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- 2 Mar 2018
CBN Grants Freedom Network Super-Agent License to Boost Financial Inclusion
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has granted an approval-in-principle, AIP, to 3Line Card Limited to operate as a super-agent in the nation’s financial services system in order to boost financial…
- 4 Jun 2024
IG4D 2024: Edetaen Ojo to chair NDSF on Internet Governance
One of the top 10 digital change makers in Africa and Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Mr. Edetaen Ojo would preside over the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance…
- 7 Mar 2019
3Line Commits to Financial Inclusion Agenda for the Unbanked
3Line Card Management an innovative fintech company is set to launch ‘SUSUBYU’: a digital saving product modelled on the traditional informal thrift savings in the first quarter this year. SUSUBYU…
- 9 Mar 2018
‘Gbénga Sèsan Appointed Member of Advisory Network at FOC
Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative, has been appointed member of the Advisory Network of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), an intergovernmental coalition committed to advancing…
- 23 Jun 2008
Starcomms Goes Live in Abeokuta
Nigeria’s 4 th largest telecommunications operator and leading "triple-play" (mobile, fixed wireless voice, wireless broadband) provider Starcomms has rolled out its services in…
- 8 Apr 2017
Etisalat Highlights Unique Propositions of Revamped EasyCliq
Innovative and youth-friendly telecommunication network, Etisalat Nigeria, has said subscribers’ freedom to make their choice from a range of exciting bonus options is one of the unique features that…
- 12 Apr 2013
QoS: MNP Rings Fire your GSM Provider
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), yesterday said that it was set to launch the much awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service, which will afford a telecom consumer the ability to choose…
- 4 Feb 2013
Waiting for Mobile Number Portability
After several postponements, Nigeria is now at the dawn of mobile number portability (MNP) service that will afford a telecom consumer the ability to choose or fire their GSM service provider and…
- 26 Mar 2016
Glo Mobile Ghana Delights Subscribers with 4 Mega Products
Glo Mobile has rolled out four exciting new products to give more value for money to its subscribers in Ghana. The products include Twin Bash, Three Minutes To Free, Weekend Browsing and Night…
- 19 Mar 2013
Paga, biNu Ink Partnership on Mobile Payments
Paga, Nigeria’s leading mobile payments company is partnering with biNu, a leading global mobile social platform dedicated to overcoming the digital divide, by providing fast and lowcost access to…
- 7 Oct 2021
Global Investors Tune into SWIRL as Live Video in Ecommerce Takes off
Live video shopping SaaS platform SWIRL has raised $250,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by global strategic investors and angels based in the US, Singapore, Middle-East and Europe including…
- 1 Apr 2015
Court Grants PIN, PPDC Leave to Sue NIMC over Information on National ID Card Contract
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted two non-governmental organizations leave to challenge the refusal of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to provide them with the procurement…
- 30 Sept 2014
Addressing Business Networks Plights with Cyberoam’s CR200iNG-XP
With the best of breed feature set, high performance, reasonable cost, Cyberoam, the Sohpos companies has provided answers to your organisations’ numerous challenges. The new CR200iNG-XP appliance…
- 1 Jun 2018
Igbalajobi, Sesan, Amana to Speak @ DigitalSENSE Forum 2018
Mr. Olatunji Igbalajobi, a cyber security expert and the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of CyberCode, and President of the Nigeria Internet Group, Mr. Destiny Amana would be leading speakers at this…
- 18 Jan 2016
Reasons Why CDMA Networks are ‘Disappearing’
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) networks are disappearing from the Nigerian telecommunication scene. The last one to dissipate, when many thought that it had a strong customer-base was Visafone…
- 5 Aug 2016
Mobile Technology - Transforming Face of African Business
According to a survey by the Africa Business Panel, the smartphone penetration rate in Africa increased from 76 to 89 percent between 2013 and 2015, and continues to grow at a rapid rate. The…
- 8 Mar 2013
NCC Begins Mobile Number Portability March 26
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it will flag off the much awaited Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service from March 26 to afford the telecom consumers the ability to choose or fire his…
- 3 Oct 2012
Etisalat @ 4, Rewards Customers with N1Bn Free Credits
Etisalat Nigeria has announced the biggest airtime offer yet of a monthly N1 billion free credits for her customers as the ambitious telco moves to consolidate its market share and chalked up more…
- 3 Apr 2014
NCC Threatens Sanctions against Operators for Illegal Tariff
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has not approved tariff changes on any of the networks and warned that severe sanctions await service providers that indulge in illegal increase of…
- 29 Apr 2014
NCC Bans Registration of Old SIM Cards
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), on Monday, permanently placed embargo on the registration of old Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards by telecoms providers. Tony Ojobo, NCC…
- 26 Jun 2013
Networks to Cost 50% Less in the Next 5 Years- Dimension Data
Future networks will cost about half of what traditional networks cost today and will require a smaller capital investment to roll out, and will be cheaper to operate because they'll be easier to…
- 15 Mar 2021
NCC Assures Consumers of Protection @ WCRD, to Tackle Fake Phones
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it is working with other consumer products regulatory agencies to tackle the importation of fake and bio hazardous phones and accessories into…
- 31 Aug 2010
CBN Secures ATM Transactions, Boosts Traffic on NCS
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks in the country to connect to the Nigeria Central Switch (NCS) by December 1, in one of the many efforts by the apex bank to shore up confidence in the…
- 1 Oct 2019
Nigerian Tech Community Battles SARS Over Illegal Arrests of Software Engineers
Nigeria’s technology leaders have launched #StopRobbingUs, a campaign to put an end to the common practice where Nigerian police stop young people with laptops and unlawfully arrest, attack or, in…
- 19 Oct 2020
Our Youth and the Protests, Looking Beyond End SARS
By Austin Okere The youth are not our enemies; let us remember this before we do anything rash such as using brute force to quell their protests. They are our children that have come of age. Their…
- 31 May 2014
Etisalat Boasts Discerning Subscribers Port to its Network
Etisalat Nigeria, on Friday boosted that a crop of elite and discerning telephone subscribers in Nigeria are taking advantage of the mobile number portability policy, to avail themselves of…
- 17 Jul 2018
MTN Nigeria Sponsors 2018 International Press Institute Congress
Journalism over the years has been known to shape lives and development of communities all over the world and Journalist play pivotal roles in the growth and development of any nation but sometimes…
- 5 Dec 2021
SERAP Drags FG to Court for Shutting Down Telecom Networks
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the court for “an order of perpetual injunction to restrain President Muhammadu Buhari and Isa Pantami, minister of…
- 18 Feb 2016
GSMA Releases Specification to Help Consumers Connect Mobile Devices
The GSMA yesterday released a specification that allows consumers to remotely activate the SIM embedded in a device such as a smart watch, fitness band or tablet. This new specification, which is the…
- 11 Feb 2017
ITU says A Billion People Lack Access to Radio
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) says up to a billion people across the world still do not have access to radio. The union said in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on…