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- 18 Sept 2013
Digital Africa Partners CEA for CES 2014
Digital Africa Global Consult (DAGC), organisers of Digital Africa Conference & Exhibitions (DACE) have entered into partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association, CEA of the United…
- 2 Feb 2014
Nigeria Wins Country Hosting Right for World Electronics Forum 2014
The Board of Directors of the World Electronics Forum (WEF), through Consumer Electronics and Technologies Industry Association (CETIA) of Africa, has granted the Country Hosting Right (CHR) for the…
- 30 Sept 2013
Digital Africa to Showcase Local Apps at CES 2014
Nneoma Offodile, managing director, Digital Africa Global Consult (DAGC), has said that Africa will be showcasing local software at next years’ Consumer Electronics Show (CES) schedule to hold…
- 4 May 2010
LG Electronics Unveils Healthcare Products
LG Electronics, global leader in consumer electronics has embarked on in store activations at the Palms shopping mall to showcase its healthcare collection and sensitize consumers on health and…
- 20 Nov 2023
LG Electronics, Fouani Renovate School Building, Equip School with Solar Energy in Lagos
LG Electronics Nigeria, in partnership with consumer electronics retailer, Fouani Nigeria Limited has partnered to renovate and equip the United Christian Junior Secondary School building in Apapa,…
- 2 Jun 2018
CPC, Subscribers Battle Telcos over Tariff Hike
Consumer Protection Council (CPC) and the National Association of Telecoms Consumers of Nigeria (NATCOMs) have warned telecoms service providers in the country against hiking the tariff of telecoms…
- 8 Jan 2015
Smart TVs Give Smartphone OS A Second Chance- IDC
On Monday 5 January, prior to the event's opening day, CES 2015 in Las Vegas hosted a series of press events by some of the biggest Asian consumer electronics companies, in which they set out some of…
- 18 Sept 2018
CSEAN Asks Buhari to Assent Electronic Transaction Bill
Cyber Security Expert Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) has called on President, Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electronic Transaction bill, which has been passed by the Senate in May last year.…
- 20 Jul 2026
Court Affirms FCCPC’s Power to Regulate Digital Lending
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has resumed implementation of the Digital, Electronic, Online or Non-Traditional Consumer Lending Regulations, 2025 (DEON Regulations).…
- 13 May 2014
Ekweremadu, Johnson for 2014 Digital Africa, World Electronics Forum
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, deputy president of the Senate and Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology, will lead other delegates to this year’s Digital Africa Conference &…
- 30 Oct 2017
NCC Organises Workshop on Electronic Fraud
Nigerian Communications Commission NCC, recently organised a workshop to address the challenges of electronic fraud such as hacking and associated intrusions in e-commerce and other interactions in…
- 31 Dec 2023
Chinese Smartphone Giant Xiaomi Unveils First Electric Car
Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi unveiled its first electric car model on Thursday, with its boss declaring ambitions of becoming a global automotive powerhouse despite fierce competition at…
- 9 Jul 2018
APPA Calls for Support for CPC to Protect Rights of eConsumers
Princewill Okorie, president, Association for Public Policy Analysis (APPA) has urged the Federal Government and various stakeholders to support the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) to protect the…
- 12 Apr 2013
Regha, E-PPAN Boss Calls for Connectivity of PoS Terminals
Mrs. Onajite Regha, chief executive officer, Electronic Payment Providers Association of Nigeria (E-PPAN) has called for an industry collaboration that will ensure improved connectivity to Point of…
- 29 May 2016
Stakeholders Urge Use of Unlicensed Spectrum for Broadband Penetration
As federal government seeks to achieve a 30 percent broadband penetration target by 2018, stakeholders in Information and communications technology have urged government to consider making available…
- 31 May 2026
POS Operators Threaten to Suspend Services over Exclusivity Practice
Association of Point of Sale Service Providers (POS) has threatened to suspend Verve card transaction services nationwide if the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Competition and Consumer…
- 29 Jun 2009
Nitda Proposes e-Signature, New Law to Secure e-Business
Very soon, you may have to think twice before you click a button because the federal government is proposing a new law to make electronic documents and signatures as valid as their paper and ink…
- 21 Feb 2016
Value of PoS Transactions down to N46Bn in January
Merchants across the country recorded transactions through point of sale (PoS) terminals worth N46 billion in some 3.6 million number of transactions in January this year. The figure achieved…
- 13 Mar 2020
NCC’s Committee on e-Fraud Meets, Reviews Inputs from Sub-Committees
The 26-man Committee inaugurated by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to develop a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on how relevant public and private organisations can collaborate to…
- 29 Jul 2020
Elegbe, Interswitch Boss Seeks Policies to Sustain e-Payment Growth
Following the outbreak of COVID-19, more Nigerians have embraced electronic payments as a means of avoiding physical contact around cash handling. Mitchell Elegbe, Interswitch’s founder For this…
- 26 Jul 2026
Subscribers, Telcos Warn FCCPC over Airtime Lending Enforcement
Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WASPAN) has asked the Court of Appeal to suspend the enforcement of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s (FCCPC)…
- 13 Nov 2016
Mobility Changing Banking Dynamics- Adedeji
As mobility is the future of electronic banking, Dr. Yinka Adedeji, divisional head, Consumer and Digital Banking of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc., has disclosed the Bank’s unrelenting…
- 28 Sept 2009
Hi-Tech Heists Thrive as Nigeria Law Sleeps
More Nigerians would continue to lose their hard earned savings to high-tech heists unless changes are urgently made to the laws of the country, a body of experts who gathered for Nigeria Telecom…
- 19 May 2026
WASPAN Drags Bello, FCCPB Boss to Court over Alleged Disobedience of Order
Wireless Application Service Providers Association of Nigeria (WASPAN) has dragged Tunji Bello, executive vice chairman, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), before the…
- 25 Nov 2013
MTN, LG Partnership Enables Smart TVs in Nigeria
MTN Business, the business-to-business arm of Nigeria’s leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Company, MTN Nigeria, has reached an agreement with conglomerate and global leader in…
- 16 May 2015
Samsung Launches DVM S & Smart Inverter AC Range
Samsung Electronics West Africa recently organised an Air Conditioner forum in Nigeria, to launch the World’s largest capacity DVM S VRF system and smart inverter air conditioners. Tagged The Samsung…
- 27 May 2012
CBN to Engage Private Firms in Cash-less Campaign
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to engage private firms in an attempt to rev up the cashless economy campaign which has been met with lethargy and sabotage, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can now…
- 12 Oct 2025
CBN Orders Banks to Refund Failed ATM Transactions within 24 Hours
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled fresh draft guidelines that will compel banks to issue prompt refunds for failed Automated Teller Machine (ATM) transactions in a move aimed at enhancing…
- 31 Aug 2010
LG Wins Three EISA Awards for LCD, Home Theatre, Green Mobile
LG Electronics has won three awards in the prestigious European Imaging and Sound Associations (EISA) 2010 Awards program. EISA awards are highly respected as its judging panels - formed from…
- 9 Apr 2012
Substandard ICT Products and their Effects
The use and sale of substandard mobile phones in the country telecommunications space have been increasing to the extent that it has become a menace as it affects quality of service among other…