Airtel Africa and UNICEF have announced a five-year pan-African partnership to help accelerate the roll-out of digital learning through connecting schools to the internet and ensuring free access to learning platforms across 13 countries. By providing equal access to quality digital learning, particularly for the most vulnerable children, the partnership will help to ensure that every child reaches their full potential. Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services in Africa, is the first African private sector partner to make a multimillion-dollar commitment to ‘Reimagine Education’, a global initiative launched by UNICEF in 2020 calling for public…
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The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has urged Nigerians to embrace import substitution models that ultimately promote homegrown products and services, economic growth, and sustainable development in the country. Dr. Bayo Olugbemi, President/Chairman of Council of the Institute made the call while delivering his remarks at the 2021 CIBN Fellowship Investiture in Lagos on Sunday. The CIBN at its Fellowship Investiture formally conferred its honorary fellowship awards on 14 distinguished bankers in recognition of their contributions to the banking industry and the economy. Seventy-seven (77) Associates became Elected Fellows while 146 Senior Management Staff of banks and the…
GOtv, a Pay-TV platform, has announced the addition of a brand-new package ‘GOtv Supa’ to its selection of packages. The new package will be available to African audiences from 1st November 2021. The company said in a statement that this festive season, the proudly African entertainment provider is reaffirming its commitment to audiences by introducing the package that packs a Supa punch, without putting extra pressure on the purse strings. “With the festive season fast approaching, families need affordable ways to spend time together. We hope the launch of this entertainment-focused package will do exactly that, and bring families together…
SHAREit Lite is aiming to help Nigerians access high-speed file transmission without mobile data
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) has conveyed the approval of the Federal Government to extend the deadline for the National Identity Number (NIN)-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) data verification. With the latest development, the Federal Government has urged citizens and legal residents to complete the process before the end of the year 2021. DigitalTimesNG understands that the decision to extend the deadline was made further to appeals by the Mobile Network Operators and other industry stakeholders, soliciting for a further extension to ensure better compliance with the government’s directive and to avoid widening the digital…
KongaPay, a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-licensed fintech platform, is on course to grow its active subscriber base to over three million by 2022 if the data released by the company is anything to go by. The mobile money platform, the leading provider of digital services for e-commerce shoppers in Nigeria, is one of the thriving subsidiaries within the Konga Group, Nigeria’s e-commerce giant. Feelers from within the company indicate that KongaPay was recently repositioned to take a greater share of the payments market in Nigeria, a development that has seen the platform taking the fintech space by storm. The…
Members of staff of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) converged in the Conference Room of the Commission’s Head Office recently, to honour Osmund Omulu, a staff of the Commission, who is retiring upon attaining the Nigerian public service mandatory retirement age of 60 years. DigitalTimesNG understands that Omulu joined the Commission in 2002, and has been described as an unusually focused, peaceful gentleman who is always willing to assist and educate people on how to make their work better. It was further revealed that even those who are his seniors, who met him at the Commission and others who worked…
Oracle and Orange have signed a collaboration agreement as part of a joint plan to accelerate cloud-led digital transformation in West Africa. The agreement allows the two companies to assess plans to build Oracle Cloud regions, using Orange’s infrastructure in Senegal and Ivory Coast. This aligns with a common objective of ensuring that all customer data is hosted locally, providing customers with cloud services that meet their data latency and performance requirements. The companies also announced plans to jointly offer cloud services for enterprises and public sector organisations in West Africa, starting with offerings in Senegal and Ivory Coast. For…
In its determination to ensure regulations are fit for future imperatives of a robust telecoms sector, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it is adjusting its regulatory instruments and management tools. The Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management (ECSM), NCC, Adeleke Adewolu, stated this when he spoke at a panel session at the 2021 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association held in Port Harcourt. The general theme of the Conference is, ‘Taking the Lead.’ Adewolu, who made the declaration in a panel discussion focused on Government Regulation of Innovation and Technology, said, “In specific terms, we are taking action in…
Zuckerberg says interacting online can become much closer to the experience of interacting in person.