Access Bank Plc, Africa’s most sustainable financial institution, has rolled out Access 9ijaKids, a 12-week eLearning programmme aimed at improving the intelligence quotients, financial literacy and civic knowledge of primary school children. The eLearning programme underscores Access Bank’s deep understanding of the adverse effects the COVID-19 pandemic has on Nigeria’s education system, according to a report in the Vanguard. The programmme which employs the use of gamified technology is being executed in partnership with 9ija Kids, a Nigerian EduTech company with a storied history of using games to engage, educate and reward Nigerian children. Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan, Access Bank’s Head…
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Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance, whose backers include Cisco Systems Inc. and a foundation of South African businessman Jonathan Oppenheimer, has raised $1 million to support its African technology startups and help kick-start the return of venture capital to the continent following the coronavirus outbreak, Bloomberg reports. The group has allocated about $100,000 each for two Nigerian companies-Max.ng, a taxi-hailing service, and Releaf Group, a platform for sorting and distributing farm products, to help them through economic downturns caused by the pandemic, Harambe Chairman Okendo Lewis-Gayle said in a phone interview. “The capital markets have frozen up,” said Lewis-Gayle, who founded Harambe…
Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by pervasively tracking their internet use through browsers set in “private” mode, according to a report by Reuters. The lawsuit seeks at least $5 billion, accusing the Alphabet Inc unit of surreptitiously collecting information about what people view online and where they browse, despite their using what Google calls Incognito mode. According to the complaint filed in the federal court in San Jose, California, Google gathers data through Google Analytics, Google Ad Manager and other…
Standard Chartered Nigeria has announced the winners of the first edition of its Women in Technology Incubator. Launched in June 2019, the SC Women in Tech Incubator was established to support and promote the economic and social development of women in Nigeria through innovation or technology-led entrepreneurship. From over 600 applications, 10 candidates with the most compelling ideas were selected to go through the programme. At the end of the training period, 5 winners emerged and received USD10, 000 each to support the growth and sustained expansion of their businesses. The programme which was implemented for the Bank by…
Serial digital entrepreneur and Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, says Nigeria can turn the poor, nomadic children popularly called Almajiri into millionaires, employers of labour or even employable citizens if a digital solution is applied to address their peculiar plight. Ekeh, who delivered impassioned and workable solutions to the age-long Almajiri issue which government appears yet to find a fitting solution to, spoke as one of the panellists at the Africa Independent Television (AIT) Virtual Town Hall Forum with the theme: ‘The Economic Implications of the New Normal Post-COVID-19 – Anticipated Revolution in Digital Economy, Business Re-Engineering,…
By Austin OKERE There is a perfect storm brewing on Twitter between the President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump and Twitter Founder, Jack Dorsey. “The Trump-Twitter fight ropes in the rest of Silicon Valley” was the screaming headline on Politico.com on Sunday, May 30, 2020. President Donald Trump tweeted earlier this week about mail-in voting, alleging without evidence that the effort would lead to voter fraud. For the first time, Twitter marked the tweet with a small notice that read “Get the facts about mail-in ballots,” which linked to facts-based reporting on the subject. Twitter’s fact-check led…
FirstBank of Nigeria Limited has announced that it has reinforced its technology infrastructure to enable anyone in the country open a FirstBank account through their mobile phones, without visiting any of its branches nationwide. In a statement announcing this development, the bank said the investment in its mobile banking infrastructure is in furtherance of the need to deepen financial inclusion in the country, according to a report in the Vanguard. The bank said that the technology enables account opening to be carried out on its *894# USSD banking, FirstMobile (self-service telephone banking), its website, as well as the bank’s…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in its determination to further enhance service quality, particularly quick refunds when customers experience failed transactions, dispense errors or disputes, has revised timelines for reversals and/or the resolution of refund complaints on electronic channels, with effect from June 8, 2020. The CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications, Isaac Okorafor, said in a statement on Sunday that failed ‘On-Us’ ATM transactions (when customers use their cards on their bank’s ATMs) shall be instantly reversed from the current timeline of three days. “Where instant reversal fails due to any technical issue or system glitch, the timeline for…
Zenith Bank Plc, a Nigeria leading financial institution, has been voted the Best Bank in Nigeria in the recently released Global Finance Magazine World’s Best Banks Awards 2020. Published in the May 2020 edition of the Global Finance Magazine, the awards were based on the performances of the banks in their respective regions and countries over the period from January 1 to December 31, 2019. Global Finance’s “World’s Best Banks Awards” are recognized amongst the world’s most influential banking/finance and corporate professionals as the most coveted and credible awards in the banking industry, with winners chosen in more than…
ITREALMS Online, a multiple international award-winning medium, has concluded plans to host its first virtual meeting on the Internet Protocol version Six (IPv6) on Saturday, June 6, 2020. Chairman of the IPv6 Council, Nigeria and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), Mr. Mohammed Rudman has been slated to speak on IPv6 Evolution and 5G at the Zoom Webinar. Rudman, who is also the President of the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) has experience spanning over 15 years in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. He also has to his credit, the growth of…