The Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the registry for .ng Internet Domain Names, responsible for and maintaining the database of names registered in the .ng country code Top Level Domain, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to provide cyber security training […]
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Funso Aina, MTN Nigeria’s Senior Manager, External Relations, and one of Africa’s most decorated media and public relations professionals, has been announced “Innovator of the Year” in the brand’s category at the highly respected SABRE IN2 awards. Awarded in 2013, the SABRE IN2 awards recognise excellent work that highlights the […]
By Joseph Johnson As part of activities to celebrate International Women’s Day and given the dire need to position young women for global participation in the gig economy, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in collaboration with NATVIEW and World Bank has successfully rounded off a pilot digital skills […]
By Jennifer Joseph Jennifer Joseph, a leading data scientist, recently spearheaded a transformative two-day workshop in Lagos, aimed at helping small business owners harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics. Partnering with a team of fellow data scientists, Joseph designed the event to showcase how these […]
9 Payment Service Bank (9PSB), Nigeria’s foremost digital payment service bank focused on financial inclusion, has marked Financial Literacy Day with a school mentoring campaign held simultaneously at three different locations – Ajao Estate Senior Grammar School, Isolo, Lagos; Wuse Comprehensive Secondary School, Abuja; and Kano Capital Girls Secondary School, […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has warned those looking to acquire pirated software and resources that they risk becoming victims of cybercriminal gangs that are using AI-generated YouTube videos to distribute malware. NCC-CSIRT further warned in its advisory that the consequences of the falling victim […]
The Honourable Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, wishes to draw the attention of the general public and those involved in the digital economy to the Ministry’s activities prior to, during, and following the 2023 gubernatorial and state assembly elections. It may be recalled that […]
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, wishes to bring to the attention of the digital economy stakeholders and the general public the Ministry’s activities before, during, and after the 2023 Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections. It may be recalled that on the 14th […]
According to the committee it formed to review the duty’s applicability to the telecom sector, which is regarded as already being overburdened with taxes and other levies, the Federal Government has announced the removal of excise duty for the telecom sub-sector of Nigeria’s digital economy industry. Minister of Communications and […]
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, thinks that effective collaborations among the nations in the continent would build a formidable and greater Information Technology (IT) ecosystem in light of the enormous natural and human resources inherent in Africa that can be utilized to […]