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A Lagos-based legal practitioner, Barr. Chris Eze Ozims, has alerted the public to the hacking of his personal account with the username – CE Ozims – on the social networking site, Facebook, while calling for extra vigilance among members of the public over potential unscrupulous activities that may arise from the compromised account by the suspected hacker(s). Ozims made this known in a disclaimer emailed to Digital TimesNG on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 in the wake of the incident. The disclaimer reads as follows: ‘‘I, Barr. Chris Eze Ozims, hereby wish to notify the general public as well as my…
By Tosin Joseph When I finished my Master’s in Public Health, I never imagined my journey would lead me to the heart of Nigeria’s tech ecosystem. Today, as a Product Manager at Reliance HMO, I see firsthand how unconventional backgrounds can drive innovation in technology and why our industry needs more people willing to make bold pivots. The Unlikely Path: From Academia to Agile My academic training was rooted in research, theory, and the slow churn of policy change. But the world I entered in Nigerian tech was anything but slow. Here, decisions are made quickly, often with incomplete information.…
The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, has re-echoed the agency’s commitment as the nation’s apex IT regulatory body towards creating enabling policies for the development, use and adoption of digital technology in supporting and enhancing the living standard of women entrepreneurs across the country. The DG said this at the first edition of the ECOWAS Female Parliamentarians Association (ECOFEPA) Women and Youth Leadership Symposium which was held in Abuja. Inuwa, who was represented by the Deputy Director, Digital Economy Development Department of the Agency, Dr Amina Sambo Magaji, noted that given NITDA’s mandate,…
VeendHQ, a Nigerian fintech firm said it has secured a $330k pre-seed fund, backed by Magic Fund, The Oak Capital, Future Africa, Berrywood Capital and other angel investors, to expand its operations and scale growth. Temi Awogboro, Lead General Partner, Africa at MAGIC Fund said, “African SMEs are grossly under-funded, with more than 50% of Africans lacking access to credit. “VeendHQ is solving this problem by providing easy and fast access to credit, leveraging a credit infrastructure platform that automates lending processes for lenders and connects them to borrowers through various origination channels. “We believe the VeendHQ team is on…
Digital Africa, in partnership with Proparco, will support 200 African startups at different stages of their growth with a wide range of offers at their disposal. This joint and sustainable mobilization is part of Digital Africa 2022-2025 roadmap, and will see new investment and support mechanisms being implemented to support tech startups ‘Made in Africa’. Convinced that digital innovations have a uniquely transformative impact across all sectors of the economy and are a driver of change for the continent, Digital Africa will launch the Fuzé fund in September. This model perfectly addresses the concerns of early-stage African tech startups, with…
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In furtherance of the need to empower female business owners across the country, The ELOY Foundation, in partnership with FirstBank has presented the ELOY Foundation Business Shower, created to support female entrepreneurs on their journey to building sustainable businesses. Digital Times Nigeria understands that the support from FirstBank will be carried out through the FirstGem loan scheme designed for female-owned or partnered MSMEs and its SMEConnect initiative. The partnership focuses on key sectors of the economy and is designed to have female entrepreneurs exposed to essential business skills like training, networking, and the ELOY Foundation Business Toolkit, a compilation of…
In a bid to execute the Revenue Assurance Solutions (RAS) aimed at strengthening and managing the integrity of the revenue generation process in the Nigerian telecommunications industry, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has finally signed a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with its consultant, 3R Company Nigeria Limited. The agreement-signing ceremony, which took place at the Commission’s Head Office, Abuja on Friday, June 17, 2022, was witnessed by representatives of the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC). The ICRC has been guiding the partnership implementation process to give expression to the decision to procure the Solution within a PPP framework due…