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- 26 Oct 2017
Zain Bank Chooses iMAL from Path Solutions
Path Solutions has announced that Zain Iraq Islamic Bank for Investment and Finance (Zain Bank), a newly established Islamic retail bank in Baghdad, has selected iMAL Islamic Core Banking System for…
- 28 Sept 2009
Zain Expands Mobile Banking Service
Telecommunications giant, Zain has upgraded its mobile banking service, Zap to enable customers to receive money from any bank account around the world and send money to any bank in Kenya, Tanzania…
- 27 Oct 2008
MTN, Zain, Visafone Raise $2.35Bn from Banks
MTN Nigeria, Zain Nigeria, and Visafone, three leading telecommunications operators in Nigeria have raised some $2.35 billion in past 16 months from local banks to push their services to pole vault…
- 12 Jan 2009
GSM Operators, Banks Shun IXPN
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) operators, MTN, Glo and Zain as well as all the banks in the country are yet interconnect their internet point to Internet Exchange point of Nigeria…
- 18 Jan 2010
Verve, Zap, OthersTop 10 African Fin. Service Tech Products in 2009
The task of selecting top 10 technology driven products/services in financial service industry in Africa in 2009 is not an enviable one. In spite of the global financial recession, financial services…
- 8 Jun 2009
Mobile Money: Nigerians to Cash Naira on Cell Phones
Call it a revolution. Something big has hit the banking and telecommunications world. It is mobile money, whereby mobile handset has become the primary digital channel for provision of banking and…
- 3 May 2018
Path Solutions Announced Top Islamic Banking Software Vendor
Path Solutions, a leading provider of Islamic banking software systems announced that the company has topped IBS Islamic Sales League Table (ISLT) 2018. This marks the sixth consecutive year, nine…
- 29 Apr 2025
UK’s Manufacturing Africa and TLG Capital Join Forces to Boost Nigerian Manufacturing
The UK’s Manufacturing Africa programme has formed a strategic partnership with investment firm TLG Capital to enhance funding opportunities for Nigeria’s manufacturing sector. L-R: Director, Head of…
- 30 Mar 2010
Bharti Airtel Buys Zain for $10.7 billion
Zain has announced the signing of definitive agreements for the sale of 100% of Zain Africa BV, its African business excluding its operations in Morocco and Sudan (”Zain Africa”), to…
- 22 Dec 2008
Zain Pilots Zap Money Transfer Service
Zain is set to launch a mobile money transfer service known as Zap, which is expected to be used across Africa and the Middle East. The pilot project will roll out in Madagascar, Kenya, Tanzania and…
- 22 Sept 2008
Operators, Vendors, Banks Line Up for Abuja CTO’08
The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization’s (CTO) Council Meeting and Forum 2008 which holds between 6-10 th October 2008, has attracted an array of telecom operators, equipment vendors,…
- 2 Feb 2009
Zain Considers Rural Market in Pursuit of Growth
Zain, a leading mobile phone service provider in Africa and the Middle East is following its success in Nigeria and Kenya where it plans to increase its investments this year in upgrading and…
- 20 Oct 2008
Atcon Gears Up for ComBIT 2008 Expo
Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (Atcon) has geared up to host the world as ComBIT 2008 Expo – an annual international information and communications technology exhibition…
- 29 Jun 2009
Zain, Western Union Partner to Deliver Mobile Money Transfer Service
Zain and Western Union are to work together to deliver mobile money transfer services in countries in Africa and the Middle East through Zain's new Zap platform. The Zap service provides Zain…
- 21 Dec 2009
Otudeko Emerges FirstBank Chairman
A change of baton has taken place in Nigeria’s premier financial institution, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, as Dr. Oba Otudeko, an erstwhile non-executive director, was elected on Tuesday by the…
- 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…
- 17 May 2010
Experts Brainstorm at AITEC Africa Conference
AITEC Africa, the leading organiser of ICT events across Africa, held the 2010 AITEC Banking & Mobile Money West Africa Conference at Eko Hotel’s new world-class conference centre over…
- 29 Sept 2008
Nakande, Ndukwe, Others to Grace Focus TV Launch
Ibrahim Dasuki Nakande, minister of State for Information and Communications, will among top dignitaries this Friday in Lagos, grace the formal launch of Focus Television and commissioning of its…
- 10 Aug 2010
Bharti Airtel, Appoints African Professionals to Drive Continent’s Business
Bharti Airtel, a leading emerging market telecom services provider, today announced the appointment of African professionals to its top management as it moves to entrench its operations on the…
- 4 May 2014
Nigeria to Miss MM Cross Border Remittance Deal
Nigeria will not be a beneficiary of the landmark deal struck by major telecom operators in Africa for the implementation of interoperable mobile money services across Africa and the Middle East…
- 21 Sept 2010
Juwah Pledges Support for Internet Exchange Point
To ensure the tangible success of the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), Dr. Eugene Juwah, the executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC has pledge the support of…
- 13 Nov 2008
GSM Companies Drive Rural Connectivity
Government’s effort to extend telecommunication services to the rural areas is being complemented by deep pocket spending by three telecom companies, Globacom, MTN Nigeria and Zain Nigeria.…
- 2 Aug 2010
Interswitch Rolls Out Quickteller Services on Payment Channels
Interswitch, Nigeria’s premier electronic transaction switching and payment processing company has rolled out Quickteller services, its value added service platform on all available payment…
- 23 May 2014
Airtel Appoints Regional Operations Directors for Lagos, North
Airtel Nigeria, leading telecommunications services provider, has announced the appointment of Mr. Femi Oshinlaja and Mr. Wole Abu as regional operations director for its Lagos and Northern Regions,…
- 15 Aug 2016
Airtel Rolls Out Free Calls, Discount On SMS/Data to Hajj Pilgrims
Nigerians travelling to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj are in for an exciting time as leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, is offering Hajj pilgrims free incoming calls and discounted rates…
- 17 Nov 2008
NCC Threatens Sanction over Bogus Promises by Telecom Operators
Ernest Ndukwe, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission, has warned telecom operators against making bogus promises to the consumers during the festive seasons, as sanctions will…
- 6 Feb 2012
Rule of Law @ Test in Econet Wireless Dispute
After long drawn years of legal tussles in and out of court corridors, the recent judgment by the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna reinstating Econet Wireless Ltd’s equity in Airtel Networks…
- 22 Mar 2010
Main One Appoints Team for Commercial Operation
A head the landing of its submarine cable, Main One Cable Company has appointed top management staff in preparation for offering commercial services starting from the middle of this year. Among the…
- 21 Dec 2009
How Telecom Fared in the Out Going Year
Nigeria telecommunications sector in the out going year was felt with mixed given. The sector which has been adjudged the fastest growing in Africa, witnessed low level of activities compared to…