Vodacom Business (Nigeria) Limited has appointed Mr Valentine Chime as the Managing Director of its operations. A statement signed on Monday by Onyinye Ago, Senior Account Executive, said Chime joins the Company from Aruwa Capital, a private equity company investing across West Africa. The statement said the appointment is at the instance of the board of directors, according to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Ago stated that Chime would drive the Company’s vision of becoming Africa’s leading cloud and digital service provider. She quoted Chime in the statement as saying “Vodacom Business Africa (Nigeria) Limited is…
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Fidelity Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Mustafa Chike-Obi as Chairman of the Board of Directors, according to a notice signed by the bank’s Company Secretary, Ezinwa Unuigboje, and sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange. The appointment has been approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria and will take effect on August 14, 2020, after the expiration of the tenure of the current Chairman, Mr Ernest Ebi. The bank also announced in the notice, the retirement of Mr Seni Adetu, who served as Independent Non-Executive Director on the board, having stepped down from the board after completing his…
Konga is set to host a discount party for the July and third edition of Konga Last Price, a monthly live online auction pioneered by the foremost e-Commerce brand. Specifically, the discount party which forms the major theme of the auction holds today, Monday, July 6, 2020, from 12 pm to 2 pm. Konga Last Price is a monthly digital auction which holds every first Monday. The July edition, which coincides with the celebration of Konga’s three-week-long 8th-anniversary sales extravaganza, is set to witness a discount bonanza. Konga has gone ahead to further slash starting prices for the auction…
MTN South Africa has announced the availability of its 5G commercial offering using Ericsson products in the cities of Bloemfontein and Port Elizabeth. The MTN 5G launch is central to the mobile operator’s commitment to accelerating Africa’s growth plans. The launch confirmed Ericsson’s ability as a Core and Radio Access Network (RAN) infrastructure enabling the deployment of next-generation technology to deliver rich consumer experiences while building a robust, future-proof 5G network. MTN previously upgraded to Evolved Packet Core (EPC) by Ericsson which enabled MTN to launch 5G services based on new radio (NR) non-standalone (NSA) while paving the way…
As part of its ongoing efforts to raise awareness through information, the MultiChoice Group has joined the United Nations (UN) as an official supporter of the UN’s global COVID-19 awareness campaign, Pause, which launched globally on 30 June. The Pause campaign aims to highlight the dangers of sharing false information related to COVID-19 while asking people around the world to pause, think and take care before sharing information which could be inaccurate or a result of misinformation and may have harmful effects. “We are in a moment of global reckoning as COVID-19 and its social and economic consequences challenge the world in unprecedented ways.…
Former Chairman, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has blasted the Federal Government for increasing the rate of Value Added Tax (VAT), pump price of petrol, charges on Point of Sales and Automated Teller Machine transactions while ordering private sector operators not to increase prices on their goods and services. In a thinly veiled reference to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)’s directive to pay television provider, MultiChoice, to revert to its tariffs before 1 June, Odinkalu, on Twitter, accused the Federal Government of raising charges on a variety of services but issuing orders to private operators to…
5G network service is now live in Madagascar, as Telma Madagascar has switched on its 5G commercial network powered by Ericsson, to offer subscribers high-speed services enabled by the new generation of mobile connectivity. Two key 5G use cases for the Madagascar market are enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). With greater capacity, higher data speeds and reduced latency, 5G will power new experiences for Telma customers, from gaming and entertainment services to IoT and business applications. Healthcare and education are areas that will deeply benefit from this technology. Ericsson was selected by Telma in October 2019…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday invited entries from Tech Hubs, Startups and Innovation Digital SMEs for adaptable digital solutions that would address the impacts of pandemic and epidemic prone-diseases in Nigeria to a virtual Hackathon. Beyond being the regulator of the country’s telecommunications industry, the NCC also supports amongst other things, the development of innovative services and life-changing solutions, leveraging on Information Communications Technologies (ICTs) to promote indigenous content development, economic growth and social advancement in Nigeria. “Pursuant to this objective, the commission invites entries from tech hubs, startups and innovation digital SMEs with promising and adaptable…
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has inaugurated two inter-agency committees with the mandate to review, collate, commission and communicate in local languages, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects implemented for Nigerians under President Muhammadu Buhari. The two Ministerial committees which are Completed Projects Review Committee and Committee on Media Engagement in Local Languages are chaired by Ayuba Shuaibu, Executive Secretary, Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) and Dr Usman Gambo Abdullahi, Director, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), respectively. DigitalTimesNG understands that membership of the committees is drawn from all the five agencies supervised…
Zimbabwe has ordered mobile payments firms to suspend transactions, accusing them of conspiring to sabotage the economy. In a statement on Friday, the country’s secretary for information, publicity and broadcasting services Nick Mangwana said the government is suspending “all monetary transactions on phone-based mobile money platforms.” The stock exchange has also been closed, according to a report by finextra. With banknotes scarce, mobile payments account for more than 80% of all transactions in the southern African country, according to central bank data. But, the administration, led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, claims that operators, particularly the hugely popular Ecocash, have…