The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in line with the Digital Literacy and Skills pillar of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria, has commenced the Digital Literacy and Skills Programme for States, tagged the Digital States Programme. The Digital States Programme, designed as one of the implementation strategies of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria, is aimed at equipping Nigerian youths with the necessary digital literacy skills that can facilitate Nigeria’s transition to the Digital Economy. Specific areas of focus for the programme include IT Management of Productivity Tools;…
Author: DigitalTimesNG
WATRA is a consultative and collaborative body of Telecommunications Regulators in the West African sub-region that aids and advances the development of telecoms in the sub-region and ultimately in Africa…
MTN Group has announced the appointment of Chika Ekeji as Executive, Strategy and Transformation as part of plans to further bolster management capacity to accelerate the Group’s strategic ambitions. Effective 15 March 2021, Chika joins Africa’s leading mobile operator from management consultancy McKinsey & Company in Nigeria, where he led the West Africa Digital Practice and served telco, financial services, and public sector clients across Africa. “We are very pleased that Chika is joining us as we work to accelerate our strategic repositioning,” said MTN Group Chief Operating Officer Jens Schulte-Bockum. A Nigerian-American national, Chika has a Masters of Engineering…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the launch of First Global Transfer (FGT) to promote the international transfer of funds across its subsidiaries in sub-Saharan Africa. The bank said in a statement that “First Global Transfer (FGT) initiative is specifically designed to ensure safe, timely and improved efficiency in the transfer of funds across the network of First Bank subsidiaries in Africa. “The FGT is not restricted to First Bank and FBN bank customers alone but it is also open to every individual resident in the country the funds transfer is originating from. “Intending users of the initiative are…
Visit aimed at fulfilling legislative oversight requirement as well as evaluates how resources that have been allocated are being utilized
Gains from eCommerce can write the cheque to significantly assist in reviving our dying SMEs and reduce youth employment in Nigeria.
WhatsApp is allowing users to make video and voice call on their desktop for the first time, according to a report in Sky News. The messaging service plans to rival the likes of Microsoft’s Skype and Apple’s FaceTime by offering people the chance to voice or video call on a larger screen. WhatsApp said it made the move following a “significant increase” in people making calls on the platform during the coronavirus pandemic when other video calling services like Zoom have also seen huge spikes in popularity. Group calls will still have to be made on mobile devices, but the…
The Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy is overseeing a 5-day capacity development programme for People Living with Disabilities (PLWDs) aimed at empowering them with digital skills to thrive in the 21st-century global market as captured in the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria. The 5-day training programme inspired by the vision of bridging the digital divide in Nigeria and ensuring that People Living with Disabilities (PLWDs) are empowered is taking place in Enugu, Enugu State and has participants drawn from all the South Eastern States of the Country. The programme which is a policy…
While the upgrade ushers in a spread of new features, today’s launch event was perhaps mostly designed to highlight
Google on Wednesday said it will stop selling ads based on a person’s individual browsing across websites, a move that could shake up the digital advertising industry as consumers call for more privacy online, according to a CNET report. Last year, the search giant said it will phase out third-party cookies, little bits of code that can let advertisers track user history across the web. Once those are gone from Google’s Chrome browser next year, the company made it clear that it won’t use or invest in alternate tracking tech that could identify people at an individual level. “If digital…