Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd., a Pan-African telecommunications group with operations in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, announced after its board meeting held on January 15th, 2021, significant changes in the leadership of the Group’s board and management. The Group announced the retirement of Ms. Irene Charnley and Mr Mohammed Wajih Sharbatly from the Group’s Board and all boards of the operating companies, effective January 1st 2021. Ms Irene Charnley, the Founder of Smile, has retired as Deputy Chairman from the Smile Telecoms Limited Board. Mr Mohammad Wajih Sharbatly is a Co-Founder of Smile and has…
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MultiChoice Group and its counterpart, CJ ENM HK, have announced the launch of Korean entertainment pop up channel tvN Africa on DStv, channel 134 from Monday, 1st March 2021. This marks the first foray for Korea’s No.1 entertainment brand into the continent. tvN will be available to DStv Premium, Compact Plus and Compact customers. tvN is a South Korean global general entertainment network established in 2006. Recognized as the No.1 Content Creator group loved by all ages with novel entertainment shows and well-made dramas, tvN has been Korea’s leading general entertainment channel, as well as in the United States and…
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has expressed his delight with the latest report that the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector recorded the highest growth rate of all the sectors of the Nigerian economy in both the fourth quarter of 2020 (Q4 2020) and the entire year 2020. This cheering news was based on the Q4 2020 Report on Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) released yesterday, the 18th of February 2021, by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). “Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 0.11% (year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth…
Picture the ever-changing world of technology as a wild, unexplored frontier. People like TOLUWALEKE ARIYO step up as leaders, helping us navigate through unfamiliar areas of systems that are not controlled by one central authority. With lots of experience in managing development and operations in technology (DevOps) and researching Web3, Ariyo’s thoughts on decentralised identity are really important. They help us understand how it affects our privacy and control over data in this new era of the internet, known as Web3. Understanding Decentralised Identity Decentralised identity is a whole new way of handling your identity online. It’s like a big…
The House of Representatives has directed an investigation into the legality of the operations of private equity firm, Alta Semper Capital UK (a.k.a Idi Holdings), as a part-owner of the popular retail pharmacy chain, HealthPlus, in Nigeria. This directive follows a petition made by Oladimeji Ekengba and presented by Hon Benjamin Kalu, which challenged the waiver granted by the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) to Alta Semper Capital purportedly permitting the private equity firm to co-own and operate the retail pharmacy, HealthPlus in Nigeria. The petition argued that according to Section 2(2) of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Act, P.17,…
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has been urged to optimize the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) tools in communicating nutrition in the country. The call was made by the National Coordinator of the Media Centre Against Child Malnutrition (MeCAM Nigeria), Mr. Remmy Nweke. Nweke who was speaking at the first quarterly capacity building of the Lagos State chapter of the Civil Society on Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN) hosted by the Communication Team, said that optimizing ICT tools in this era has become imperative. Dwelling on the topic, “Overview of Communicating Nutrition & Social Media Best Practices in…
By Pikie MONAHENG It’s no secret that CSPs need to transform their businesses to compete in the continent’s highly competitive communications landscape and deliver the experiences that customers are demanding today. However, digital transformation is a journey, which takes time. And there are many tasks to undertake on the way. So, how do CSPs go about achieving true digital transformation? What are the main challenges they must address? IT modernisation is a key enabler of any digital transformation and adoption of cloud technologies is central to that. In addition to cost savings, the cloud provides the ability to swiftly evolve,…
9mobile, Nigeria’s customer-friendly telecommunications company, has begun the National Identification Number (NIN) enrollment in select Experience Centres across the country. 9mobile said in a statement on Wednesday that this is to enable its customers to physically register for their National Identification Number (NIN) and link it to their SIMs without hassles or payment. The centres where customers can register effortlessly and free of any charges include No 43, Adeola Odeku, Victoria Island; No 31, Marina Road, Marina and 23 Road by 402 junction, Festac Town, all in Lagos. The two Abuja Experience Centres are 8, Kikuyu close, off Aminu Kano,…
Opera, an Internet company is moving into financial services with the launch of Dify, an in-browser cashback service and digital wallet for online shopping. Launching first in Spain, the initial version of the Dify app ships with a current account, a free virtual debit card issued by MasterCard, as well as Google Pay support for offline spending. The company intends to expand the service across the EU, where it currently claims 50 million active users. The business developments that preceded the launch included the January 2020 acquisition of Estonian banking-as-a-service startup, Pocosys and takeover terms for the buyout of Lithuanian…
A new research has revealed that the cloud services market is expected to exceed $470 billion in 2021, highlighting growth at a compound annual growth rate of 21.6%. The new report from ESOMAR attributed the sharp rise in demand to the continued push towards digitalisation, across a number of key industry verticals. Government, healthcare and education institutions are rapidly adopting cloud-based email services such as email-as-a-service on large scale. These institutions provide email solutions to their staffs in order to do their daily operational tasks. The report also found that the surge in demand for smart consumer goods was a…