Worried by several reports revealing shortage of skillset in cyber security in Nigeria and other African countries, experts have adduced ways out of the challenge. In...
As efforts to deepen the penetration of Information Technology (IT) across the country intensifies, the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi, has said...
African leaders are putting women front and center of efforts to drive the continent’s economic growth through a game-changing fund that invests in women fund managers...
Dr. Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, has said cybercrime is growing at an alarming rate globally. He also explained how cybercrime ‘generates’...
Pan-African telecommunications company, Airtel Africa has reported a 9.9% increase in its revenue to US$2, 522-million for the nine-month period ended 31 December 2019, coming off...
Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp now has over two billion users. In a blog post, WhatsApp says: “We are excited to share that, as of today, WhatsApp...
Juniper Research reports that contactless payments will triple to $6 trillion worldwide by 2024, from about $2 trillion this year, as OEM mobile wallet transactions increase...
GSMA, organiser of the Mobile World Congress (MWC), has cancelled the event because of fears of the deadly coronavirus. The conference, which was set to take...
Ecobank has signed a cross-border remittance agreement with Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform, that aims to bring more inclusive financial services by providing...
In a first for Facebook in Nigeria, and as part of its ongoing commitment to building community and improving connectivity, Facebook partnered with the Edo State...