The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has recently announced its final radio frequency spectrum assignment plan for the 470 to 694 MHz frequency band. The move is expected to now pave the way for the phased progression to the implementation of switchover from analogue to digital terrestrial television via a Single Frequency Network (SFN), according to a report in broadcastingandmedia.com. ICASA also expect that this frequency assignment plan will support the rapid use for mobile broadband communications, as well as the releasing of the first and second digital dividends. According to Dr Keabetswe Modimoeng…
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By Uzoma DOZIE Nigerians are some of the world’s most creative, energetic, and entrepreneurial people. We are rich with talent, enthusiasm, and passion. Nigerians are a global force bursting with potential and an enviable track record of success. But in a more complex and fast-paced world than ever before, many of us struggle to find the time or have the ability to fulfil their potential. Ultimately, this comes down to the lack of effective solutions in the market to support the lifestyle and finances of Nigerians and our businesses. For too long, we have been underserved by the traditional…
By Peter OLUKA Lately, I have been seeing some KG Express “KGExpress.ng” bikes in parts of Lagos. In fact, my observation is that they have been conducting pilot operations since the COVID-19 lockdown. While I was hunting for news relating to the COVID-19, I saw some of their riders along Allen, Ikeja GRA, Mushin and Victoria Island showing that they cover the whole of Lagos already! It is not like they are the only new pick-up and delivery startups I noticed on the road, but there is something different about their mode of operations. Just click on the website before you…
By Austin OKERE “Customers besiege banks on the first day of the partial lifting of COVID-19 lockdown: As early as 8 am, bank premises were already full of people seeking to gain entrance into the banking halls for one transaction or the other. And by 11 am, Twitter was filled with so many posts warning Nigerians about the risks of visiting any bank branch due to the mammoth crowd.” This was Dateline May 04, 2020, on Nairametrics.com. Other blogs had similar screaming headlines. I wrote this article three years ago on May 04, 2017, when Blockchain and Fintechs finally…
Sterling Bank Plc has launched a new banking application that can be used for all banking and payment transactions by its customers. Olayinka Oni, Chief Digital Officer of the bank, has said the new app is an affirmation of the bank’s position as the most innovative bank in Nigeria, adding that the app is also in line with the bank’s forward-looking, customer-centric and excellence-oriented brand personality. Oni said the application has almost everything customers might want to get about 10 different applications for, noting that with OneBank, everything the customer wants and needs is placed on his or her palm. He noted that the application is an…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied the news making the rounds in the social media that the Nigeria Diaspora Commission (NDC) was thrown out of the NCC building. In a statement on Sunday, signed by NCC’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr. Henry Nkemadu, the Commission said it was making the clarification following a video making the rounds on social media alleging that the Nigeria Diaspora Commission (NDC) was thrown out of the NCC building. “It is, therefore, important that the general public is acquiesced with what really transpired with regard to the incident leading to the evacuation of the…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced that thousands of students have been signing up to access its e-learning solutions for free which is provided in partnership with Roducate and Lagos State Government. The Bank said the partnership is in furtherance to its resolve to close the gap of the disruption in children education due to schools’ closure, following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Roducate e-learning platform is structured in line with the government’s accredited curriculum for primary, secondary and tertiary schools across various fields of academic endeavours, such as science, commercial and arts.…
In view of recent developments pertaining to the unfortunate spread of the Corona Virus (Covid-19), the Federal Government directed a total lockdown of some States from the 30th of March 2020, while some State Governors also directed total lockdowns in their respective States. Due to the aforementioned, consumers are staying at home and making use of more telecommunications services than ever before, to stay in touch with friends, family, colleagues, work and the world at large. As a result, the Commission has observed a surge in the number of complaints from consumers regarding Data Depletion and Poor Quality of…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has continued his push towards the digitalisation of his State by expressing his government’s readiness to commit a whopping N5billion to boost Digital Businesses in the State. The governor, who hinted this while signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the O’odua Infraco Resources Limited to lay broadband infrastructure along 606 kilometres across the State, further revealed that the project was a N5billion investment of which the Federal Government would contribute about N1.1billion. The development came barely a week after Governor Fayemi became the first governor to sign an executive order reducing the right of way…
By Wole ABIJOKO There are concerns that more Nigeria manufacturers will close shop before the end of October this year, not because of COVID-19, but rather the refusal of most senior government officials to respect a subsisting presidential directive to patronize quality made in Nigeria products. Executive Order Number 3 of 2017 signed by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on May 18, 2017, among other things, directs that all Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) must grant preference to local manufacturers of goods and services in their procurement of such items. Further, any document issued by any MDA for…