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- 27 May 2024
Innovantics Bags Best Biometric Banking Solutions of the Year Award @ ABoICT 2024
Innovantics Limited, end-to-end custom-built software solutions provider, has won the best biometric banking solutions of the year award at this year’s Africa Beacon of ICT (ABoICT) Awards held in…
- 4 Jul 2016
Gemalto’s Biometric Solution To Support DR Congo Elections
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, has won an international tender to supply CENI, the National Independent Electoral Commission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 22,000…
- 31 Aug 2009
Precise Biometrics Partners Interswitch on Fingerprint Solution
Precise Biometrics and Interswitch have struck a deal aimed at facilitating fingerprint recognition with Precise Match-on-Card solution for bank applications. The partnership is already engaged in a…
- 6 Nov 2013
CBN, Firm Sign $50m Banking Biometric Capture Deal
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Dermalog BMS, a German company, have signed a $50 million Banking Industry Biometric Solutions Project in furtherance of the regulator’s bid to achieve more…
- 28 Aug 2015
Frost & Sullivan Honors DERMALOG for Biometrics Achievements in Nigeria, Others
The consulting company Frost & Sullivan has awarded Germany’s largest biometrics manufacturer DERMALOG and its customized solutions and products for Africa with the “2015 African Biometrics…
- 29 May 2013
NCC Deploys BIO-key Fingerprint Technology for SIM Card Registration
BIO-key International, a provider of fingerprint biometric identification solutions, and SW Global, a provider of IT services throughout Africa, are implementing BIO-key's fingerprint biometric…
- 6 Aug 2017
Expert Explains Increased Dependence On Biometrics
An expert in the biometrics and fingerprints technology, has given explanations on the increased demand for biometrics and fingerprint requests from people on daily basis as witnessed in various…
- 24 Sept 2013
Zinox Boss Urges Review of Education Policy to Foster Unity, Knowledge Era
Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman Zinox Group has called for rejig of the national education policy to foster national unity and create a knowledge era. Ekeh said that Nigeria is running on a digital age and…
- 2 Aug 2010
Banks Should not Manage Risks Alone - Agu
Mr. George Agu is chief executive officer of ActivEdge Technologies Limited, a Pan African Information Technology Company, focused in development, Integration and Support of a wide range of Strategic…
- 9 Sept 2019
Leo Stan Foundation Taps Emelonye as DG, to Manage N1.5Bn Revolving Loan Project
Leo Stan Ekeh, chairman, Leo Stan Ekeh Foundation (LSF), has appointed Engr. Amasike Emelonye as director general (DG) to head a team set up to manage the N1.5bn revolving loan scheme for…
- 1 May 2018
CBN Captures 31m Nigerians in BVN Project
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has captured no fewer than 31 million account customers in its Bank Verification Number (BVN) project aimed at ensuring unique identifier in the Nigerian banking…
- 10 May 2020
Partnerships in Times of Crisis
By Amrote Abdella, Regional Director, Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative, The current global crisis has highlighted a number of areas, from the need of efficient information management to the need of…
- 6 Feb 2017
Chevron in Major Roll-Out with Zinox Computer
Information gathered during a recent oil expo indicates that Chevron Nigeria, a world leading integrated energy multinational corporation with headquarters in the United States, has engaged the…
- 8 Apr 2013
Gemalto Selected for eGhana Project
Gemalto , the world leader in digital security, has been appointed as prime contractor and turnkey supplier to provide Ghana Immigration Services (GIS) with a highly secure electronic visa and border…
- 10 Jul 2013
Onyeje, Former Microsoft Boss Joins Zinox Technologies
Zinox Technologies Group, the most integrated information technology group in Africa has attracted Emmanuel Onyeje, former head, Microsoft Anglophone West African countries in a strategic hire.…
- 15 May 2014
IDC's CIO Summit Highlights Africa’s IT Skills Development Needs
Information Technology intelligence and advisory experts drawn from the International Data Corporation (IDC), government and private sectors have re-echoed need for IT skills development in…
- 8 Oct 2024
FG to Incorporate Contactless Fingerprints for Online Passport Renewal
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said that it will soon enter an era where the application process for renewing passports will be done entirely online, including the confirmation of biometrics. This…
- 25 Aug 2013
21 Banks Sign Up New ID Card System
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC –Nimcee), has issued licences to 18 Nigerian banks to become ‘issuing partners,’ while three others still await final clearance to join the team as…
- 12 Jun 2014
Banks Set for Biometric Registration of Customers on Monday
Deposit Money Banks will on Monday next week commence the biometric registration of their customers, the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc, the organisation coordinating the project, has said.…
- 9 Oct 2014
NIMC Trains Staff on eID Cards Activation
In preparation for the arrival of the eID Cards in the states, the National Identity management Commission (NIMC) has embarked on intensive training of card activation officers for the 36 states and…
- 16 Dec 2015
Global ATM Market to Value $25Bn by 2022
The global ATM market is projected to reach a value of $24.92 billion by 2022, according to "ATM Market Analysis by Solution (Managed Services, Deployment) and Segment Forecasts to 2022," a new study…
- 12 Aug 2013
Buy Naija Lauds Zinox for Faith in Nigeria
Executive management of Buy Naija, a private sector – driven local patronage initiative of the federal ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment has congratulated Zinox Technologies Limited,…
- 14 Dec 2014
Stanbic IBTC Partners SURE-P on Mobile Money
Stanbic IBTC, in partnership with the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P), has launched the mobile conditional cash transfer programme tagged ‘Moni for my Phone’. The move…
- 13 Jul 2010
Agu Resumes As Managing Director of ActivEdge Technologies
George Agu has resumed as the chief executive officer of ActivEdge Technologies Limited, a Pan African Information Technology Company, focused in development, Integration and Support of a wide range…
- 2 Mar 2015
Inlaks Unveils Fingerprint ATMs in Nigeria
Inlaks Computers, in support of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) financial inclusion programme, has introduced Hyosung Finger Print Biometric Automatic Teller Machines to the Nigerian local…
- 21 Dec 2016
Security Increasing Priority for Tech Investments by World’s Airports- Report
Airports are placing a higher priority on IT investments for passenger and airport security with 50% rating it a high priority, up from 37% last year. This is according to the 2016 Airport IT Trends…
- 22 Nov 2021
Investment One to Drive Market Expansion with New Solution
Investment One Financial Services through its Venture Capital subsidiary, Investment One Vencap Limited has taken a stake in Paycode, a rapidly growing fintech business focused on financial inclusion…
- 18 Mar 2013
SystemSpecs Promotes 6 Management Staff
SystemSpecs, Nigeria’s leading e-Payment, payroll, business & financial management solutions provider has promoted six of its management staff, according to John Obaro, managing…
- 15 Aug 2017
Mastercard Launches Groundbreaking Payment Technologies
From a mobile payments system for farmers in Africa to transactions involving humanoid robots, newly unveiled technologies at the innovation hub highlight Mastercard’s commitment to driving…
- 12 Aug 2014
Osun Invests in Biometric, Smart ID Card for Public School Students
In line with the commitment of the government of the State of Osun to use technology to improve planning, allocation of resources and service delivery in its education sector, a first-of-its-kind…