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- 24 Jan 2023
Touch and Pay Launches Cowry Card Cashless Fare Collection Technology on New LRMT Blue Rail Line
Touch and Pay Technologies , a Nigerian fintech company and leading processor of micro-transactions in Africa, announced today that for the first time, rail passengers across Nigeria’s largest city,…
- 19 Apr 2023
Touch And Pay Democratise Transport for Millions with New Interstate Booking Solution
Touch and Pay Technologies , a Nigerian fintech company and leading processor of micro-transactions in Africa, has announced the democratisation of interstate travel from Nigeria’s largest city,…
- 2 Nov 2014
Airtel Discloses Its iPhone 6 Offer to Nigerians
Airtel Nigeria has led the way announcing that Nigerians can begin to pre-register for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus at www.alwayson.ng/iphone, from last week. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus…
- 25 Aug 2008
Redesigning IT Our Curriculum
We pay little attention to technology. When we do, it is peanuts and we only get monkeys. Despite the role of science and technology in the development of countries, Nigeria has remained at the…
- 27 Sept 2024
Mastercard, KaiOS Technologies Partner to Democratize Digital Payment for millions of SMEs
KaiOS Technologies, a leading operating system that brings the best of the internet to affordable devices, today announced a collaboration with Mastercard to integrate a range of digital payments…
- 29 Jan 2016
Samsung Tops, Apple, Huawei & Xiaomi Surpass 2015 YoY Average
A strong holiday quarter boosted worldwide smartphone volumes to new record levels thanks to robust product offerings at numerous price points in both mature and emerging markets. According to…
- 11 Jan 2019
How FirstBank is Making Customers Stay-Connected Through Its e-Channels
Folarin is a smart entrepreneur who is in touch with technological advancement and the digital age. He has different apps on his mobile phone which he uses to organise both his business and private…
- 14 Jun 2017
Mobile Biometric: Mastercard, University of Oxford Launch New Research Initiative
People unlock their phone and, increasingly, shop and pay with the touch of their finger. They don’t get locked out when they forget a password because it has been replaced with a simpler, more…
- 6 Dec 2017
Sophos Releases 2017 Malware Trends, Prediction
By peter oluka From online gaming, to mobile apps and wearable tech, technology is used at almost every touch point in people’s day-to-day lives. However, the downside of living in this…
- 9 Oct 2023
Koree Wins $50,000 @ 2023 Ecobank Fintech Challenge
Koree, a Cameroonian fintech, has emerged winner of the Ecobank Fintech, ahead of eight finalists and 1,490 pitches. Koree went home with $50,000 in non-dilutive funding while Wolf Technologies, a…
- 19 Feb 2018
UBA Contactless Cards Hit Industry High of 3m
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Pan-African financial institution, has again demonstrated its superiority in the Nigerian e-Banking space with the issuance of over three million Near Field…
- 10 Sept 2014
MasterCard Works with Apple to Integrate Apple Pay
Apple has unveiled Apple Pay that will enable MasterCard cardholders to use their iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch for everyday purchases. MasterCard built the foundation for secure…
- 23 Mar 2018
Teleology Pays $50m, Set to Takeover 9mobile
Teleology has put finishing touches to its acquisition of 9mobile, Nigeria’s 4th telecom services provider, by paying $50m deposit, ahead of the deadline. Ahead of the March 22 deadline set by…
- 21 Apr 2017
Next Generation Biometric Card for In-Store Purchases Unveiled
Mastercard, Thursday, unveiled the next generation biometric card, combining chip technology with fingerprints to conveniently and safely verify the cardholder’s identity for in-store purchases.…
- 13 Oct 2015
Apple Pay Now Available on the Fly Delta App
‎Delta Air Lines customers can now book and pay for flights via Apple Pay, the easy and private way to pay, using the latest version of the Fly Delta app. Delta is now the first U.S. based…
- 29 Apr 2013
Zinox Group Builds Africa Largest ICT Mall
Africa’s largest single authentic ICT product market being built by Zinox Group is to be commissioned in 2016, according to Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh, group chairman of the Nigeria’s world class IT…
- 16 Nov 2015
UBA Contactless Cards Set Off a Revolution in Card Payments In Nigeria
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, leading financial services institution in digital banking offerings in Nigeria, and across Africa, is changing the payments landscape in Nigeria with the…
- 26 Oct 2009
Rejig IT Curriculum Now
Formal education in Nigeria has a specific mission of producing a critical mass of Nigerians, grounded in the key generic skills, who on the basis of the high-quality education they offer would…
- 7 May 2018
UBA Introduces Master Pass QR Bot in Partnership with MasterCard
United Bank for Africa (UBA), Pan African Financial institution, has again disrupted the e-payment space with the introduction of Master Pass ‘Quick Response’ (QR) Bot. The revolutionary…
- 30 May 2019
Ericsson Pays Homage to the Power of 5G in New film with High-profile Heroes
Ericsson joins forces with thought-leading tech profiles in a film that pays homage to connectivity and the innovation it sparks. To fit the theme of being seamlessly connected, the ambitious…
- 15 Mar 2018
Mainframes,Millennials and A Tale of Two Nigerians
For those who may think mainframes were history, think again. Mainframes are the silent engines behind today’s industrial and commercial behemoths, namely, banks, phone and ATM networks,…
- 10 Mar 2022
TD Africa Fetes Female Entrepreneurs on 2022 Int’l Women’s Day
Women have been urged to wake up to the myriad of opportunities presented by a rapidly evolving 21st Century and take their rightful places in the highly competitive business environment, while…
- 7 Jun 2017
NOUN's Fight Against Technology
The positive impact that technology has brought to our world and in all aspects of our lives cannot be overemphasised. It is a known fact that technology has come, to forever, ease up the way we…
- 20 May 2016
LG Forecasts Trends to Expect ‘in City of the Future’
The city of the future is an explorative and predictive exercise paying attention to the areas that are likely to impact the cities: technology, economics, climate, culture and demographics. There is…
- 6 May 2021
Consumer Appetite for Digital Payments Takes Off in Nigeria- Mastercard New Payments Index Reveals
As the world went into pandemic lockdown in 2020, consumers shifted their spending habits to embrace contactless tap-and-go payments and online shopping. As stores closed and social distancing took…
- 22 Jan 2016
Paga Partners Uber on Payment in Nigeria
Committed to solving payments for businesses and individuals, Paga has announced a partnership with technology company, Uber. The global company that has revolutionized the way people think about…
- 12 Jan 2014
Cloud Mobility,Others to Shape ICT in 2014 - Akano
Tim Akano, Chief Executive Officer, New Horizons Nigeria over the weekend release his ICT predictions for 2014, chike onwuegbuchi was there and captured highlight of the predictions. In 2014, we are…
- 16 Dec 2021
Mastercard, Thales and Providus Bank Launch a Tokenization and Digitization Initiative in Nigeria
Mastercard, Thales and Providus Bank have partnered to bring the Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) tokenization and digitization initiative to the Nigeria market. They are extending the…
- 1 Nov 2021
Uzoka, GMD UBA Wins ‘Finovator of the Year’ Award
Kennedy Uzoka, group managing director/chief executive officer of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has been announced as the winner of the Finovator of the Year’ Award for the year 2021. Kennedy…
- 13 Nov 2020
Standard Bank Propels Contactless Payments Across Africa
Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest financial services organisation by assets, is driving the mass adoption of contactless payments across Africa, as consumers look for safer ways to pay in the…