As organizations across the globe navigate the challenges and opportunities of hybrid work, Microsoft and LinkedIn have announced several new features and product innovations to help companies transition to hybrid work. The two organizations have come together to help their employees and their customers as they transform for hybrid work and reimagine everything from meetings that transcend space and time to a digital employee experience that everyone can access from anywhere – right in the flow of their work. “Right now, every leader is grappling with how to have effective hybrid meetings, often with limited equipment and resources. “Hybrid meetings…
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The Federal Government has approved the deployment of the Fifth Generation Network, otherwise called 5G in Nigeria. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) announced the approval after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday, September 8, 2021. Consequently, the Minister has directed the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to commence immediate implementation of the 5G plan for the country. The roll-out of the 5G will be carried out in phases beginning with major cities in the country “where there is need for high-quality broadband,” the Honourable Minister has said. Towards this end, the…
A new era of daily efficiency has dawned in Ogun State with the launch of ScheduleAlt, the state’s first-ever dedicated scheduling and task management app, introduced by Max Excellence Nigeria. Unveiled this month, the platform is poised to transform how residents and businesses manage their time, offering an affordable, innovative solution that’s already making waves. Max Excellence, spearheaded by CEO Gabriel Adeyeye, a graduate with a BSc in Computer Science from the Olabisi Onabanjo University, has positioned itself as a trailblazer in Nigeria’s tech landscape. “ScheduleAlt is about reclaiming your most valuable asset: time,” Adeyeye said at the launch event.…
LG Electronics (LG) has announced its goal to use almost 600,000 tonnes of recycled plastic by 2030 in a concerted effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the value chain. This goal is part of LG’s larger initiative to create a take-back ecosystem for electronic waste and increase the use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials in its consumer electronics and home appliance products. LG utilized approximately 20,000 tonnes of recycled plastic in 2020, in its products which it plans to increase more than tenfold by 2025. While recycled plastic is currently used inside LGTVs, PC monitors, speakers, washing machines, refrigerators…
“As the chief regulator of this very dynamic telecom sector, I have had the opportunity to deliver several speeches and make presentations both locally and internationally. In order to preserve these speeches for historical reference, we have carefully selected some of the speeches which capture the successes and challenges of the Nigerian communications sector from my perspective. “The book titled: “Catalysing Nigeria’s Socio-Economic Transformation through Broadband Infrastructure” is sure to give readers the historical background and authoritative context to the growth that is now being enjoyed by the industry. “Apart from being the first of its kind, this book is…
Over the last few years, ransomware attacks have taken hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrencies to victims worldwide. In 2020 alone, as the record year for crypto-ransomware attacks, the total value of loss hit more than $400-million, showing a massive 337% increase in a year. However, as the fastest-growing type of cybercrime, crypto-ransomware attacks continued causing new losses this year. According to data presented by BlockArabia.com, victims transferred $81,6-million worth of cryptocurrencies to cybercriminals in five months of 2021, almost matching the total for the entire 2019. Crypto ransomware attacks have become more common and increasingly costly over…
Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX, has released an enhanced version of its mobile app, X-Mobile, which was first launched in 2019 in its Beta state. X-Mobile is a dynamic and user-friendly mobile app, designed to enhance investors’ participation in the Nigerian capital market. Now accessible in the Google Play Store and Apple iOS Store, X-Mobile provides market participants, especially retail investors, with convenient, faster and real-time access to information about NGX, its listed securities and Trading License Holders. Some of the key features of the X-Mobile include market snapshots and analytics, securities prices, financial news and trade simulation. It provides a directory…
As previously reported by T3 on the bevy of new WhatsApp features that are being rolled out this summer, right now, a highly anticipated upgrade has just dropped. The feature upgrade allows iPhone users to port their WhatsApp chat history and data from their handset to an Android phone, which previously was not possible. This means that you can now transfer account info, profile photo, individual chats, group chats, chat history, media and settings. This is obviously fantastic, as it means WhatsApp users don’t have to scrub everything to switch phone platforms. Right now this feature is only available on…
By Nicky HOYLAND Hybrid working is one of the main talking points at the moment, with offices reopening and employees starting to return on a part-time basis at least. Hybrid offers a flexible approach to where and when employees do their jobs, with no company-wide mandate telling employees they must work from home or they must come to the office every day. The hybrid work model empowers employees with choice. It asks them where and how they would like to work subject to the task or output required and gives them the tools and resources they need to do so…
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group has announced a US$75 million Additional Tier 1 (“AT1”) investment by Arise B.V. (“Arise”). This Basel III compliant instrument is the first AT1 instrument issued by ETI and a landmark transaction in the sub-Saharan Africa region which will optimize and improve ETI’s Tier 1 capital by US$75 million. The investment by Arise, a leading equity investor in financial institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa and one of ETI’s existing major institutional shareholders, demonstrates the support, commitment and capacity of Ecobank’s international shareholder base. This additional investment will be used by ETI…