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Jiji Records Unprecedented Success in 2021, Plans to Accelerate Growth in 2022

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Jiji, an online marketplace and Nigeria’s largest marketplace for classifieds, has recorded unprecedented growth in 2021. The year 2021 highlighted significant achievements for the brand and saw an increase in seller and buyer statistics while extending the Jiji business to acquire Cars45.

The Jiji platform, which commands over 10 million unique monthly visits, has over 3 million active listings, holds leading positions across markets, and has become a classifieds leader in the region.

Jiji is estimated to be the largest e-commerce company in Africa based on the total value of merchandise sold through customer interactions and exchanges.

Jiji Maintains Leadership via Category Expansion

The recent acquisition of Cars45 is a testament to Jiji’s intent to build a future beyond classifieds. This move is based on the statistics of vehicle listing as the second-most popular category on Jiji, second only to real estate.

With the vehicle category worth over $3 billion, Jiji has become a recognized online platform for listing and selling cars in the Nigerian market. In this way, Jiji has expanded its market category to maintain its leading position in the Nigerian e-commerce space.

Sellers on Jiji Tell their Success Stories

Sellers on the Jiji platform were not left out of the brand’s unprecedented growth in 2021.

Speaking on their experience in the past year, the marketing manager of Meshack Laptops, John Meshack attested to the efficiency and transparency of dealings on the Jiji platform during the five years he has sold on the platform.

“Though we sell our products on other e-commerce sites like Konga and Jumia, transactions are better controlled with Jiji as we, the sellers, interact directly with potential buyers, which has made closing deals seamless for us. Also, Jiji flags perceived fraudsters’ contacts through their AI-driven security system, which has helped us immensely by significantly reducing our exposure to scam buyers.

“As a result, we at Meshack laptops have subscribed to adverts for the whole of 2022 to help grow our business because Jiji has helped us boost sales and increased our ROI through exposure to millions of ready buyers on the platform,” John Meshack.

Another merchant Bonec Medicals International Ltd, who has been selling on Jiji for over a year, speaks on the positive impact Jiji has on his business. According to the Managing Director, Jiji has added tremendous value to their business. “My experience with Jiji has been good as the platform attracts a lot of traffic for me, which translates to sales.

“I have built solid relationships with customers in Nigeria, and I grew significantly in 2021, leveraging the advert packages. I explored two different packages last year and got a lot of exposure, even to clients outside of Nigeria. Jiji has had a positive impact on my business since I joined the platform,” he said.

Buyers are not left out

The buyers are not left out from this success story as they have confirmed the ease of doing business with sellers on the Jiji platform.

An ardent buyer on the Jiji platform, Uzodike Anyawu posits that she enjoys good customer relations, quality products, and quick deliveries from sellers on Jiji.

“I love buying from Jiji because their sellers are efficient with their service delivery. I particularly love the customer review section because I feel this is an intelligent way to ensure that sellers are on top of their game.

“It has also helped put sellers in check as they need positive reviews to increase patronage and improve their vendor relations with Jiji. For this reason, i have made lots of repeat purchases and referrals because for me, Jiji remains the platform of choice both locally and internationally,” Uzodike Anyawu

Jiji Reiterates Commitment to Accelerate Growth in 2022

Speaking on the plan for 2022, Yuliy Shenfeld, Jiji’s Director of African Operations, reiterated that the platform would continue to be seller and buyer-friendly.

“Ecommerce has become a part of our lifestyle as a people and the services we offer at Jiji enhance this lifestyle by bringing convenience, variety and affordability to us.

“At Jiji, we add value to lives and businesses to enable them to grow and thrive by creating a platform for smart and fast exchange of goods and services, with access to millions of buyers, thousands of sellers and wide product categories.

“For this reason, I and my team are committed to providing a customer-centric platform that is value-driven and quintessential in the Nigerian eCommerce space and  internationally,” Yuliy Shenfeld


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Kaspersky Transforms Threat Intelligence Reporting into an Interactive Content Hub

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Easy interaction with exclusive Kaspersky reports, geo-filtering and actionable intelligence in a single click: expert insights on Advanced Persistent Threats (APT), Crimeware and Industrial Control Systems (ICS) threats are now available directly in Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Portal — with charts and visuals rendered inline.

In an era of increasingly sophisticated and frequent attacks, threat intelligence inevitably evolves into a business enabler that equips security teams with strategic advantage in their mission to back their company’s stability and growth.

Kaspersky, a recognised leader in threat intelligence, facilitates informed decision-making and proactive risk mitigation by introducing simplified access to actionable and relevant threat insights.

Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Reporting is a subscription-based service delivering over 200 in-depth analysis reports annually. These insights are compiled by Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team, Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team and Threat Research experts through the continuous tracking of more than 900 threat actors and campaigns.

Following the update, all reports previously representing a library of static PDF files (that is more than 2000 exclusive Kaspersky reports published to date) are now structured and can be examined directly in the Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Portal. For offline use, the standard PDF download format remains available as well.

The update also introduces deeper integration within each report, featuring direct links to indicators of compromise (IoCs), detection rules (including YARA), and MITRE ATT&CK® techniques. Users can now perform a single-click drill-down into specific threat actors, malware families and Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) across diverse geographies and industries.

Smart geo-filtering streamlines investigations by prioritising content explicitly mentioning a selected country, followed by broader regional intelligence, giving analysts a complete geographic view in a single query.

Enhanced Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Reporting supports the following use cases:

  • Customised content discovery: apply geo, industry and software filters to instantly retrieve a list of relevant reports.
  • Exclusive intelligence: access the most recent incident investigation reports, including those without public disclosure, to understand the nature of an attack and identify the actions required for mitigation.
  • Actionable intelligence extraction: extract and apply threat data from the reports and apply it across specific infrastructure to detect traces of compromise.
  • In-depth Threat Lookup and contextual analysis: investigate suspicious indicators identified within the network and quickly determine if a specific IoC is linked to a related threat report.

“Empowering cybersecurity teams in their mission-critical daily work to ensure business resilience in a complex threat landscape. This is the main driver behind our ongoing visual and functional improvement initiative.

While updating Kaspersky Threat Intelligence Portal, we focused on refining the customer experience by optimising processes of active investigation, proactive incident monitoring and detailed mitigation techniques,” comments Alexander Mazikin, Head of Threat Intelligence Product Line at Kaspersky.


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Weebly Websites to Shut Down for Nigeria, 66 Other Countries from September

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Weebly, US-based free, beginner-friendly, drag-and-drop website builder and eCommerce service, will no longer be available for customers in 67 countries, including Nigeria, after September 2026, according to an email seen by Nigeria CommunicationsWeek.

Weebly Websites to Shut Down for Nigeria, 66 Other Countries from September

Weebly said it is “winding down” services in different nations “due to changes in regulation and to simplify our global operations”.

The firm released a timeline of gradual changes, to help existing users access their data before the site shuts down.

Starting June 29, customers of 67 countries were no longer able to publish any new pages.

September 27, 2026: Weebly websites will be unpublished.

Before this date, users should download site content and data. Follow these steps:

Go to Account Settings, click on My Data, and select Download My Data.

This will help you migrate your content to another website provider, or retain it.

Concerned about privacy? Ask Weebly to delete your data, through the Erase Data and Forget Me option under the My Data tab on your account page.

December 26, 2026: Last date of accessing Weebly account.

Until this date, you will have access to the account, although sites will be unpublished.

This period helps users move their site, domains, and data to another service.

Domain names can be moved to another registrar only after 60 days from the registration date.

According to the Weebly website, users must make sure that they do not make changes to your registrant contact information (email, phone number, first/last name), as this will lead to a 60-day registrar lock and prevent you from transferring your domain name.

Note that domain name transfers work differently for country-specific domains; users must contact Weebly’s support team for assistance.

How to unlock, transfer domain name

From your Weebly Dashboard, go to websites, and click on Domains, then select Manage Domain.

Disable registrar lock, get EPP authorisation code, and copy the full code.

Disabling registrar lock will also disable privacy protection. It is important to set privacy protection once again with the new registrar.

Follow the instructions for the newly chosen registrar as the rest of the transfer process will be managed by them

Why is Weebly winding down?

While the firm attributed it to “a change in regulation,” online users have argued that Square, which acquired Weebly in 2018, is pushing its platform ‘Square Online’.

Square is originally a US-based payment processor, and the firm says it has since evolved into the “largest business tech platform”.

It calls Square Online a “free online store” but clarifies that those who do not sell online can also use it to build their websites.

In an earlier support update for the Weebly Website Builder, Square Online was consistently referred to as a better alternative, although at the time, it was said that Square “has no plans to discontinue the Weebly website builder”.

Which countries will Weebly no longer be available in?  Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbadoa, Belarus, Benin and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Others are: Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, and Côte d’Ivoire.

Also affected are: Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, French Polynesia,    Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Iceland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal and New Caledonia.

The rest are: Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

 

 


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NOTAP to Commercialise University Research, Expands Patent Drive

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National Office for Technology Acquisition and Transfer (NOTAP), has commenced the process of patenting and commercialisation of research works by universities and other research institutions in the country.

NOTAP to Commercialise University Research, Expands Patent Drive

Dr. Obiageli Amadiobi, director general of NOTAP

Dr. Obiageli Amadiobi, director general of NOTAP, stated this in Abuja, during an interaction with journalists on her achievements since assuming office.

Speaking on the theme, “Strengthening Indigenous Capacity: NOTAP’s Drive for Technology Transfer, Local Content Development, and Innovative activities,” Amadiobi said the agency had involved both the academia and industry so that researchers can work on topics brought forward for commercialisation purpose.

“My minister is very intentional about this– very intentional about commercialisation of research results, which we have already submitted to him. They are meaningful researches, which we need to commercialise.

“We have established 69 intellectual property technology transfer offices in 69 universities that we are still counting. We have informed the vice chancellors of Nigerian universities to set up such offices and we will come and educate them on intellectual property and technology transfers.

“As we are doing this, we are also taking record of all the researchers of these universities and research centres and documenting them in a compendium.

“So, we have compendiums from the universities to us and we put them in a database. If you will recall, recently, the ministry, our supervising ministry, which is the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology, launched a programme titled Energise Commercialisation. This entirely was for commercialisation of all R&Ds,” she said.

On research Institutions carrying out research on areas of industry needs, she said, “NOTAP is bridging the gap between research and development with industry needs, “it is on our programme called the NITDF, NOTAP Industry Technology Transfer Fellowship. By this programme, we engage the universities and the industries, in what we call the triple helix. We liaise with the universities and the industries to sponsor, the industries will sponsor a Ph.D candidate in a Nigerian university to conduct relevant researches.

“They will provide the topics that they want researches for and such students will research on that with the assistance of the industries, because they wear the shoes, so they know where it pinches them. But usually, there are Ph.D candidates already established. This year alone, we certified about 15 of them to enter into this programme and they have gone into the various universities.

“And we are still looking for people to update some of the projects; the research topics we already have. But we are not getting enough persons to do the researches. So, we are going to do further advertisement to see if other candidates will come up.


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