As Nigerians are being encouraged to remain at home following the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, MultiChoice has decided to reward its customers with mouth-watering discounts on their subscription to ensure customers on DStv and GOtv remain connected during this period. With the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ravaging the world currently, the global populace is being inundated with a new forced reality. Loved ones have fallen ill with some, sadly, passing away, businesses have been shut and social movement and interaction have been greatly limited. But despite all these uncertainties, MultiChoice Nigeria, operators of DStv and GOtv, has continued…
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Access Bank of Nigeria has urged its customers to be on the lookout for fraudsters who are using new scam methods to rip people off by preying on the distress that comes with the nation-wide lockdown. Fraudsters contact their potential victim either via mail, phone call or text to request for their bank details with the promise of crediting their account, after which they proceed to withdraw the money in the victim’s bank account. They often come under the guise of government officials, social advocates and false NGOs allocated to share the relief fund that was promised by the…
Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo has stated that the state government has partnered technology giants, Microsoft to train 18,000 teachers aimed at enhancing computer literacy towards achieving world best teaching and learning practices. Adefisayo stated this while discussing plans of the Gov. Sanwo-Olu administration for education on an online show, Covinspiration, moderated by Special Representative to the United Nations, and British Council Global Change-maker, Mr Dayo Israel. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was to keep the public abreast of the activities of the administration in the last year. According to the…
By Koen VANPRAET The last decade has been incredible for Fintech, with advancements being made across a range of areas including retail banking, wealth management and, in particular, payments. To give some perspective, in 2019 we saw 64% of consumers worldwide using one or more Fintech platforms, nearly twice the amount of those taking advantage of them just two years earlier in 2017. We also saw the global mobile payments market grow to more than $1 trillion last year, up from $450 billion in 2015. It’s great to see how far the fintech industry has come but let’s put…
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…
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…