MultiChoice has announced a brand-new Pan-African lifestyle channel on its DStv platforms, HONEY, on DStv channel 173. “As part of our ongoing effort to enhance our customers’ viewing experience and delight them with additional content, MultiChoice is thrilled to bring this latest venture in African storytelling. “HONEY launches on Friday, 12 February 2021 and will be available for Premium Compact Plus, and Compact,” the company said in a statement. HONEY is a bold, unscripted lifestyle TV channel for curious and connected Africans. The channel is about celebrating and exploring African lives and loves, and the content is focused on lifestyle,…
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A total of 47.8 million NINs have been collected by Nigeria’s mobile telecom operators, DigitaTimesNG can authoritatively report. This disclosure was made in a statement signed by Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)’s Director of Public Affairs on Tuesday and made available to DigitalTimesNG. DigitalTimesNG understands that at an average of three to four SIMs per subscriber, millions of telephone subscribers will be linked up before the deadline in February 2021. Adinde said in the statement that at the end of a review meeting held on 18th January 2021, the Technical Implementation Committee under the Ministerial Task Force reported significant…
Zeta-Web Nigeria Limited, a Lagos-based indigenous Information Technology (IT) firm, has reiterated their commitment to bring robust broadband and internet solutions that would ease productivity for Nigerians in the post-Covid 19 workplaces. To this end, the company lately introduced Z-Force, a super-fast internet service designed for Nigerians working from home and other notable services for other market segments. Chris Obasi, Managing Director, Zeta–Web Nigeria Limited, who addressed the media on the importance of the Z-Force to the current workplace, said, “Our Z-Force service is unique in its design as it came out at a point where users wanted internet services…
Telecom companies in Nigeria are reported to have submitted about 43 million National Identity Numbers to the National Identity Management Commission for verification in order to have them registered with their respective Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs). The Punch reports that as the deadline for telephone subscribers with NINs to register their SIMs with the identity numbers elapsed today (January 19, 2021), operators have said that SIMs with unlinked submitted NINs would not be blocked. The paper also reports that NIMC had been able to provide about 45 million NINs, as it was able to register about two million people in…
Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubukar, has urged Nigerian youths to key into the digital technologies and focus more on critical thinking in order to find solutions for Nigeria’s economic and security challenges. Badaru, who noted that this is the only way to move the country forward, spoke at the 1st Jigawa Innovation Summit themed: ‘Creating a Viable Innovative Ecosystem for Economic Development.’ The programme was organised by the Jigawa State government in collaboration with National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Youth Coalition for Development (YCD), an NGO that canvasses youth engagement in changing the status quo for…
As part of its commitment to ensuring access to affordable broadband connectivity in Africa’s underserved populations, Tizeti, West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider is rolling out its 4G LTE network in Edo State, with monthly fixed broadband costs pegged at N4000. With this move, millions of people in Edo State previously outside the broadband envelope can now take advantage of high-speed broadband internet from Tizeti. Chief Executive Officer of Tizeti, Kendall Ananyi, while announcing the rollout of its new low-cost unlimited 4G services in Edo, said that this 4G broadband internet will empower more Nigerians in Edo State, stimulate…
A South Korean court has sentenced Samsung Electronics vice chairman Lee Jae-Yeong to two-and-a-half years in prison, the court said. The sentencing will have major ramifications for his leadership of the tech giant as well as Korea’s views toward big business. With this sentence, Lee will be sidelined for the time being from major decision-making at Samsung Electronics as it strives to overtake competitors. He will also be unable to oversee the process of inheritance from his father, who died in October — crucial to maintaining his control of Samsung. Lee, 52, was convicted of bribing an associate of former President…
An analysis of breach data by Tenable’s Security Response Team (SRT) has shown that from January to October 2020, there were 730 publicly disclosed events resulting in more 22 billion records exposed worldwide. The Tenable report also highlighted that 35% of the breaches that were analysed were linked to ransomware attacks, resulting in tremendous financial cost, while 14% of breaches were the result of email compromises. One of the overarching themes of the threat landscape in 2020 was that threat actors relied on unpatched vulnerabilities in their attacks as well as chaining together multiple vulnerabilities as part of their attacks.…
Abu Dhabi Customs has completed the digital transformation of all its services through the ‘TAMM’ platform, according to WAM. The digital services provided by Abu Dhabi Customs include 40 integrated core services that reflect Abu Dhabi Customs’ advanced infrastructure, operational flexibility and innovative technology. Its digital services also enable the completion of digital payments for 18 services via the ‘Abu Dhabi Pay’ platform – an integrated digital payment platform within ‘TAMM’. The digitised platform can enable seamless transactions for investors, wholesalers and customs brokers, helping them to save time and facilitate the movement of trade. According to Abu Dhabi Customs…
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has announced that its Bureau De Change Subsidiary, Stanbic IBTC Bureau De Change Limited has discontinued its Bureau de Change business with effect from 01 January 2021 by relinquishing its operating license. The discontinuation of operations of the BDC business was primarily driven by changes in regulations, which now affords customers with the opportunity of purchasing foreign exchange (PTA and BTA) directly from Stanbic IBTC Bank at any of its branches nationwide. The company said in a statement that the intention is to repurpose this subsidiary for other business venture in the near future, and stakeholders…