By Andrew BOURNE Technology silos are one of the most common barriers that organisations come across in their digital transformation journeys. Tech silos mainly crop up at a juncture when various departments within the organisation use disparate software applications that not only differ in form, look, and feel but also struggle to integrate contextually. When business-critical apps do not communicate with each other seamlessly, organisations are left battling information silos, disjointed processes, and half-baked analytics. Investing in digital tools built on the same technology stack Business owners and tech leaders who are intent on avoiding silos in their firm’s digital…
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Goel is to focus on expanding Gokada across Nigeria and beyond
• QR codes will see their chunk of the mobile payment market shrink as new alternatives gain traction
● As the ‘uber-for-buses’ startup in Nigeria launches city-to-city bus travel service.
Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has assured that victims of sexual abuse in Nigeria through ICT will have the opportunity of presenting their cases without fear of stigmatization. Abdullahi gave this assurance Tuesday while receiving the CEO of Shamrock Innovation Hub, a women and youth-centric tech innovation hub that developed HELPIO, an android based application used in reporting sexual abuse. The support came as a directive of the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), that the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) liaise with the young…
GOtv Nigeria is introducing an Enhanced Decoder Notification (EDN) functionality to keep its customers informed and in control of their viewing experience. This EDN functionality which will be activated on Tuesday, 6th April 2021 refers to a set of icons that appear on the screen containing valuable information like how many viewing days are left before a customer’s next payment is due, the latest special offers and discounts, as well as information on new content, campaigns and upcoming celebrations. Customers can access this information by pressing the “okay” button on their remote, followed by “messages” on the menu bar and…
Flutterwave, a Nigeria-based continental tech payments platform, has announced a new collaboration with global payment leader, PayPal, to enable PayPal customers globally to pay African merchants in the continent through Flutterwave’s platform. The company said the collaboration will be instrumental in supporting SMEs and freelancers to overcome the many challenges presented by the highly fragmented and complex payment and banking infrastructure, as well as connecting them with more than 377 million PayPal account holders globally. The new collaboration is expected to unlock opportunity for African businesses to do business around the world Flutterwave co-founder and CEO, Olugbenga Agboola said via…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has concluded its investigation process on the personal data breach by Electronic Settlement Limited. The investigative process involved an analysis of the company’s applications and websites; a visit to the company’s office in Lagos, a review of its technical documents as submitted to the Agency and an interrogation of its officials by the NITDA investigation team in Abuja. NITDA said in a statement signed by its Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations, Mrs Hadiza Umar that at the end of the process, we have established that there was a data breach involving the…
Over the last two decades, Liquid has firmly established itself as the leading pan-African digital infrastructure provider with an extensive network spanning over 73,000 KM