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- 29 Sept 2024
NBC Did not Withdraw EBS License — Edo Govt
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), did not withdraw the license of EBS TV, Edo state’s broadcasting television, according to Crusoe Osagie, special adviser to governor Godwin Obaseki on Media…
- 30 Mar 2016
EBS: Experts Decry Country’s Careless Data Enrolment Process
Technology experts at eNNovators Breakfast Series (EBS) unanimously called for leveraging of identity brokers to contain the careless manners with which identity enrolment in the country is carried…
- 4 Jul 2016
EBS Seeks PF & FI Improved Collaborations for mPOS Growth
Guests at eNNovators Breakfast Series (EBS) believe that to deepen the adoption Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) in the country, collaborative approach should be explored by Payment Facilitator (PF) and…
- 21 Jul 2016
MTN, Chams Address National Audience on Smart City at EBS
MTN Nigeria and Chams Resort will address a national audience on Smart City at the August edition of Ennovators Breakfast Series , themed Building Tomorrow’s Cities, an information technology…
- 15 Mar 2017
EBS Discussants Highlight Why Banks Should Court Fintech
Financial technology experts have expressed concern that the banks and fintech would need to work together to grow the banking sector. Their stand is contained in a communiqué at the end of first…
- 22 Oct 2013
Worldwide Installed Raw Storage Capacity To Hit 7,235 EB in 2017-IDC
As our digitally-defined world continues to churn out boundless amounts of data, the storage industry is challenged to understand how much data will need to be stored, and where. According to new…
- 3 Jul 2016
eNNovators: Stakeholders Frown at Low mPOS Deployment
Participants at eNNovators Breakfast Series (EBS) themed ‘making mPOS a veritable last Mile Banking in Nigeria’ have expressed disappointment with the snail pace at which providers are deploying…
- 2 Jul 2016
eNNovators: Stakeholders Frown at Low mPOS Deployment
Participants at eNNovators Breakfast Series (EBS) themed making “mPOS a veritable last Mile Banking in Nigeria” have expressed disappointment with the snail pace at which providers are deploying…
- 19 Jul 2018
NBC Warns Ekiti Broadcasting Service, May Impose Higher Sanctions
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says it will impose a higher sanction on the Ekiti State Broadcasting Service (EBS) if it fails to pay N500,000 fine within the stipulated period. Mrs…
- 10 Aug 2010
Entrepreneur Business Summit 2010 Holds September
EBS, Entrepreneur Business Summit/Exhibition 2010 is to hold from September 27th, 28th and 29th at Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos. The Entrepreneur Business Summit, the first of its kind in…
- 17 Jun 2020
Ericsson Predicts Mobile Data Traffic to Grow 12 Times in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mobile data traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to grow by 12 times the current figures, with total traffic increasing from 0.33 Exabytes (EB) per month to 4EB by 2025. Meanwhile, average…
- 18 Feb 2017
Banks, FinTech Partnership Key to Drive Financial Inclusion - Expert
As financial technology (FinTech) gradually seeps into the growth strategies of traditional banks, expert have expressed concern that the two components would need to work together in order to drive…
- 16 Jun 2021
Ericsson Says 5G’ll Become Fastest Adopted Mobile Generation in History
Ericsson, a multinational telecommunications company says that 5G will soon become the fastest adopted mobile generation in history. Ericsson made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos,…
- 11 Aug 2017
GOtv Adds Three New Free-To-Air Channels
In line with its leading role in the drive towards digital migration, GOtv has launched more Free-to-Air (FTA) channels on its platform. ‎The newly launched channels are River State Television…
- 27 Dec 2020
Ericsson Urges FG to Release Spectrum for Expansion of Coverage
Ericsson has advised the federal government and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa to make spectrum available for the expansion of telecommunications services to underserved areas. The company, in…
- 25 Aug 2018
Hate Speech: NBC to Sanction Ondo TV
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said it will sanction Ondo State Television Service (OSTS) for broadcasting hate speech against Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti during the recent governorship…
- 8 Jun 2021
UBA, DEG Sign $50m Term Loan to Support SMEs in Nigeria
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Pan African financial institution, and Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, the German Development Finance Institution, have entered into a…
- 20 Nov 2014
Technology Experts Warn, Traditional Banking to End 2025
Technology experts have predicted that by year 2025 to 2030, a market economy could readily emerge without banks, as we have traditionally known them. Consequently, they urged banks in the region to…
- 14 Dec 2020
Ericsson Mobility Report: Mobile Data Traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa to Grow by 6.5 times by 2026
The November 2020 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report reveals that mobile data traffic in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to grow by almost 6.5 times the current figures, with total traffic…
- 6 Feb 2012
Rule of Law @ Test in Econet Wireless Dispute
After long drawn years of legal tussles in and out of court corridors, the recent judgment by the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna reinstating Econet Wireless Ltd’s equity in Airtel Networks…
- 2 Sept 2020
Increasing demand for data in Africa: Could this be a Solution?
By Anthony Okenwa Africa has become a home to over a billion people and the population is expected to grow in the coming years. The sector of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is…
- 25 Nov 2020
NBC Sanctions Broadcast Stations over Preachers, Unverifiable Cure Claims, Others
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has released the breach profile of broadcast stations in the country for the second quarter of 2020. The report compiled quarterly by the Directorate of…
- 30 Nov 2021
Mobile Data Traffic Increased Almost 300-fold Over 10 years - Ericsson
Ericsson global insights reveal an almost 300-fold increase in mobile data traffic since 2011 – the year in which Ericsson Mobility Report was first published. The findings, based on current and…
- 7 Mar 2015
Dissecting CBN’s Cashless Programme In A Cash-Oriented Society
In 2012, when the Central Bank of Nigeria introduced the cashless policy, the crux of the objectives was to encourage more electronic-based transactions for payments of goods, services, and…
- 1 Jun 2016
Critics Blame Buhari, CBN for Nigeria’s Worst Economic Crisis
Some Nigerians have blasted President Muhammadu Buhari, elected on a wave of optimism last year, for failing to react not fast enough to the changing climate but made matters worse by…
- 18 Jun 2013
Emerging Markets to Surpass Mature Regions in Enterprise Systems Spending
The regional landscape for enterprise storage is in the midst of change as spending in emerging markets begins to outpace spending in more mature regions. According to new research from International…
- 10 Jun 2017
Cisco Says Online Video to Boom in MEA by 2021
By 2021, 81% of all Internet traffic in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) will be video. This is according to Cisco's 12th annual Visual Networking Index Complete Forecast, which projects future IP…
- 2 Nov 2017
NBC Weilds Big Stick, Sanctions 23 Radio Stations
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned 23 broadcasting stations for various breaches of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code. Mrs Maimuna Jimada, head, Public Affairs, NBC, said in a…
- 21 Nov 2017
Obaseki Hails TV Inventors, Counts Impact @ World Television
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has commended the inventors of television, who rose to the occasion when industrial revolution displaced traditional means of communication in Europe and America…
- 26 Mar 2013
MEND Threatens Reign of Terror over Okah’s Sentencing
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), largest militant groups in the Niger Delta region, has threatened to unleash mayhem over the sentencing, yesterday of Henry Okah, leader of…