The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, has reiterated the Commission’s commitment to ensuring there is a balance in the representation of females in the information technology (IT) ecosystem. Speaking recently through the Head, Digital Media Management of the Commission, Nafisa Usman Rugga, at the ICT Quiz competition for girls in Senior Secondary Schools organized by Nigerian Women in Information Technology (NIWIIT), the EVC said there was an urgent need to equip the girl child with adequate knowledge, access and use of Information Technology programmes and services which will give them the needed…
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Excitement has heightened among shoppers as this year’s edition of Konga Yakata approaches its climax on Monday, December 12, 2022, amid expectations of a rain of last-minute deals for customers. Konga Yakata, the Black Friday sale of Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, is widely regarded as the biggest sale of the year in the annual shopping calendar in Nigeria. Feelers from within Konga indicate that the management of the company has put together a campaign-ending range of special offers as the countdown begins to the end of the promotion on December 12. This comes against the backdrop of requests from…
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L’Oréal, the world’s leading beauty company, is set to finally launch in the Nigerian market after an exclusive distribution agreement was signed with KongaHealth, a leading healthcare distribution company early last week. Headquartered in Paris, France, L’Oréal would be making a grand entry into Nigeria, with feelers indicating that the brand intends to take leadership of the budding Nigerian market through its newly signed exclusive distributorship deal with KongaHealth, one of the thriving subsidiaries in the Konga e-commerce group. The partnership will see L’Oréal leverage the wide reach, speedy delivery, massive technology and other cutting-edge infrastructure at the disposal of…
Nigeria’s leading digital-first pharmacy and healthcare platform, OneHealth has launched a new and innovative app called OneWellness. The company aims to use the launching to help Africans living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like arthritis, high cholesterol, cancer, diabetes, hypertension, sickle cell anemia, heart diseases and so on, live better lives. OneWellness has impressive features for its users including medication, vitals and refills reminders, automated medicine and lab test deliveries, compulsory weekly check-ins & follow-ups, 24/7 medication sourcing, test consultations with qualified doctors, dedicated care partners and many more. The OneWellness App enables real-time notifications to help users and their caregivers…
The Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH) has conferred special honours on Professor Isa Ibrahim Ali (Pantami), Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, and Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Other special honourees at the award ceremony held during AfriTECH 2.0 are Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General, National Information Technology Agency (NITDA); Onyinye Ikenna-Emeka, General Manager, Fixed Broadband, MTN Nigeria; and Dr. Ruth Oji, Faculty Member, Institute of Humanities, Pan-Atlantic University (PAU), Lagos. Prof. Pantami received the Digital Economy Hero of the Year Award in recognition of his resilience and leadership excellence…
Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Professor Umar Danbatta, said in Lagos on Tuesday, that the efforts by the Commission to timely auction available spectrum for 5G services in Nigeria, is primarily driven by the pursuit to join the global community to advance digital services and enhance quality communications infrastructure for the benefit of the citizenry, contrary to insinuations in some quarters that it was meant to attract revenue for the government. Danbatta, who spoke to a cross-section of industry players at the Marriott Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, during the Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum on the Draft Information…
Tope Dare, an Executive Director with Inlaks, was on November 4, 2022, at an Awards dinner in Lagos, declared the ‘Fintech Salesman of the year 2022,’ by the organisers of the Nigerian Fintech Awards. According to the organisers, the Fintech Salesman of the Year gong goes to an outstanding sales professional that has influenced the financial service industry in many ways by promoting the deployment of ATMs by Nigerian banks to address the major issues of cash management and automation with outstanding innovations. Sales are one of the most important functions in the fintech industry. Dare is the Executive Director,…
Organisers of the Nigerian Fintech Awards in Lagos, have singled out four institutions and nine individuals for special recognition in celebration of their contributions to the growth and development of the Nigerian Fintech industry. Some of these are founders of fincumbents, fintech companies that have been existing for over three decades while others are a few new unicorns, startups valued at $1 billion and above. The four institutions are the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS), Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities (SANEF), Ecobank PLC and Digital Encode, a frontline cybersecurity firm in Africa that has endeared itself to the young…