Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce brand has rolled out a mouthwatering offer for its customers in partnership with foremost financial institution, Standard Chartered (SC) Bank. The offer, which applies to all Standard Chartered Visa cardholders, will see them enjoy a whopping 10 per cent discount on all orders placed on the Konga platform. Prospective shoppers can take advantage of the exciting offer, which kicked off on June 1, 2021, either online or in any Konga retail store nationwide. Further raising the appeal for eligible customers is the fact that there are no basket size limits for orders placed or discount…
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By Olasupo SOYOMBO Ex-nihilo, a Latin adverb I first heard of in my religious studies class in my first year at the university, has stayed with me. For those who do not know the meaning, let me quickly say it means “from or out of nothing.” How is it related to the subject at hand? Strongly, I make bold to say. Anyone familiar with setting up a business enterprise in Nigeria, particularly pioneers in a field requiring technological infrastructure, will understand how things, very big things, are made from nothing or out of nothing. To make something out of nothing,…
Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber, the Senate, has taken further steps towards strengthening the legal status for the country’s National Emergency Number 112, being implemented by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) through its Emergency Communication Centres (ECC). The Senate Committee on Communications recently organised a one-day public hearing where stakeholders gathered to make valuable contributions and observations on two bills by the Senate Committee on Communications. The two bills are the Nigerian Postal Service Act (Repeal and Establishment) Bill, 2021 and the Nationwide Toll-Free Emergency Number (Establishment) Bill, 2021, being sponsored by Senator Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State. The emergency number…
Shoprite Holdings has sold its Nigerian business to a local buyer, Ketron Investment, it said on Wednesday, nearly 16 years after the South African retailer opened its first outlet in the country. Shoprite entered into a share purchase agreement with Ketron, a Nigerian company owned by a group of institutional investors led by property group Persianas, for the disposal of its entire interest in Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited, Shoprite and Ketron said in separate statements. The price of the sale was not disclosed. The South Africa’s biggest grocer has been reviewing its long-term options across Africa to focus more on…
Microblogging platform, Twitter, has in a surprise move that ostensibly has gladdened the hearts of Nigerians, pulled down President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet which says he will deal with those causing trouble ‘in the language they will understand.” Recall that the tweet generated mixed reactions with some Nigerians expressing shock at the President’s choice of words on his official Twitter handle. President Buhari had, in the post that brought so much condemnation on the Presidency, said that many people misbehaving today did not experience the civil war. “Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of the destruction…
Vintage Confluence LLC, a leading global Bitcoin trading company, has assured its existing and prospective clients of lightning-speed transactions that would ease their burdens and eradicate the delays that pose a threat to their bitcoin business transactions. Precious Aire, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, gave the assurance while delivering his speech at the 2021 edition of the NITRA Technology Forum, organized by the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA). Aire, who was represented by the company’s media consultant, Patrick Aigbokhan, also emphasized the need for enhanced technology innovations that will boost initiatives in the ICT industry. “Vintage Confluence as a…
Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has urged Afrione, a smart device manufacturing and assembling company, to crash its device prices for more affordability. He made the demand during a visit to Afrione corporate head office on Thursday in Lagos state. Abdullahi said that the reduction of the price of the smart devices is possible, citing the example of SIM cards which were expensive at the beginning but now are almost free. Similarly, the mainframe and early computers were of high prices but today are affordable. “As regulators, we stimulate demand for digital…
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has shared his experiences on some of the regulatory models, approaches and best practices being implemented by the Commission in promoting a stable telecoms sector and accelerating digital inclusion in Nigeria. Danbatta shared these experiences while playing host to a delegation from Autoridade Reguladora Nacional (ARN), the Telecom National Regulatory Authority of Guinea-Bissau who was on a week-long benchmarking visit to the Commission in Abuja last Wednesday. DigitalTimesNG learnt that the delegation was in the Commission to gain insights into NCC’s regulatory template as part of…
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has expressed delight with reports that the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector retained its role as the sector with the highest growth rate of all the main sectors of the Nigerian economy in the first quarter of 2021 (Q1 2021). The Q1 2021 Report on Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was released on the 23rd of May 2021, by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). “Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.51%(year-on-year) in real terms in the first quarter of 2021, marking two consecutive quarters of growth…
By David Adokuru With real-time analysis, historical data analysis, and event-based systems defining the backbone of digital applications in the contemporary world, temporal data structures are now indispensable to ensure efficiency, scalability, and precision. From time-series databases powering financial markets to log-based event streaming in cybersecurity, domain-specific data structures enable effortless management of time-dependent computation. System design for high-performance in this area requires familiarity with how information evolves over time, how it is best stored, and recovered cheaply. Static data sets have nothing similar to temporal data, which remains constantly changing, requiring at times the recording of past states so…