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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.…
Federal Government Approves Establishment Of SIM Swap Centres By Mobile Network…
The Ministerial Task Force on the NIN-SIM registration has approved the establishment of SIM Swap Centres by Mobile…
Collaboration Necessary To Deliver Digital Payment Services’
Financial experts who participated at the Nigeria Finance virtual forum, which held on Tuesday, have stressed the…
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…
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…
Apple-Supplier Foxconn Flags Strong Start To Year As Lockdowns Spur Electronics…
Apple supplier Foxconn said it expects first-quarter revenue to rise more than 15% from a year earlier, boosted by…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Federal Government Of Nigerian Wants Telcos To Establish SIM Swap Centres In 774…
The Nigerian Government has approved the establishment of dedicated Subscriber Identification Modules (SIM) Swap…
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…
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…
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…
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 two…
NIMC Warns Nigerians Against Fake NIN Verification Website
The National Identity Management Commission has issued a disclaimer against National Identification Number…
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…
Betting On Death Of Petrol Cars, Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030
Volvo’s entire car lineup will be fully electric by 2030, the Chinese-owned company said on Tuesday, joining a…
To Go Electric, America Needs More Mines. Can It Be Built?
Last September, in the arid hills of northern Nevada, a cluster of flowers found nowhere else on earth died…
China Studies Boeing 737 MAX Recertification, Wants Safety Concerns Fully…
China’s aviation regulator said on Monday that its major safety concerns with the Boeing Co 737 MAX have to be…
Tech Demand Drives Asia’s Factory Revival, China’s Slowdown Puts…
Solid demand for technology goods drove extended growth in Asia’s factories in February, but a slowdown in China…
Japanese Companies Go High-Tech In The Battle Against Food Waste
Japanese companies are ramping up the use of artificial intelligence and other advanced technology to reduce waste…
Telecom Workers Threaten Services Disruption Over Anti-Labour Practices
Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has threatened to disrupt the…
Analysis: Hyundai Bought Chips When Rivals Didn’t; Its Assembly Lines Are…
Hyundai Motor has so far avoided a chip shortage that has plagued global automakers, largely maintaining its…
Twitter Sees Revenue Doubling In 2023, Shares Hit Record High
Twitter Inc said Thursday it expects to double annual revenue to at least $7.5 billion and reach 315 million users…
Google Pledges Changes To Research Oversight After Internal Revolt
Alphabet Inc’s Google will change procedures before July for reviewing its scientists’ work, according to a town…
Manipulation Forms 56% Of N5.2Bn Banks Lost To Online Crime In 2020
Online criminals in 2020 made away with N5.2 billion from digital banking channels such as the web and mobile,…
Trademark: Nigeria Firm Floors Facebook In Court
The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal filed by Facebook Inc and Facebook Ireland…