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- 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…
- 21 Nov 2025
Conn8 Media Solutions NG Honoured for Social Impact at CODEFEST Hackathon 2025
Conn8 Media Solutions NG, a media consultancy firm and publishers of Tech and Biz News NG and eTimes Africa News, has been recognised for its outstanding contribution to Nigeria’s tech startup…
- 3 Sept 2013
Microsoft Promises More Local Content with MSN Nigeria
Microsoft Nigeria has promised to satisfy Nigerians with locally relevant content via the Microsoft Network (MSN Nigeria) portal, her brand new Company’s portal, offering news, sports, money, games,…
- 25 Jul 2021
Techeconomy.ng Wins ‘Most Innovative Digital Media Platforms of the Year’ Award
Techeconomy.ng, a Nigeria-based digital news platform, has been decorated as the ‘Most Innovative Digital Media Platforms of the Year’ in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, at Titans of Tech…
- 25 Jun 2020
BBC World Service Partners MTN to Curb Spread of Fake News
BBC World Service has partnered with MTN Nigeria to deliver BBC News Minute bulletins which will be free of charge to subscribers of the MyMTN App in English, Hausa, Igbo, Pidgin and Yoruba. This is…
- 26 Apr 2020
NITDA Vows to Support Tech Community Hack COVID-19 Out of Nigeria
MallamKashifuInuwaAbdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has promised to offer full support to tech community in Nigeria to enable them innovate on…
- 19 Jul 2021
Forum Seeks End to $2.6bn Telecom Capital Flights
Business Metrics Nigeria, a business and tech-dedicated news platform is assembling IT experts across public and private sectors to fashion out ways to stem over $2.6bn spent by telecoms operators in…
- 25 Jul 2022
TechnologyMirror Wins Best Startups Supportive Online Media Award at Titans of Tech 2022
TechnologyMirror, one of Nigeria's leading technology and ICT news and information website, has won the Best Startups Supportive Online Media of the Year Award at the 18 th edition of the Titans of…
- 30 Mar 2023
TechCabal Celebrates 10 Years of Covering Africa's Tech Ecosystem
TechCabal, the leading source of technology news, analysis and insights in Africa, is excited to announce its 10th anniversary. Over the past decade, we’ve been at the forefront of covering Africa's…
- 30 Sept 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…
- 20 May 2022
Zinox Mourns as Founding Member and Tech Billionaire, David Kan Dies
The management of Zinox Technologies Ltd, Nigeria’s foremost tech giant, has reacted with sadness to the news of the passing of David Kan, a founding member of its Board of Directors and CEO of…
- 30 Aug 2013
Microsoft to Officially Launch MSN Portal in Nigeria
Microsoft Nigeria is on top of plans to officially launch its flagship MSN portal for Nigeria, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek can report. The portal, although already live is scheduled to be commissioned…
- 16 Dec 2016
Oviosu, Paga Boss Makes #100 Most Influential Nigerians in 2016
Tayo Oviosu of Paga has been listed alongside other distinguished individuals as most influential people in Nigeria by Nigeria’s leading Online News media, YNaija to its annual list of the 100 most…
- 15 May 2017
Revisiting The Electricity Question In Nigeria
The question as to whether the Nigeria's tech ecosystem can truly develop without steady power supply has always been agitating my mind. This question keeps coming up because of the epileptic power…
- 14 Mar 2022
How e-commerce addresses Nigeria's unemployment challenges
It is no longer news that Nigeria shares the unenviable status of being among countries with the highest unemployment rate in the world. However, e-commerce can help change the narrative about…
- 28 Jun 2021
Jack Dorsey: Unpicking Twitter Boss's Passion for Nigeria
By Nduka Orjinmo - BBC News Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is no stranger to controversy but in Nigeria he has become embroiled in the battle between the country's tech-savvy youths and a ruling class that…
- 16 May 2015
Carmudi Says Blogs, Online News Platforms Essential to Businesses
Carmudi.com.ng, Nigeria’s number one online automobile marketplace, during the week, held a seminar for bloggers and online news platforms at its Lagos office under the theme: “Attracting the right…
- 29 Jan 2024
Innovating Locally, Impacting Globally: Jumia's Drive for Tech Talent Excellence
The future is digital, but for Africa to make the most of that future more attention must be given to developing and leveraging local tech talent. Research from several renowned organisations and…
- 27 Jun 2021
Global Tech, Digital Giants Won’t Escape Tax in Nigeria- FG
Federal government has vowed big technology and digital companies with a significant economic presence in Nigeria, though without physical offices, won’t escape tax payments henceforth. The…
- 18 Oct 2020
Expert Says Paystack Acquisition is Boost for Nigerian Tech Ecosystem
The acquisition of Paystack, a Nigerian FinTech company, by Stripe is a huge boost for the Nigerian technology ecosystem, according to Jide Awe, chief executive officer of Jidaw Systems Limited. Awe…
- 4 Oct 2019
Pantami Leads Nigeria’s Delegation to GITEX 2019
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications will be leading major Nigerian businesses and economic players to attend this year’s Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (GITEX 2019) in…
- 29 Jan 2020
Concerns as Tech Firm Moves to Identify, Track Nigerians
Nigeria may be become a large research laboratory to develop facial recognition that will help Chinese big tech companies identify and track Nigerians and indeed black people, according to Nelson…
- 15 Dec 2020
Cars45 Supports Capacity Building for Nigerian Auto Journalists
In furtherance of building institutional and individual capacity for Nigerian journalists, Nigeria's leading tech-enabled automotive trading platform, Cars45 served as a key sponsor of the 5th…
- 11 Sept 2025
GITEX NIGERIA Debut Draws 78 Nations, Puts Nigeria’s Digital Economy in Global Spotlights
The debut of GITEX NIGERIA brought a global spotlight to Nigeria's digital economy, with international exhibitors and investors confirming strong engagement and immediate business opportunities.…
- 31 Aug 2016
Reasons Mark Zuckerberg's Visit is Good for the Ecosystem
Nigeria is unfortunately always in the news for the wrong reasons. Yes, I know that we have some internal challenges but I am of the opinion that international press usually focuses on the bad…
- 11 Jan 2017
Ekeh, Zinox Boss on CNN, Says ICT Investment Will Create Nigerian Billionaires
With the right kind of investment in technological platforms and the overwhelming support of the government in providing the requisite enabling environment, Nigeria can effortlessly produce global…
- 27 Dec 2015
Cc-Hub Discloses Plans for BBC News Labs 2016
‎BBC Connected Studio, the World Service and BBC News Labs are holding a collaborative ideas workshop in Lagos on 18 January 2016 in partnership with Co-Creation Hub. ‎ The aim of the event,…
- 20 Mar 2019
Axiom Tech Launches Petro-App
Axiom Tech has launched an app, Petro-App, to address challenges confronting product distribution network in the downstream sector. Mr Andre Bassey, managing director, Axiom Tech Limited, said…
- 21 Jun 2010
Operators Jostle for Africa Digital Awards Sponsorship
As the Countdown to ICT Watch Africa Digital Awards & Lecture Series 2010 draws nearer, companies have started jostling to sponsor and pledge other forms of support for the programme. Prominent…
- 21 Jun 2010
Operators Jostle for Africa Digital Awards Sponsorship
As the Countdown to ICT Watch Africa Digital Awards & Lecture Series 2010 draws nearer, companies have started jostling to sponsor and pledge other forms of support for the programme. Prominent…