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The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has appointed the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), as the Chairman of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2022. The event takes place at ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Digital Times understands that the appointment was conveyed to the Honourable Minister through a letter from the Secretary-General of the ITU, who noted that Professor Pantami was appointed “in the light of his overall commitment to Information and Knowledge Societies and the active role he has played in the WSIS Process” and it followed consultations with various…
Since the famed telecommunications revolution in Nigeria in 2001, the telecommunications sector has remained pivotal to national economic growth and development. It has also remained outstanding by the innovative products and services which its leading lights like Airtel, MTN, Glo, 9mobile, nTel, Swift Networks and Smile have made second nature. One of the most cherished innovations from telcos is the Voice over LTE (VoLTE) introduced in Nigeria by Smile Communications in 2016 and enlivened six years later by the recent launch of the service by MTN in April 2022. In gifting Nigeria its first VoLTE service via a test run…
Close your eyes for a moment and imagine how you can fare in today’s world without being “mobile”, not just on the move but living without your telephone or allied tablets. Invariably, modernity has predisposed most people to be largely dependent on telephony and data transmission. Today, the average Nigerian could be said to need four essentials namely food, shelter, clothing, and telephony. More than most things, the Nigerian has embraced telephony with utmost gusto. Nigeria has the highest teledensity in Africa. And not even the recent revelation by the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) that almost twenty-five million lines are…
Fidelity Bank Plc has tutored 4,000 students in 36 schools across Nigeria on the value of managing financial resources effectively in order to improve their economic well-being. Digital Times understands that this initiative, organized in collaboration with Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN), is part of the activities celebrating the Central Bank’s (CBN) annual Global Money Week (GMW), which promotes financial literacy on a global and local scale. Themed “Build your future, be smart about money,” this year’s GMW emphasizes the importance of ensuring that young people are financially conscious from an early age. It also aims to ensure that they gradually…
FirstBank will on Friday, 25 March 2022, hold a round table discussion for the Gen Zs and Millennials to learn from speakers cutting across diverse experiences, socio-economic backgrounds and career paths, that spoke at the FirstBank’s recent webinar held on 8 March 2022, to commemorate the 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD). The event themed “Discrimination, Bias, Stereotype: Still Walking Tall!” will have Cobhams Asuquo, award-winning music producer, songwriter and musician; Osas Ighodaro, Actress, Host, Producer & humanitarian; Ore Runsewe, the founder of Arami Essentials, a natural beauty brand and Foluso Gbadamosi, Executive Director, Junior Achievement Nigeria share their experiences with…
Treepz Inc on Wednesday announced that it has successfully achieved a milestone of 1 million bookings completed across the three countries it currently operates in. Digital Times understands that these bookings span across the three core services the business offers including Daily Treepz, Travel Treepz and Corporate Treepz. Daily Treepz is the service focused on connecting riders to heroes (drivers) commuting within cities daily. Travel Treepz is a business service that allows users to search, compare and directly book travel bus tickets on the Treepz platform. This service was designed to help commuters travel and connect cities with ease. Corporate…
All is now set for the commissioning of the newly built international terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The brand new, world-class international terminal is one of five, being built in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu, in a bilateral arrangement between the Federal Government of Nigeria, and the People’s Republic of China. The ones in Abuja and Port Harcourt have been completed and commissioned already, while that of Kano has been completed and will soon be commissioned. The new Lagos International terminal, which will be commissioned by the President of the Federal…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has expressed its readiness to collaborate with the Bayelsa State Government in accelerating telecommunications infrastructure deployment, digital literacy and skills in the State. The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, reiterated this commitment during a courtesy visit by a delegation from Bayelsa State to the Management of NCC in Abuja recently. Bayelsa State’s Commissioner for Communications, Science and Technology, Dr. Promise Ekio Ekio, who led the delegation, while stating the purpose of the visit to the Commission, said Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector is one of the critical…
Jiji, Nigeria’s biggest online Marketplace, which acquired Cars45, the online car auction service, has announced that it is changing the Cars45 brand name to Jiji Cars. Recall that Cars45 was recently acquired by Jiji, as Jiji has grown to become a credible platform for car sales. The acquisition was made in a bid to consolidate and strengthen Jiji’s positioning in the car dealership market. The move came from the fact that car sales and enquiries are among the top five reasons people visit the Jiji site. Apart from real estate, the search for affordable cars constitutes a primary reason people…