Author: DigitalTimesNG

A new report that includes the surveyed opinions of 4,500 Africans from Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana has revealed that the recent wave of technology innovation coming out of Africa is changing how Africans view the continent. The report showed that when asked if recent developments in African technology had impacted their perception of the continent, 4 out of 5 (84.6%) answered “yes”. Going by the report, 9 out of 10 (91.7%) are likely to use technology solutions that are made in Africa and 9 out of 10 (91.8%) are likely to describe Africans as innovative and entrepreneurial. When asked which…

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SkyMax Network Limited, a multinational wireless communications engineering company, and Ericsson have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a partnership. The partnership is aimed at building a next-generation 5G broadband network, inclusive of a digital services delivery platform, across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The MoU, a result of a two-year collaboration between the two parties, serves as the basis for further discussions, interactions, and future collaborations. Under the MoU, Ericsson will be SkyMax’s trusted partner for network supply, rollout, and optimization and for managed services. Ericsson will explore partnership opportunities in end-to-end business and technology solutions including Radio Access and Mobile Transport network…

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Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, has reiterated the Agency’s commitment to giving the startup ecosystem the needed support to boost the sector’s contribution to the economy and strengthen the value chain. Inuwa made the pledge during a dinner meeting with some key stakeholders of Lagos Ecosystem, including representatives from Microsoft, MasterCard, and Norebase, among others. While suing for trust, and strengthening the value chain deliberated on the best way to accelerate growth and support startups in the country, he said “there are lots of distrust within the government and the ecosystem, so much that the only…

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By Elonna AGUH Pension benefits have over the years been a thorny issue government contends with. This was occasioned by the unfunded Defined Benefits Scheme of the public sector, with the attendant challenge on the government to contend with the payments of retirement benefits as captured in her annual budget. The annual budgetary allocation for pensions was often one of the most vulnerable items in budget implementation in light of resource constraints. There are instances where budgetary provisions were made but bureaucracy, occasioned by the untimely release of funds resulted in delays and a backlog of pension payment rights. It,…

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10 customers of Fidelity Bank Plc have been rewarded with N1million each in the eight monthly draws of the bank’s Get Alerts in Millions season five promo (GAIM 5). The Promo Chairman and Executive Director, Lagos and South-West, Dr. Ken Opara, said at the prize presentation in Lagos recently that the promo was aimed at promoting financial inclusion. Opara said that the GAIM was introduced by the bank to support the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s financial inclusion agenda across the country. “Today, we would be presenting the sum of N1million each to Victor Chimela Ohanmuo and Sampson O. Onwunali,…

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Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc has announced a partnership with Bento Africa, to offer more value to Nigerian businesses of all sizes. Bento Africa is a payroll and Human Resource Management (HRM) company with a mission to meet work wherever it happens expand broader access to a wider range of financial services and drive inclusion across the continent. Chief Executive of Stanbic IBTC Bank, Wole Adeniyi while speaking on the rationale behind the partnership, said that the bank was committed to delivering more digitalised value-added services to businesses and SMEs. “Every business we serve pays salaries and has employees, so the…

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