New Horizon, one of the nation’s fastest growing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies, has said that Nigeria has been estimated to offer business and educational opportunities worth over five billion annually to its citizenry. The Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, New Horison, Mr. Tim Akano, gave the indication last Thursday, during an International [...]
Subscribers of the Etisalat Network have said that there had been insufficient Etisalat recharge cards in the market in the last two weeks which they said had reduced the rate of their communication and contacts with loved ones. They opined that the scarcity of the cards was a strategy by the network to reduce or [...]
Amid heightened expectations that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would commence further issuance of mobile payment licences to prospective companies in June, some operators have begun intense lobbying to ensure that they acquire the requisite licences to provide Mobile Money Transfer and Payment (MMTP) services to the Nigerian populace. In January, Abayomi Atoloye, acting [...]
A Nigerian firm, 21st Century Technologies in partnership with a Japan-based technology company has introduced into the Nigerian market a revolutionary new Colour Code Technology System. The new technology is capable of converting significantly large size of digital data including texts, images, sounds and animations into an eight coloured matrix code. Speaking at the Colour [...]
Committed to fulfilling its social responsibility to the nation; Zain Nigeria, one of the leading telecommunications companies has restated its stands for supporting Nigerian universities to perform their key role as purveyor of knowledge, innovation, development and change to meeting up the world’s educational challenges. This would be achieved through igniting the desire for learning [...]
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N3.569 billion for the provision of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-enabled facilities for 209 secondary schools across the country. The federal government after its federal executive council meeting, Wednesday, said eight schools from each state of the federation and four from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) would [...]
Zenith Bank Plc, has reiterated its Commitment to partner with the Rivers State Government in building developmental projects that would boost the socio-economic sector in the state. The Deputy Managing Director, Zenith Bank PLC, Mr Godwin Emefiele stated this Wednesday, at the official commissioning of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centre in Port Harcourt. [...]
Experts in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector have called on the federal government to create the right environment through appropriate policies to enhance Broadband deployment and availability in the country. The experts who made the call at a Broadband Forum in Lagos last week said the presence of broadband would not only drive [...]
Staff of Nigerians; leading telecommunications company, MTN, have commenced its annual Staff Volunteerism Programme, 21 Days of Yellow Care across the country to support the nation’s effort at stemming the scourge of malaria in the country. The Programme which started on May 1, will run simultaneously in all parts of the country where MTN has [...]
A non-governmental organisation, Endless Ideaz has empowered about 100 youths on various skills that would boost their economic independence in the job-scarce society. The empowerment graduation ceremony held at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Amazing Grace Model Parish had graduands empowered in various skills including catering, hat beads making, facial make-over, computer, tailoring, decoration [...]
