Author: Rommy Imah

News Highlights: Azaria Hotel & Apartments has partnered with Lagos Business School (LBS) to provide top-tier accommodation for business professionals. Led by Ayodeji and Adedolapo Fashanu, Azaria is revolutionizing the hospitality industry through the integration of cutting-edge technology. Azaria Hotel & Apartments, a prominent hospitality company in Nigeria, has formed a strategic partnership with Lagos Business School (LBS) to offer premium accommodations for business professionals in Lagos State. Digital TimesNG reports that following this partnership, Azaria will provide top notch accommodation experience for LBS business professionals in Nigeria and across the globe. Commenting on the partnership, Mr. Ayodeji Fashanu, Managing…

The Federal Government has directed that all outgoing calls in the country should be barred for telephone lines that have not complied with the NIN-SIM linkage Policy from Mondqy, the 4th  of April, 2022. The directive followed the determination of the Federal Government that the NIN-SIM Policy implementation can proceed, as machinery has already been put in place to ensure compliance by citizens and legal residents. A release Monday morning, signed by the Director, Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission(NCC), Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde quoted the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami as saying that the…

The Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) has expressed deep concern about the shutting down of telecommunications facilities in Kogi State as a result of disputes arising from unusual taxes and levies demanded by the Kogi State Government through Its Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS). ALTON said in a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo and Head, Operations, Gbolahan Awonuga, that this issue is likely to lead to a total communications blackout in the entire Kogi State, parts of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory and possible impact on service availability in some parts of…

The first edition of the 2022 Digital Africa Leadership Series holds on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, and will have as guest, Mr. Mitchell Elegbe, Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Interswitch Nigeria. The Digital Africa Leadership Series is a platform to identify, showcase and share the personal stories, experiences and impact of Tech players and Policymakers as shining examples for Africa and Africans to emulate. This edition’s topic is Startups: Profits versus Market Share: Personal Journey, and will be hosted by Mr. Bosun Ayeni. Digital Times understands that the chat will provide Elegbe with the opportunity to share his personal…

….Says the guard band that exists between the spectrum frequencies allocated by the NCC for 5G services and those allocated to the aviation industry remains in the region of 400MHz, in line with the guidelines instituted by National Frequency Management Council (NFMC).

Organisers of the annual Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition have been explaining why they chose the theme: “Positioning Africa in the global tech race” for the 2022 edition of the Continental technology show. Recall that the 2022 edition of the Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition, the 10th in the series of the annual technology showpiece, has been scheduled to hold on June 28-30, at the Baze University, Jabi, Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital. The Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition, widely adjudged as a premier continental technology show, began in 2013 following a discovery by the organisers, of the existence of an…

Despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nigerian FinTech ecosystem maintained its growth trajectory within the African continent with the country’s FinTech startups going ahead to raise a whopping US$1.37billion out of US$4billion total raised by African startups in 2021. Nigeria raised the largest chunk, followed by other key FinTech hubs such as South Africa ($838 million), Egypt ($588 million) and Kenya ($375 million). This equally came at a time three more unicorns in Nigeria, namely, Flutterwave, OPay, and Andela joined Interswitch and Jumia as five out of the seven leading unicorns in the continent. Other proactive markets were…

Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta has stated unequivocally that it is focused on implementing all sectoral interventions focused on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) youth empowerment. Danbatta’s position is seen in some quarters as hinging on his belief that 70 per cent of the new value to be created in the economy over the next decades will be based on digitally-enabled platform business models. The Executive Vice Chairman who made this declaration while delivering the 10th and 11th combined Convocation Lecture of Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State, asserted that the resolve of…

Nigeria’s Federal Government has approved the lifting of the suspension of Twitter operation in Nigeria effective from 12am Thursday, 13th January 2022. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Chairman, Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) said in a statement that the approval was given following a memo written to the President by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim. Abdullahi said that In the Memo, the Minister updated and requested the President’s approval for the lifting based on the Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement’s recommendation. “You may recall that on 5th June 2021,…

…..ICT Journalists trained on Cyber Safety and Business Opportunities