Millions Of Websites Offline After Fire At French Cloud Services Firm
A fire at a French cloud services firm has disrupted millions of websites, knocking out government agencies’ portals, banks, shops,…
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Huawei Customer United Group Considering Changing Telecom Gear Vendor
Balkan telecoms and media company United Group is considering switching parts or all of the Huawei equipment that dominates its…
Fire Destroys Servers At French Data Company OVHcloud
An overnight fire at French cloud computing company OVHcloud, which this week started the process for a potential IPO, destroyed…
Experts Brainstorm On Marketing Communications
A marketing and advertising publication, Marketing Edge, is set to host leading experts in the integrated marketing communications (IMC) sector at the…
Brands Hope To Cash In On Clubhouse Audio App Frenzy
Last month, during a live game show on audio-chat app Clubhouse, tech entrepreneur and investor Noah Lichtenstein and his co-hosts…
Chinese Ev Trio Eye Hong Kong Listings This Year To Raise Combined $5 Billion – Sources
U.S.-listed Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers Li Auto Inc, Nio Inc and Xpeng Inc plan to list in Hong Kong…
Transcorp Hotels Launches Digital Platform
Transcorp Hotels Plc has announced the launch of ‘Aura,’ a new digital platform through which people can book accommodation and…
We Spent N966bn On Pipeline Repairs, NNPC Replies Augf
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has explained that it spent N966bn to repair pipelines between 2010 and 2015. NNPC stated…
Panasonic To Buy U.S. Software Firm Blue Yonder For $6.5 Billion, Says Nikkei
Panasonic Corp will buy U.S. software firm Blue Yonder for 700 billion yen ($6.45 billion), the Nikkei reported on Monday,…
China Outlines Push To Develop Domestic Engine For C919 Jet In Five-Year Plan
China will push forward with the development of CJ1000, a turbofan jet engine designed to power the homemade C919 narrowbody…
Jay-Z Sells Majority Stake In Tidal To Jack Dorsey’s Square
Both parties confirmed the acquisition in a statement via their respective Twitter handles on Thursday. As part of the deal,…
US Big Tech Firms Jostle For India’s Huge Digital Payments Market
Technology giants Facebook Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Google and credit-card providers Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. are among those vying…
Federal Government Approves Establishment Of SIM Swap Centres By Mobile Network Operators
The Ministerial Task Force on the NIN-SIM registration has approved the establishment of SIM Swap Centres by Mobile Network Operators…
Collaboration Necessary To Deliver Digital Payment Services’
Financial experts who participated at the Nigeria Finance virtual forum, which held on Tuesday, have stressed the need for collaboration…
Nigeria Ranks Lowest In Internet Affordability – Report
A global study on the quality of digital wellbeing in 85 countries has ranked Nigeria the lowest country in Internet…
Nigerian Team Builds First-Of-Its-kind Technology For Microsoft
Microsoft Mesh, a new mixed-reality platform powered by Azure – that allows people in different physical locations to join and…
Apple-Supplier Foxconn Flags Strong Start To Year As Lockdowns Spur Electronics Demand
Apple supplier Foxconn said it expects first-quarter revenue to rise more than 15% from a year earlier, boosted by strong…
MTN Records 37.2 Million NIN Enrolment
MTN Nigeria said it has enrolled 37.2 million National Identification Numbers (NINs) for its subscribers in the ongoing exercise of…
E-Payments In Nigeria Decline Across All Channels
The value of electronic payment (e-Payment) transactions in Nigeria fell month-on-month, MoM, by 10 per cent to N19.9 trillion in…
The African Union Claims 300m Africans Live 50km Away From Broadband Connections
The African Union (AU) has noted that though there has been a huge expansion of fibre optic networks on the…
General Motors Extends Vehicle Production Cuts Due To Semiconductor Chip Shortage
General Motors Co said on Wednesday it was further extending production cuts at three North American plants and adding a…
Samsung Considers Four Sites In U.S. For $17 Billion Chip Plant: Documents
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is considering two sites in Arizona and another one in New York in addition to Austin,…
European Telcos Cash In On Tower Assets As High-Cost 5G Investment Looms
European telecoms firms are cashing in on the money-making power of masts, as tower companies line up to pay multi-billion…
Federal Government Of Nigerian Wants Telcos To Establish SIM Swap Centres In 774 LGAs
The Nigerian Government has approved the establishment of dedicated Subscriber Identification Modules (SIM) Swap centres by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs)…
National Information Technology Development Agency Seeks Review Of 2007 Act
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, Kashifu Abdullahi, has presented a proposal for the realignment of…
Nigerians Now Use 80,000 Terabytes Of Internet Monthly, Above SSA Average
Nigerians now consume 80,000 terabytes of internet data every month says Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice-chairman of the Nigerian Communications…
Google, Researchers Launch Data Platform To Tackle COVID-19
Google.org has joined hands with a consortium of COVID-19 researchers to launch Global.health, an open-access epidemiological data platform that enables…
Twitter Vows To Boost User Ranks And Revenue
Twitter said Thursday it wants to swell its ranks of users, offer more features, and double revenue in the next…
NIMC Warns Nigerians Against Fake NIN Verification Website
The National Identity Management Commission has issued a disclaimer against National Identification Number verification website, https://nin-5gb-offer.online. NIMC on Friday warned…
Nigeria Records Highest Power Transmission Of 5,615.40MW
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the power sector has recorded an all-time national peak of 5,615.40MW. A statement…