASRAB) on 2015 International Archives Day convened a stakeholder meeting to chat way forward to confront copyright issues in Nigeria as it relate to the…
- 14 Nov 2014
Lamudi, ERCAAN Seek Improved Data Gathering in Housing Sector
Lamudi Nigeria on has officially announced its lead in the online real estate space with over 30,000 unique listings, while stressing on need for harnessing data in the sector. Allie Morse CEO…
- 7 Nov 2023
NASENI, Agric Ministry Agree to Partner on Agro-Industrialization, Climate Change Mitigation & Others
National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have commenced discussions on how to deploy existing technical…
- 13 May 2014
CBN Chides Banks over Money Laundering
Dr. Sarah Alade, acting governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has linked banks to money laundering and other related crimes and accused them of aiding or abetting the crimes knowingly or…
- 16 Nov 2016
Will Platforms Save Society: The Need for Inclusiveness
While society in the past was split between the haves and have nots, society today is split more along the lines of those who are included and those left behind. This inequality is most heavily felt…
- 6 Aug 2019
Social and Global Impact: Engaging for Growth
By Austin Okere The leadership challenge is clear. It will be impossible to achieve true social and economic development without collaborative action by business, government, NGOs and civil society,…