As part of its strategy to grow its business in West Africa, Kaspersky has partnered with value-added distributor DataGroupIT who will provide the global cybersecurity company with access to new markets in Nigeria and Ghana. “DataGroupIT is a well-known distributor in Africa with a clear value-add when it comes to generating focused business growth, especially in the enterprise segment. It also has the capacity to support the Kaspersky business logistically and provide valuable technical expertise on Kaspersky solutions,” says Lehan van den Heever, Enterprise Cyber Security Advisor for Kaspersky in Africa. DataGroupIT has more than 1,000 clients in over 15…
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Imagine what’s possible when the most innovative TV meets the fastest and most powerful console games like Xbox Series X etc. Rapid response time, smooth graphics and enhanced immersion with Dolby Vision IQ and Dolby Atmos on supporting TVs are some of the new features serious gamers and TV lovers lookout for these days. Leading the next generation of OLED TVs innovation, LG Electronics (LG), the world leader in OLED TVs, has continued to raise the bar in delivering LG OLED models that offer new art-inspired GX Gallery series, CX and classic Real 8K models. These set of OLED TVs…
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MainOne, the leading provider of connectivity solutions for businesses in West Africa, responds to the increase in the adoption of Cloud technology by connecting businesses across the region directly to public cloud service providers. The MainOne Cloud Connect service ensures direct secure and reliable network connectivity between enterprise data centres or office locations and public cloud providers such as Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services. MainOne also has a partnership with Equinix-Telecity that grants the company direct access to other global providers such as Oracle and IBM thereby giving customers access to the services they need. With MainOne Cloud Connect, businesses…
Nigeria’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the First Bank Nigeria Limited appear to be heading on a collision course following the CBN’s query yesterday of the board of First Bank Nigeria Limited over the removal of the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the bank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan. The CBN said in the query that the action was without regulatory approval adding that the move has “dire implications for the bank and also portends significant risks to the stability of the financial system,” according to a report by Thisday. The apex bank made its position known in a…
Fidelity Bank Plc has announced a 53.9 per cent growth in Profit Before Tax (PBT) to N10.1 billion for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021 (Q1’21) as against N6.6 billion posted in the corresponding period of 2020 (Q1’20). The details of the unaudited results, released at the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) showed that the net revenue for the period increased by 13.4 per cent to N34.4 billion from N30.3 billion in Q1’20. Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Managing Director of the bank, said, “We commenced the year showing impressive double-digit growth in profitability and improved performance across key efficiency indices whilst…
Chinese tech giant, Huawei says information and communication technologies have the potential to reduce global carbon emissions by 20% over the next decade. William Xu, Director of the Board and President of Huawei’s Institute of Strategic Research, recently said energy sustainability was a daunting challenge that faced all countries over the next decade. “Global energy consumption is growing at an annual rate of 1.7%. Currently, 85% of energy comes from fossil fuels. Energy sustainability is a daunting challenge that faces all of us. “By empowering a wide range of industries, ICT technology has the potential to reduce global carbon emissions…
MyCountry MyWorld is set to launch MY!, a social media platform for Africans by Africans providing possibilities in world exploration by giving users the opportunity to bring their country and world to each other. MY!, will be launched in May 2021. “Having developed the app over a period of two years, with a series of tests; we are now confident that the app is ready to be released to the world,” Samuel Zean Jr, Co-founder, MY! With over 4 billion internet users across the world and growing by 332 million in the past 12 months and more than 900,000 new…
As the Federal Government kicks off the second phase of the country’s Digital Switch Over (DSO) journey, there are fears within the broadcasting industry that its completion, expected to take three years, is under threat from corruption and ill-conception. Industry insiders point to the lack of transparency and apparent corruption that attended government spending on the first phase of the DSO, leading to Nigeria’s failure to meet two earlier deadlines to switch from analogue to digital broadcasting. A Jos-based broadcast engineer, who does not want his name in print for fear of reprisal, explained that a major hindrance to progress…
By Mrs. X Nigeria has fared fairly well with the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when compared with its counterparts in other parts of the world and against the backdrop of some worrisome predictions which pegged the country’s shabby public health care system as a potential source of concern. India, for instance, is battling a terrible resurgence of the pandemic while the UK and others are only just lifting some severe restrictions. To date, Nigeria has recorded a little over 2,000 deaths, which for a country of an estimated 180 million people, represents a very good figure. For many, divine providence is…