Huawei has launched its 2021 HMS App Innovation Contest (Apps UP), a premier global contest for mobile application developers. The competition aims to attract established and emerging talent in the application development space, and showcase their efforts in creating seamless, smart, and innovative digital experiences that contribute to a digital, intelligent world. Developers can submit their participation until 5th September 2021. The contest will allow participants to join a rich community of 4.5 million registered developers from around the world, as well as 50 industry experts who will form the panel of judges for the competition. Winners of the contest…
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Global investment in Fintech bounced back strongly in the first half of 2021, hitting $98 billion with a record number of deals, according to KPMG. Funding across VC, PE and venture capital for H1 2021 was up $12 billion from $87 billion in the same period the previous year, with deal volume hitting a record of 2456, following a sticky, Covid-19-hit 2020, Global VC investment reached over $52 billion for the six months — very close to the annual record of $54 billion seen in 2018. The largest VC rounds include Robinhood ($3.4 billion), Brazil’s Nubank ($1.5 billion), BNPL firm…
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Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has said the web is the backbone of the digital economy as it serves as a pathway to opportunities in the digital economy through connectivity, data, and digital platforms. Represented by Dr Muhammad Aminu Lawal, Special Assistant on Digital Transformation to the Director-General, Abdullahi said this while delivering a keynote address at the World Wide Web Day, a hybrid event organised by the Centre for Cyber Awareness Development (CECAD) with the theme “The World Wide Web: Creating Opportunities for the New African Digital Economy.” He said internet connectivity ensures…
The consideration of possible areas of increasing collaboration to enhance the impact and contribution of the telecommunications sector on Nigeria’s socio-economic development formed the crux of deliberation at a meeting between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG). The meeting took place during a recent courtesy visit to the NCC by a delegation of the National Assembly Business Environment Round Table (NASSBER), a policy unit at NESG led by Nnanna Ude and a member of the technical committee of NASSBER, Yemi Keri. The need for stakeholder collaboration and engagement between the Commission and other stakeholders…
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, has said that the Federal Government would soon unveil policies to unbundle the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST). The Minister who made this disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja at the unveiling ceremony of the NIPOST revenue stamp, described NIPOST as one of the most important institutions of government, adding that policies that would transform its operations and make it innovative would soon be unveiled. “We have so many policies of transforming NIPOST in the pipeline and part of it will unbundle NIPOST. We also have the ACT of NIPOST going into an…
Microsoft Inc, through its 4Afrika initiative, has entered into a partnership with International Finance Corporation (IFC), to make digital tools and training resources more accessible to small-scale farmers, and agriculture-linked small businesses. The partnership, DigitalTimesNG understands, is in a bid to support digital transformation in Africa’s agribusiness sector, modernise supply chains and boost farmers’ productivity and incomes. Microsoft Country Manager for Kenya, Kendi Nderitu, said the partnership will leverage Microsoft 4Afrika’s unique digital platforms and IFC’s Agribusiness Leadership Programme to help small-scale farmers, their cooperatives, and “last mile retailers” access information and digital tools to strengthen farming practices, build business…
In its commitment towards mitigating disaster risk in Nigeria, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is seeking support and stronger collaboration with the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on the use of ICT Infrastructure and Digital platform with a view to ensuring timely and lifesaving search and rescue operations. This was discussed recently, when the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, received the Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Habib Ahmad, in his office. Abdullahi congratulated the DG NEMA for his recent appointment, describing his task as onerous and one that requires sustained and strengthened partnerships…
A call has been made for ingenious ways of collecting antiquities relevant to operations of various organizations in the country to preserve the relics that can bridge the knowledge gap needed for the sustainable development of Nigeria. This call was made recently in Abuja by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, when the Commission joined in the celebration of the 2021 international museum day themed: “The future of museums: recover and reimagine.” Represented by the Executive Commissioner, Stakeholders Management (ECSM) at the NCC, Barr Adewolu Adeleke, Danbatta said the theme appropriately captures…
The shortage of manpower in forensic experts in Nigeria has been described as one of the challenges militating against curbing the menace of cyber-attacks in the country, a situation that has brought together the duo of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and National Institute for Security Studies (NISS) to partner to lessen this shortfall. This was the highlight of the discussion when the Director-General, NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, received his counterpart, the Commandant, NISS, Alhaji Saheed Adeleke, Wednesday, who was on a courtesy visit to the Agency’s Corporate Headquarters. In his welcome address, Abdullahi applauded the commandant…