Huawei To Reduce Reliance On Advanced Process Techniques
Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies will invest more in businesses that are less reliant on advanced process techniques, it…
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Firm Drives Home Rentals With Artificial Intelligence
Digital Landlord Nigeria Limited said it has adopted the use of artificial intelligence to drive rentals of its short-let apartments.…
Electricity Generation Falls To 3,922MW, 11 Plants Idle
Electricity generation in the country fell below the 4,000 megawatts mark on Sunday as 11 plants were idle, even as…
MTN, Banks Meet Tuesday, customers Reconnected To USSD
MTN customers have been reconnected to banking channels after commercial banks had blocked them from using their channels, including the…
Chinese Tech Start-Ups Pull IPO Plans As Beijing Tightens Scrutiny
A growing number of Chinese tech start-ups are cancelling plans to list on Nasdaq-style markets at home with some eyeing…
MTN, Banks Working On Sustainable USSD Pricing Model
MTN Nigeria has said that it is currently engaging the banking community to align on a longer-term pricing structure for…
HP Seizes Over 4.5m Counterfeit Products In 2020 — Official
The HP Anti-Counterfeiting and Fraud (ACF) team said it confiscated over 4.5 million fraudulent print products, parts, and components, including…
The Guy Who Started The GameStop Mania Will Soon Be Chairman Of The Board
George Sherman may still be the CEO of meme stock poster child GameStop. But it looks like Chewy co-founder Ryan…
Biden faces key test on EV battery Trade Dispute
U.S. President Joe Biden faces a Sunday deadline to decide whether to intervene in a trade dispute between two South…
Volkswagen Loses $125 Million Fine Appeal For Emissions Breach In Australia: Regulator
Australian competition regulator said on Friday the federal court dismissed Volkswagen’s appeal against a record A$125 million ($95.1 million) fine…
Strong March Pushes Airbus Quarterly Deliveries Higher
Airbus reported slightly higher deliveries in the first quarter with 125 aircraft handed over to airlines after a sharp increase…
MTN Partners fintechs As Talks With Banks Lingers
MTN has activated a number of new channel partnerships with fintech companies as the company continues meeting with the commercial…
Hyundai Motor To Suspend South Korea Production Due To Chip Shortage: Yonhap
South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co plans to suspend production for two days from Monday at its Asan plant because of…
China’s Capital Envisages 10,000 Fuel Cell Vehicles By 2025
The city of Beijing aims to have over 10,000 fuel cell vehicles on the road and build 74 hydrogen filling…
Europe Should Invest In Chip Design, Not A Mega-Fab: Think Tank
Europe’s ambition to make the most powerful computer chips risks wasting billions of euros, a German think tank said in…
China EV Battery Maker Octillion Looks To Cash In On Carbon Neutral Drive
China’s push towards carbon neutrality as well as its growing manufacturing might will allow electric vehicles (EV) to compete equally…
Prosus Nets $14.6 Billion From Sale Of Tencent Stake
Amsterdam-based technology investor Prosus NV has netted $14.6 billion from the sale of a 2% stake in Tencent Holdings Ltd,…
MacBook, IPad Production Delayed As Supply Crunch Hits Apple – Nikkei
-Production of some of Apple Inc’s MacBooks and iPads has been postponed due to a global component shortage, the Nikkei…
SaltPay To Acquire Apis Partners-Controlled Tutuka; PE To Swap Stake
European payments firm SaltPay has inked a deal to acquire South Africa-born third-party payments enabler International Tutuka Holdings Ltd, a…
Azman Reshuffles Management After NCAA Audit
Azman Air has reshuffled a number of appointments amongst its management cadre following the recently concluded audit of the airline…
U.S. Auto Industry Calls For Government Help As It Warns Of Impact Of Chip Shortage
A U.S. auto industry group on Monday urged the government to help as it warned the global semiconductor shortage could…
Africans Unwilling To Quit WhatsApp, Despite Cybercrime Threats’
Africa’s mobile users are getting worried about the increase in cybercrime threats, considering the mobile risks and the potential for…
‘30m People Worldwide Acquire Digital Skills During COVID-19’
Microsoft Corporation has disclosed that it has helped over 30 million people in 249 countries and territories gain access to…
Tech Start-up Set To Launch Virtual Meeting Solution
A Nigerian tech start-up firm, Newwaves Ecosystems Limited, is pitching for a major stake in the multi-billion-dollar global online meeting…
PayPal Allows US Shoppers To Make Cryptocurrency Purchases
PayPal on Tuesday began allowing people in the United States to use cryptocurrency to make purchases from millions of merchants…
Leveraging Customer Data For Growth Acceleration
Raheem Akingbolu writes on how businesses can leverage on customer data to drive sales and accelerate brand growth in the…
ByteDance Considers Listing Douyin In New York Or Hong Kong: Sources
ByteDance is in talks about a possible offshore listing of its short video app Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok,…
Hitachi To Buy U.S. Software Developer GlobalLogic For $9.6 Billion
Hitachi Ltd said on Wednesday it will buy U.S. software company GlobalLogic Inc for $9.6 billion, including repayment of debt,…
A Billion Dollars For Every Chip-Maker Who ‘Makes In India’
India is offering more than $1 billion in cash to each semiconductor company that sets up manufacturing units in the…
Tech Start-Up Set To Launch Virtual Meeting Solution
A Nigerian tech start-up firm, New waves Ecosystems Limited, is pitching for a major stake in the multi-billion-dollar global online…