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- 23 Nov 2017
Hamonization of Identity Data Between Other Agencies & NIMC in Progress- Lanre Osibona
By Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata All forward looking nationalities are powering their economies with technology and Nigeria cannot be an exception, if she wants to compete favourably in the comity of…
- 25 Jun 2018
Osibona to Chair Broadband Access Event
Lanre Osibona, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Information and Communication Technology , will chair this year’s edition of Nigeria ICT Impact CEO Forum (NIICF) and Africa Digital Awards…
- 6 Feb 2018
Stakeholders meet on developing digital identity ecosystem
By Wale Oguntokun The Senior Special Assistant to the President on ICT, Mr. Lanre Osibona, has debunked online news reports that the Nigerian government will be spending additional $3.1bn on…
- 3 May 2019
FG Expresses Commitment to Affordable Digital Financial Services to the Unbanked
Lanre Osibona, Senior Special Adviser to the President on Information, Communication and Technology , has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to bring affordable digital financial services…
- 25 Apr 2019
FG to enact policies for fintech innovation
Mr Lanre Osibona, Senior Special Assistant to the President on ICT, has said that Federal Government plans to enact policies that will encourage innovation and dynamism in the financial technology…
- 2 Jul 2018
ICT Sector Accounts for Over $32 billion FDI Over the Last 15 Years- Shittu
Barrister Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communication, over the weekend disclosed that Nigeria’s revolution in the ICT sector accounts for over $32 billion in foreign direct investment over the last 15…
- 5 Jul 2018
Huawei, Others Suggest How Digitalise Nigerian Economy
Tank Li, managing director of Huawei Technologies Nigeria, has that said a robust ICT infrastructure is the bedrock for digital transformation in Nigeria. He spoke during a one-day forum…
- 18 Sept 2018
Lagos to Host Africa Fintech Summit for the First Time
Africa’s premier fintech event, the Africa Fintech Summit, will be held for the first time in Lagos, Nigeria, on November 8-9, 2018. This event comes on the heels of the earlier edition in Washington…
- 27 Nov 2018
Africa Fintech Summit Extols Technological Impact on Finance
More than 50 speakers and 500 finance professionals, tech enthusiasts, investors, and regulators gathered at Africa’s premier fintech event, the Africa Fintech Summit organized by Dedalus Global to…
- 23 Apr 2019
Group Set to Host Conference on Digital Rights, Expect Delegates from 32 Countries
The seventh edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) will host delegates from 38 countries to deliberate on issues confronting the digital space in Africa. This is according to a…
- 9 Feb 2013
Experts Ring Worries Over Faltering Mobile Money
Finance experts waxed worriedly at the slow growth of mobile money service and warned that unless the impediments are removed, the service may be dead on arrival. They also painted a dismal picture…
- 11 Jun 2019
Swedish Institute Nominates CFA, Osibona & Others as Part of the 2019 Innovation Ecosystem Programme
In a quest to discover ways of solving more problems across the globe, the Swedish Institute created the Innovation Ecosystem Programme as a platform for knowledge exchange and problem solving,…
- 23 Feb 2013
MM Operators Race to Interoperability Deadline
Mobile money service providers in the country are making last-ditch effort to connect to the National Central Switch (NCS) in compliance with the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),…
- 1 Aug 2017
No Nigerian Passport without NIMC in 2018 -Presidency
Federal government has said that anybody that does not have identification number from the National Identification Management Commission (NIMC), from 1st January 2018 will not be issued with the…
- 1 Nov 2017
Ndukwe Says Review of National Broadband Plan Now Imperative
By peter oluka Dr Ernest Ndukwe, a telecom expert and former executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has called on the Ministry of Communications to review and update…
- 1 Feb 2018
FG to Spend Additional $3.1bn on Digital National Identity
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday in Abuja, said the Federal Government required additional 3.1 billion US dollars to achieve digital national identity for all citizens. Osinbajo disclosed this…