E-business

Telecommunications operators in the industry have requested for collaboration with the Over- the- Top (OTT) service models to address the digital transformation in today’s fast paced age. According to the President of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Mr Olusola Teniola, the partnership of both the Telcos and …

Commercial banks in the country having adopted outsourcing model are spending some $264,000 every year on hosting of their data at different tier 111 data centres in the country.   This is in compliance with central bank of Nigeria (CBN) directive to either upgrade their data centres or host their …

Computer Experts in the country has condemned the Federal Government (FG) partnership deal with the Chinese Group, NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited on its establishment of  digital education institute and provision of smart learning classrooms across the country. According to them, the government has contradicted what they are clamouring for and …

The number of recorded electronic fraud (e-fraud) cases in the banking industry increased by 28 per cent last year, rising from 19,531 in 2016, to 25,043, resulting in a loss of N1.63 billion, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said. The apex bank stated this in its draft 2017 …

The Nigerian Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has disclosed that the issuance of the physical national identity card  would be suspended for the next three years while all efforts will be geared towards the issuance of National Identification Number (NIN) and e-ID cards to the citizens. This was stated by the …

The NCS President, Prof. Adesola Aderounmu has conferred on  the Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi the award of “The Digital Governor of the year”. The award was conferred on him at the 27th Nigerian Computer Society (NCS) National Conference held in Ibadan themed “Digital Inclusion, Opportunities, Challenges and …

The e-commerce giant, Konga has pioneered the launch of Konga Compliance (compliance@konga.com) in its bid to uplift ethical standards in the African e-commerce space and raise the bar for customer satisfaction. According to Konga, the compliance platform (compliance@konga.com) is a feedback/compliance mechanism through which customers can directly reach out to …

Telecommunication Operators in the country have called for stronger data Protection Act and full regulation of Over-the-top (OTT) services in Nigeria. This is a result of mismanagement of consumer data. As stipulated by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) in its yet to be published report, which was presented to the …

Mixed reactions continued to trail MTN Nigeria’s acquisition of Visafone network after the telecommunication service provider anticipated control of about 800Megahertz (MHz) Spectrum.   It will be recalled that in January 2016, in order to improve its broadband services with the approval of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), MTN acquired 100 …

  Following concerns for the upcoming 2019 general election, the Senate prepares to regulate Social Media activities.‌