ICT

 Pan-African telecoms giant MTN has launched 5G across 100 sites in South Africa and made some big promises about its future rollout if it gets access to the spectrum it needs from the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). The announcement was made...

Organizer of Lagos Fintech Week has postponed the 2020 edition of the weeklong activity of fintech events due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) that has been declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The date for the event is September...

Ecobank Group, the pan-African banking group, has invited African fintech entrepreneurs to enter the third edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge. The Fintech Challenge gives African start-ups the opportunity to promote their fintech solutions, and potentially  partner with Ecobank to roll-out  their solutions across Ecobank’s 33 markets in Africa...

In line with its tag line “Do More, award winning 4G LTE internet service provider, Spectranet has launched yet another innovative offering “SpectraSure” in partnership with Zenith insurance. SpectraSure, a unique insurance offering provides Protection Cover against theft and physical damage to customers purchasing...

Terragon, a leading data analytics and marketing cloud company has launched a first-of-its-kind customer data software in Africa and partners top brewer in Nigeria, to deliver personalized brand experiences to customers. Through an aggregation of online and offline data as well as predictive scoring,...

When Interswitch launched Quickteller, its online payments platform for consumers and businesses some years ago, most consumers and in fact, stakeholders, considered the venture were reluctant to accept it was a venture that would work.   Today, the premium online payments solution platform that commenced...

Global smartphone brand, OPPO Mobile Nigeria has announced the top twenty shortlisted finalists for the next stage of the OPPO Redefinition Photography Contest, an online contest designed to showcase the talents of young budding photographers in Nigeria. Adebayo Adegoke Samson, Adesina Zaid, Adewale Alli...

Ericsson Achieves Commercial 5G Agreements with Seven Mobile Operators in the Middle East and Africa region during 2019 As the Middle East and Africa region races towards commercial 5G services, Ericsson achieved significant milestones with leading service providers on the road to making...

Kaspersky found 30,982 malicious files that used the names of artists or their tracks in order to spread malware Cybercriminals are actively abusing the names of artists and songs nominated for a Grammy 2020 award, in order to spread malware. Kaspersky protection technologies...

Over 500 IT professionals from enterprise organizations across West Africa will convene in Lagos on February 21, 2020 for MainOne’s 5th annual gathering of its flagship event, Nerds Unite, themed: “Enabling the Digital Economy”. This year’s event will showcase the launch of its Managed...