Author: Rommy Imah

Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday, 12th March 2024, reaffirmed his mantra of ‘Everything Technology and Technology Everywhere’, with the distribution of 2,000 brand new laptops to headteachers, ICT teachers, and principals of public and public-mission schools across the state. The distribution aligns perfectly with the vision of Mr. Governor, which the Anambra State ICT Agency is driving, to ensure the full digitization of all sectors of the state economy. The implication of headteachers, ICT teachers, and principals owning laptops is that they will fully key into the digitization vision of Mr. Governor and, as such,…

Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has officially broken ground on its first data centre in Lagos, Nigeria. Nxtra by Airtel is set to be one of the largest networks of data centres in Africa, with high-capacity data centres in major cities located strategically across Airtel Africa’s footprint, complementing its existing edge sites. This development underscores the company’s commitment to meeting the continent’s data management needs by providing trusted and sustainable data centre capacity to serve the fast-growing African digital economy. The ground-breaking ceremony of the new…

In a bold move aimed at propelling Katsina State into the forefront of technological innovation, His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Katsina State, Dr. Dikko Umar Radda, accompanied by over 12 esteemed members of his economic team including the Chief of Staff, Mr. Jabiru Tsauri, embarked on a groundbreaking visit to TD Africa and the Tech Experience Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos. Focused on harnessing the transformative power of technology, this visit is set to revolutionise agriculture, stimulate skill acquisition, drive economic growth, and attract investments in line with the 7-point agenda of the Katsina State Development and Management Board…

Kingsley Adonu, a serial entrepreneur, and the founder/chairman, S.Mobile Group, has disclosed plans to commission an innovation centre in Enugu State, codenamed S Mobile Tech Hub. Digital TimesNG understands that the Tech Hub is a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative of S.Mobile Group to promote skills development, youth entrepreneurship, and job creation in new technology and innovations in the state. Kingsley Adonu, a visionary entrepreneur who built S.Mobile Group as a conglomerate synonymous with excellence and diversity, said that the hub is in recognition of the ingenuity of the State Governor, Dr. Peter Mbah. “The Governor has shown the capacity…

To unbar your phone lines, these are the processes of the retrieval as explained by the NCC’s Director of Public Affairs: 1. For subscribers who have not registered for their NIN, get your SIM registered at accredited centres across the country. 2. Then link the NIN with your SIM through channels provided by your service provider. 3. For subscribers with registered NINs, simply visit your service provider centre and present the NIN or link your SIM through channels provided by your service providers. 4. But if you have NIN but it was forgotten, retrieve your NIN conveniently using your mobile…

MDaaS Global, a pioneering healthtech company and operator of Nigeria’s fastest-growing healthcare network – BeaconHealth Diagnostics, has raised a $3 million Pre-Series A round of financing. The round was co-led by Aruwa Capital Management and follow-on investor Newtown Partners. It also landed additional follow-on investment from Ventures Platform, one of the company’s earliest institutional investors. This new round of financing brings MDaaS Global’s total investment to date to $6.8 million. The additional capital will be used to further develop the company’s proprietary technology platform, BeaconOS, which it launched last year, and to expand its healthcare network to all 36 states…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has explained why some telecommunications subscribers who previously linked their SIM cards to their National Identification Numbers (NINs) have their mobile lines barred. Reuben Muoka, Director, Public Affairs at the NCC said on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief programme on Monday, “People who probably didn’t get a cleared or verified NIN” have been barred because “the earlier ones they submitted were not good.” Muoka said some SIM cards have verification and identification issues like disparity in information such as names and other data. “There are still some subscribers whose NINs are yet to be verified…

A Memorandum of Understanding highlighting the pivotal role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has been signed by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN). Recognising SMEs as the backbone of the nation’s economic landscape, the MoU was signed with a primary focus on the growth of SMEs and tackling startup challenges while implementing the Nigeria Startup Act. The MOU was signed by the two organisations, Friday at the corporate headquarters of SMEDAN in Idu, Abuja. The objective of the MOU is to establish a strategic partnership between NITDA…

As Nigeria gets set to host a workshop at the 17th Edition of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV), interested researchers from the wider academic networks have been invited to submit papers tailored to the workshop’s theme “Designing and Implementing Scalable and Inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in African Context.” The workshop is to further support DPI’s effective design and implementation by the Federal Government and is being driven by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy. A statement from NITDA on Thursday afternoon directed that the DPI-tailored paper should be submitted into…

The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida has urged all stakeholders, including telecommunications operators, equipment manufacturers, software developers, and consumers, to embrace the ethos of promoting local content. Maida made the appeal while speaking on Tuesday at the NCC Special Day at the ongoing 45th Kaduna International Trade Fair holding in Kaduna, Kaduna State. “By working together, we can create a more vibrant and inclusive telecommunications industry that contributes significantly to Nigeria’s economic recovery and growth,” noting that as of Q3 of 2023, the telecoms industry’s contribution to Nigeria’s GDP stood at…