Foremost composite e-commerce giant, Konga, has raised the curtains on its final sales promotion of the year – Konga Jara, which offers shoppers massive discounts and huge savings on their festive season shopping. Through the promotion, the management of the e-commerce giant promises her teeming customers the best prices in Nigeria this season. The 2021 edition of Konga Jara, which commenced on Monday, December 13 is set to run through Friday, December 31 across all of Konga’s platforms, including online @ www.konga.com, offline in every Konga retail store nationwide and on Konga Bulk. Konga Jara is an annual year-end shopping…
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MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) has announced that it was successful in its bid to acquire one of the two 100MHZ spectrum licences in the 3.5GHz spectrum band auctioned by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The telecom giant said in a statement signed by the company secretary, Uto Ukpanah that “This is a significant step towards achieving the goals of the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (2020-25). “Acquisition of the spectrum will enable the rollout of 5G services to MTN Nigeria’s customers.” Fifth-generation (5G) mobile network technology offers faster data speeds and lower latency. It allows several devices to…
Sophos has provided new threat intelligence on how cyberattackers are already exploiting or attempting to exploit unpatched systems. This follows the reporting of the Apache Log4Shell vulnerability. The threat intelligence as detailed in the SophosLabs Uncut report, Log4Shell Hell: Anatomy of an Exploit Outbreak, shows that Sophos is seeing a rapid uptick in attacks exploiting or attempting to exploit this vulnerability, with hundreds of thousands of attempts detected so far. The report also indicated that Cryptomining botnets are among the earliest “attack” adopters; botnets focus on Linux server platforms, which are particularly exposed to this vulnerability. Sophos has also…
IEEE TEMS has announced the participation of 6 African countries namely, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco, in the Africa IoT & AI Challenge, under the auspices of Benya Group -the official sponsor of the Challenge. Benya Group is the leading group in the field of communications infrastructure and digital transformation in Egypt, the Middle East, and the African continent, and the IEEE Africa Council. The final edition of the challenge will be held with the participation of 21 teams and they are divided into two main axes: graduation projects for university students and start-ups in the fields of…
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has said that there is a holistic, strategic plan being conscientiously implemented to address the infrastructure deficit in the telecommunications sector with the objective to bridge the digital divide which had undermined Nigeria’s march to a robust digital economy. Danbatta also emphasised that telecoms infrastructure deployment across rural communities in Nigeria is at the heart of every effort of the Government towards ensuring the socio-economic development of Nigeria. He made these declarations at the International Conference Centre Abuja while delivering a keynote presentation at the…
It was a night of world-class entertainment as TD Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa’s foremost distributor of tech and lifestyle products, hosted a befitting and star-studded 10th edition of Celebrating You 2021, an annual Dinner Party and Awards Night. Widely regarded as the most eagerly anticipated annual celebratory event in the Nigerian Information and Communications Technology (ICT) ecosystem, Celebrating You 2021, which was hosted at the expansive Konga Place located at Lekki, Lagos on Sunday, December 5, 2021, attracted a host of dignitaries. Among these were Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Access Bank Plc., Dr. Herbert Wigwe who doubled as the Chief…
Leveraging the potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to automate service delivery should be the next frontier of excellent service delivery to Nigerians by public institutions, according to the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta. Danbatta made the assertion in a goodwill message presented on his behalf by NCC’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, at the opening ceremony of a three-day SERVICOM retreat, which started on December 1, 2021, at the Communications and Digital Economy Complex, Mbora, Abuja. The retreat which focused on, ‘Charter Performance Monitoring and Reporting’, was aimed at…
By Oluwasekemi Akinbo In this article, Oluwasekemi Akinbo emphasizes the importance of customer retention over mere customer acquisition. She highlights how businesses, particularly fintechs, should focus on building long-term relationships with customers to drive repeat engagement. The piece explores strategies such as understanding consumer psychology, personalizing services, and addressing local financial needs to enhance retention. The first click. That’s where the magic happens. Having users trust your product enough to buy, click, or request, is usually always mesmerising for businessmen and women. But what happens when customers only make one-time purchases? What happens when they never come back? You got…
MTN Group has said it will be implementing a mandatory vaccination policy for staff from January 2022. The company said in a statement that this is part of its commitment to protect the health and safety of its staff and workplaces, as well as contribute towards the rate of COVID-19 vaccinations across its markets. “The science is clear. Vaccination against COVID-19 reduces rates of serious infections, hospitalisation, and death. As an employer, we have a responsibility to ensure that our workplaces are guided by the highest standards of health and safety, and that has informed our decision to make COVID-19…