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- 24 Sept 2025
Mastercard and Smile ID Partner to Scale Digital Identity Across Africa
Mastercard has deepened its strategic partnership with Smile ID, a leading African identity verification provider, to accelerate the deployment of secure digital identity solutions across the…
- 13 Jul 2021
Smile Identity Raises $7m to Build KYC and Identity Verification Tools for Africa
Smile Identity, the company that enables ID verification and KYC compliance through Artificial Intelligence designed for African faces and identities, announced today that the company had secured $7…
- 5 Nov 2025
Mastercard Champions Inclusive Growth Across the Continent @Africa Edge 2025
Mastercard held its inaugural Africa Edge summit, convening leaders from across Africa’s payments ecosystem to explore how collaboration and innovation can accelerate the continent’s digital growth.…
- 12 Feb 2026
Identy.io Targets Nigeria, Kenya in Its Africa Expansion Strategy
Nigeria and Kenya are the next target markets for Identy.io, a global provider of digital identities, as it expands into Africa. Facial, fingerprint, and palm identification are among the safe,…
- 9 Apr 2024
NIMC’s Proposed National ID Gets Cold Reception
Federal government recently announced plans to launch three new national identity cards in May, targeting 104 million citizens. This initiative is part of a broader effort to establish a unified and…
- 18 Nov 2019
Smile Unveils More Affordable & Value Added Data Plans
Smile Communications LTD, Nigeria’s leading 4G LTE broadband service provider is now offering double the value (100% increase in data volume) on their existing 30 days data plans at more affordable…
- 15 Mar 2026
CBN Rolls Out New Rules for Safer Instant Payments, More Customer Control
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched simple new rules to make mobile money transfers and online banking safer and give ordinary Nigerians more say over their cash. CBN The changes aim to stop…
- 13 Oct 2020
Okonjo-Iweala Visits Buhari, Seeks Final Push for WTO DG Job
President Muhmmadu Buhari has granted Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former finance minister prayers to “make one final push within the week to beat the Koreans and bring this to Nigeria by sending a few…
- 30 Mar 2025
Smart Treasure Investment Team's Initiatives Eradicate Poverty, Says Aminu
Samson Aminu, also known as Smile, has described the Smart Treasure Investment Team (ST Team) as a transformative force that has empowered its members and significantly contributed to poverty…
- 31 Jan 2024
12-Year-Old Spelling Bee Champion Takes Charge as MTN Nigeria's One-Day CEO
In a heartwarming celebration of young talent, MTN Nigeria today announced Daniel Nkanu Victor, a student from Intimacy with Christ Secondary School, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, as its honorary One-Day…
- 1 Mar 2019
Meeting Customers’ Everyday Needs Through An Ecosystem of Digital Services
By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke, Before the internet disrupted how and where customers make their purchases through eCommerce, most of their needs were usually met via various physical points of sale scattered…
- 16 Jul 2026
Fidelity Bank Brings Smiles to Orphans with Renovation, Food and Education Support
Fidelity Bank Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to community development with a comprehensive intervention at Heritage Homes Orphanage in Anthony Village, Lagos, aimed at improving the welfare and…
- 5 Jan 2018
Five UNN students seek N100m funds to expand solar energy project
By peter oluka Five University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) students scaling several hurdles,embarked on ‘alternative energy grid’ project and now seek more funding to expand, even beyond Nigeria.…
- 9 Nov 2018
Christmas Came Early with the Rapidtransfer App
As Christmas approaches, many of us are already planning our expenses for the holiday period, because we all know that December is a very expensive month and January is a very loooong month. …
- 24 Sept 2021
Clubhouse Introduces Wave Feature & Announces New Head of Entertainment Partnerships
Clubhouse has introduced Wave - a new feature that aims to increase small, private chats - and deeper engagements. Wave, is an invite mechanism meant to make it easier to start small closed chats on…
- 12 Oct 2021
Winners Emerge in 7th UBA Bumper Savings Account Promo
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Pan African financial institution, has again rewarded its loyal customers in its Bumper Savings Promo in line with its unwavering commitment towards prioritising its…
- 16 Aug 2021
Tizeti Roars with NeXTGEN Technologies for Affordable Unlimited Internet in Africa
How Tizeti is solving problem of affordable unlimited internet in Africa Kendall Ananyi, CEO of Tizeti In today’s digital ecosystem, telecommunication has become the foundation for businesses,…
- 21 Apr 2025
PAFON 2.0: Experts Discuss Pathways to Boost Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
Improved efforts at collaboration among financial service providers, telecommunication operators, and tech Startups, with conscious effort geared at consumer awareness, have been proffered as key…
- 12 Sept 2022
Medallion Data Centre Appoints Oluseyi Olanrewaju as CFO
Medallion Data Centre, Leading provider of carrier-neutral data centre services, announced the appointment of an award-winning financial expert, Dr Oluseyi Olanrewaju as its new Chief Financial…
- 30 Jul 2021
Tears Flow Freely as Usifo Ataga, Super TV Boss Laid to Rest in Lagos
Micheal Usifo Ataga, founder and CEO Super TV was yesterday interred in a private ceremony at the Ebony Vaults in Ikoyi, Lagos amid eulogies and tears from family members, close associates and other…
- 11 Apr 2021
Angst as Groups Threaten Legal Action over USSD Pricing
Subscriber groups have threatened to take legal action as soon as the new Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) service charge of N6.98 takes effect. Deolu Ogunbanjo, president, NATCOMS…
- 4 Dec 2025
14-Year-Old Oreoluwa Alayande Crowned Champion of MTN mPulse 2025 Spelling Bee
14-year-old Oreoluwa Alayande has been crowned the winner of the MTN mPulse Spelling Bee 2025, following a thrilling grand finale that saw the top 20 contestants from schools across the country…
- 24 Jul 2020
Iya Jogbo, Popular Radio Presenter Dies
Emmanuella Pobeni Adepoju, popularly known as Iya Jogbo, a popular Max FM Lagos radio presenter, is dead. Iya Jogbo According to the management of TVC Communications, owners of TVC, TVC News and Max…
- 23 Mar 2020
Covid-19: Telcos Move to Ensure Hitch-free Telecoms Services
Telecommunications operators under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), rose from an emergency meeting, where it took far-reaching decisions and made strong…
- 28 Apr 2026
NASENI Empowers 2000 Kano Households with Clean Energy Solutions
National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has launched its Sustainable Empowerment Programme in Kano State with over 2000 households benefiting from the Agency's clean and…
- 3 Dec 2023
Green Software Engineering: Building with the Planet in Mind
When Sulaimon Adejumo talks about software engineering, he doesn’t just talk in terms of scale, uptime, or performance. He talks in kilowatts. In emissions. In how much energy your API call just…
- 28 Nov 2022
Kate Ene David Wins 2022 MTN mPulse Spelling Bee Competition, to Act as MTN CEO for One Day
The fifth edition of the MTN mPulse Spelling Bee Competition has come to an end with Kate Ene David emerging as the winner. L-R: Titus Schwa Bankole, Bee Master; Odunayo Sanya, Executive Secretary,…
- 25 Jun 2024
NHEA 2024 Celebrates Healthcare Excellence in Grand Style
The 10th edition of the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) was held on Friday, June 21, 2024, at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The Emir of Songa, HRH Alh. Dr. Haliru Yahaya…