Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite eCommerce giant, has been named the most innovative company of the year. The award was presented to the management of Konga at the 2021 Titans of Tech Hall of Fame Awards held on Friday, July 23, 2021, at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos. The latest award represents another well-deserved recognition for a long list of sterling achievements recorded by Konga in the Nigerian e-commerce market. Konga beat out competition from other players such as Payporte, Jumia, and Jiji.ng to claim the highly coveted award. In explaining how Konga emerged winners of the award, the event organisers…
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The United Nations on Wednesday warned that public and private actors are intervening against online content in ways that curtail rights and muzzle criticism. “You see a digital world that is unwelcoming and frequently unsafe for people trying to exercise their rights,” said Peggy Hicks of the UN Rights Office in Geneva. “You also see a host of government and company responses that risk making the situation worse,” she told a press briefing. According to a tally by the agency, 40 new laws regulating social media have been adopted around the world in the past two years, with 30 more…
By Mubarak UMAR The outcome of any ideation, roadmap, and strategy is turning the vision into a reality. This requires facilitation and engagement of action plan to ensure everyone understands their contribution to high impact goals and what they can do to achieve it together – working even asynchronously. The development of a four-year Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan has, therefore, become an integral process of operation in the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). The aim of NITDA’s Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan 2021-2024 (SRAP) is to give direction to the initiatives of the Agency and realign its operations…
The second half of 2021 is starting on a good note for the teeming customers of Smile Nigeria. As of 12th July 2021, Smile customers became the happy beneficiaries of a unique TRUEUnlimited data plan promotion courtesy of the pioneer 4G LTE broadband provider in West Africa. Through this TRUEUnlimited promotion, Smile offers all its existing and new customers unique Internet services without limits. Within the three months that the promo will last, everyone currently on Freedom 3Mbps plan with a 180GB FUP, valid for 30 days at the cost of N20, 000, will enjoy TRUEUnlimited Freedom 3Mbps plan with…
TD Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading technology, lifestyle, and solutions distribution giant, has again blazed the trail in the certification space. TD Africa beat other multinationals in the West African region to obtain the much-coveted Huawei Enterprise Business Group (EBG) 4-Star Certified Service Partner (CSP) Certification for Internet Protocol (IP) and Information Technology Networking. With the certification, TD Africa has become the first and only technology distribution company to obtain the certification in West Africa, especially in Nigeria and Ghana, West Africa’s leading technology markets. The certification comes with lots of good news for TD partners in the region, says the…
Africa’s leading payments technology company, Flutterwave, has appointed Mr. Oluwabankole Falade as its new Chief Regulatory & Government Relations Officer. In this role, Falade will support Flutterwave’s vision by providing strategic oversight and government relation strategies, while ensuring that the interest and needs of the business are aligned with that of the regulators. Falade is bringing 18 years of experience in law, regulatory affairs, government relations, and business development across financial and telecoms industries to the new position. Before joining Flutterwave, Falade was the Director, Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations at IHS Towers, and also held key leadership roles at…
The Africa Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence Challenge (Africa IoT & AI Challenge) officially kicked off its local activities in Nigeria on Saturday 10th of July, 2021. The programme is aimed at building the capacity of qualified and young calibres in the technology field to accelerate the process of digital transformation and serve the goal of digitally uniting Africa. The challenge covers a number of countries in Africa and the Middle East including Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, and South Africa. The opening ceremony of the event was held virtually in the presence of Dr. Evans…
Konga Health, an ambitious, technology-driven healthcare solutions company, has signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) to boost access to quality healthcare services in Nigeria, including the delivery of genuine drugs and medical supplies. The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) took place on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at the company’s corporate headquarters at Yudala Heights on Idowu Martins, Victoria Island, Lagos. Present during the signing of the partnership agreement was Co-CEO, Konga Group, Mr. Nick Imudia; Vice President, Konga Health, Mr. Festus Akinola; National Portfolio Manager, Mr. Cornelius Umanze…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it has exceeded its N36 billion projected revenue from spectrum license fees for 2021, having recorded over N150 billion from this revenue source within the five months of the year. The figure represents over 400 per cent increase in revenue budget performance in respect of spectrum fees generated by the Commission between January 1 and May 31, 2021, reflecting a significant contribution to the revenue drive of the Federal Government. The Commission said in a statement signed and made available on Sunday by its Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde that the N150 billion…
Smile Communications Nigeria, the multiple award-winning broadband services company, is set to shower more goodies on its existing and new customers, to further solidify its trendsetter status as a foremost customer-focused company. This time around, Smile, renowned as the first to launch VoLTE on its network, is set to introduce four new local call options with extended validity to its range of SmileVoice ONLY plans. The new options were developed to complement the three existing 30-day SmileVoice ONLY plans. Leading the pack is the new 60-day validity plan, which comes in two options of 150 minutes talk time for ₦1,500…