Secure Identity Alliance (SIA), the global identity and secure digital services advisory body, has announced that Nigeria NIMC is pioneering Africa-first Mobile Identity Ecosystem leveraging OSIA open standard interfaces to verify unique identities against National Identity Registry. A digital public good supported by a growing community of 35+ members of industry and government organizations, the OSIA initiative is building a global interoperability framework that features open standard interfaces (APIs) to connect all key building blocks of the identity management ecosystem. In short, OSIA open standard interfaces ensure governments are able to select the building blocks they need from the suppliers…
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Determined to modernize and promote efficiency in the transport sector of the state, the Ogun State government has taken delivery of high-capacity new buses equipped with modern technological capabilities. The new buses which were the first batch, are designed to have better capacity and reliability than a conventional bus system with a view to providing commuters with a safe, affordable, fast, and pleasurable experience on the roads, according to a report by Vanguard. Taking the delivery of the buses, on Tuesday, the State Commissioner for Transportation, Gbenga Dairo said that it was a testimony to the commitment and readiness of…
TD Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest technology and lifestyle distribution company, clocks 22 on Saturday, May 15, 2021. To mark its 22 years of sterling leadership in the ICT distribution segment in Africa, the management of TD Africa has rolled out the drums to celebrate its partner ecosystem with a week-long discount sale tagged Sellerbration. The promotion, which kicked off on Monday, May 10 and which is expected to run until Saturday, May 15 has witnessed the rollout of massive discounts on a variety of genuine products from TD Africa’s wide-ranging bouquet including Computing, Printing/Supplies, Power, Software and Home Appliances, among…
Visitors to the Tech Experience Centre, Africa’s cutting-edge technology and lifestyle hub on Saturday, May 8, 2021, were treated to exciting, high-scoring matches on the opening day of Bank Wars, a FIFA 21 Gaming competition featuring leading Nigerian banks. Sponsored by Samsung, a foremost Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Banks Wars seeks to crown the best side among the competing banks for the FIFA 21 tourney. The first day of the event, hosted at the Tech Experience Centre, saw a number of excited spectators converge on the impressive building located at Yudala Heights, 13A Idowu Martins Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, to…
Wema Bank’s Hackaholics 2.0, an acceleration aimed at helping startups scale and gain entrance into the market, came to an exciting end as the finalists were unveiled on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at the Bank’s corporate head office in Marina, Lagos. Themed, “Connecting Worlds” the Acceleration Program was a two-day virtual pitch which ran from October 30 – 31, 2020, for 20 participants across five industry pillars – Fintech, Agritech, Edutech, Gaming, and Healthtech, who qualified from a pool of over 100 entries received. The Bank presented four startups comprising two people each with N2,187,500.00 startup fund. The winners emerged…
The Econet Group through its subsidiary Cassava Fintech International and Mastercard have entered into a strategic partnership to advance digital inclusion across Africa. The two will also collaborate on a range of initiatives including the expansion of the Africa CDC TravelPass. TravelPass is a digital health pass developed by Cassava Fintech and offered in conjunction with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). It is accessible to users of Cassava Fintech’s Sasai SuperApp and is recognized as one of the leading initiatives in the fight against the cross-border spread of Covid-19 in Africa. Mastercard is partnering with…
Vista Bank Group (Vista) has selected its paytech provider Radar Payments to drive its global payment processing activities in West Africa. Vista is a Pan-African financial services company, which aims to contribute to economic growth and financial inclusion across Africa. It has an ambitious agenda to challenge the status quo and deliver a superior experience to retail customers, large enterprises and MSMEs across West Africa. The group is expanding rapidly through a series of successive strategic acquisitions that include First International Bank (FIB) Group in Gambia, followed by BNP Paribas’ Subsidiaries, La Banque Internationale pour le Commerce et l’Industrie de…
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By Sunny Jackson EYIBIO If some public affairs commentators and their partisan associates have their way, the next head to be placed in the hangman’s noose is that of Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, who is better known as Sheikh Pantami. As Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Pantami remained in obscurity in his previous public office. All that will, however, change soon. Nominated and confirmed as Minister in August 2019, Pantami’s posting to the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy is no doubt fit and proper. Not only had he acquitted himself in one of the…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it is keen on balancing healthy competition with the entry of disruptive technologies to ensure sustainable telecoms industry growth and development in Nigeria, in the light of disruption in the technology world. Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of NCC, stated this during a presentation to the Commission by a delegation from SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportations services company, in Abuja on Thursday. NCC said in a statement on Friday signed by Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs at the Commission that SpaceX is in the process of launching…