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Access Bank Partners American Express To Expand Cards Acceptance In Nigeria
Access Bank and American Express have launched a partnership to broaden the acceptance and usage of American…
Nigeria Records 45% In Broadband Penetration –Federal Government Of Nigeria
The Federal government on Monday said the broadband penetration in the country has moved from 38% last year to 45%,…
Federal Government Of Nigeria Plans To Replace Bank Verification Number With…
The Federal Government yesterday said arrangements were on-going to replace the Bank Verification Numbers (BVN)…
Hyundai, Kia Deny Apple Car talks, Send Shares Tumbling
South Korean automaker Hyundai and its affiliate Kia on Monday denied news reports they were in talks with Apple…
E-Payment Transactions Rise By 50.3%, Hit N162.95Tn
The value of transactions via digital payment platforms – Nigeria Interbank Settlement System Instant Payment…
Egypt Capitalises On Bond Boom With $3bn Borrowing Plan
Egypt will raise $3 billion by selling dollar bonds maturing in as long as 40 years as it seeks to take advantage…
South Korean Boy Invest With 43% Gains Is New Retail Trading Icon
Watching the business news first thing is a new routine for 12-year-old South Korean Kwon Joon, as he dreams of…
UK Tech Entrepreneur Lynch Starts Fights Against U.S. Extradition
British tech billionaire Michael Lynch begins his fight against extradition to the United States to face charges…
Tesla Says You Could Soon Pay For One Of Its Cars With Bitcoin
Tesla is betting big on bitcoin, saying it may soon accept the digital currency as payment for its cars. And the…
Renesas Boosts Power And Connectivity Prowess With $6 Billion Dialog Deal
Renesas Electronics Corp has agreed to buy Dialog Semiconductor for 4.9 billion euros ($5.9 billion) in cash,…
Shell, Mitsubishi Unit Eneco To Supply Wind Power To Amazon’s European…
Royal Dutch Shell and renewables firm Eneco, owned by Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp, will provide Amazon.com Inc’s…
Tweets From Elon Musk And Celebrities Send Dogecoin To A Record High
Dogecoin is surging after billionaire Elon Musk and a number of celebrities appeared to back the…
Asia-Pacific Stocks Mostly Rise; China Announces New Anti-Monopoly Rules Aimed At…
Stocks in Asia-Pacific were mostly higher on Monday, as investors monitored shares of China’s tech giants following…
Kuaishou Share Price Nearly Triples On Market Launch
Shares of the Chinese short-form video app Kuaishou surged more than 190% on the company's launch on Hong…
StarHub, Nokia Support 5G Rollout
StarHub and Nokia are to deploy a cloud-native core network for standalone (SA) 5G services scheduled for launch…
Emerging Tech Trends To Watch For In Nigeria In 2021: Fintech & Remote…
Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world & has created a new working standard for many jobs. Adoption of using…
Facebook Marketplace Unveiled In Nigeria
Facebook has announced the launch in Nigeria of a marketplace, a convenient destination where people can discover,…
China’s Big Tech Companies Are Now Fighting With Each Other
As China sharpens its antitrust crackdown on the country's massive tech companies, two of the industry's biggest…
Meet Andy Jassy, The Next CEO Of Amazon
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will transition from CEO to executive chair and pass the reins to Andy Jassy, a 24-year…
Satellite Boom Attracts Technology Giants
Earlier this month, 10 payloads were lofted on the Virgin Orbit rocket, which was launched from under the wing of…
Weighing Economic Implications Of SIM Card Blockage
As revealed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the IT sector in Nigeria thrived tremendously, despite the…
Exclusive: Suspected Chinese Hackers Used SolarWinds Bug To Spy On U.S. Payroll…
Suspected Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in software made by SolarWinds Corp to help break into U.S. government…
Canada To Partner Nigeria On Sustainable Energy Solutions
Canadian government and businesses have expressed willingness to partner with Nigeria in achieving clean and…
No Digital Economy Without Research’
The drive to enthrone a digital economy in Nigeria may not be impactful without adequate and thorough research.…
SpaceX’s Starship Test Flight Ends In Fiery Crash, Again
A prototype of a SpaceX rocket the company hopes will one day journey to the moon and Mars has exploded in a…
Telcos Collect 56.18 Million NINs, FG Fixes April 6 Deadline
A total of 56.18 million National Identity Numbers have been collected by the mobile network operators and…
Uber Is Betting $1.1 Billion On Alcohol Deliveries
Uber's future used to be self-driving cars. Now it's delivering alcohol.
On Tuesday, the company announced …
Ferrovial Launches New Attempt To Offload UK Outsourcer Amey
The process will put into play a business which has held government contracts ranging from prisoner transportation…
Facebook To Prompt Users About Personalised Ads Ahead Apple’s Privacy Changes
Loss of privacy to social media platforms is at the heart of debates today on communication technologies and how…
Cybercrooks In Virtual ‘Scramble For Africa’
Africa’s mobile fraud losses will continue to rise above last year’s $4billion to peak at a record $5billion by the…