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Nigerians, prepare to pay more for your mobile data this December

News

Mobisola Atolagbe

29th November 2016

It’s all thanks to Big Brother NCC

Airtel Nigeria just got fined N5 million for violating a customer’s privacy

News

Mobisola Atolagbe

2nd November 2016

Someone just couldn’t take those text messages any longer

Nigerian telcos and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad tale of “text STOP to 2442”

Technology

Osarumen Osamuyi

11th July 2016

You will be disturbed. Your Do-Not-Disturb will not save you.

Zuckerberg loves Jobberman, Facebook’s Free Basics launch in Nigeria, and other stories

Features, Internet

Osarumen Osamuyi

11th May 2016

Thanks to Airtel, Nigeria has become the 22nd country in Africa to be Free Basics-activated.

Ding, Ding, Ding: Airtel Nigeria just took a jab at MTN in this epic advert

Uncategorized

Osarumen Osamuyi

18th March 2016

Telco wars: may the farce be with you.

Ntel (FKA NITEL) just made its first VoLTE call ahead of its launch later this year

Government, Internet, News, Technology

Osarumen Osamuyi

26th February 2016

Is this the NITEL resurrection we’ve all been waiting for?

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Events

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17th June 2019

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Join EFInA (Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access) for a Webinar about The Nigerian Fintech Landscape

people, startups

Olanrewaju Odunowo

6th June 2019

Dive deeper into the EFInA Fintech Report and learn about the Nigerian Fintech Landscape; the major stakeholders, the types of technologies fintechs use and how they enable financial inclusion.

Preparing Kids for the Future of Work One Puzzle Piece at a Time

Features

Kay Ugwuede

6th June 2019

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Op-Ed: Slow and Steady is the Recommended Course for Healthcare Innovation

people, startups

Guest Author

24th May 2019

Contrary to popular belief that you will lose out to a faster mover, the healthcare race is not always to the swift. Slow and steady progress is how you build a true moat and win the race in healthcare.

CSI Nigeria: Inside Lagos’ DNA and Forensic Centre

Government, Technology

Wole Olayinka

23rd May 2019

The Lagos State DNA and Forensics Center (LSD&FC) was commissioned in 2017, and was hailed as the first “high-powered DNA forensic laboratory in Nigeria” with the mandate to conduct scientific investigation of crime in the state, using DNA analysis.

Can Nigeria’s tech community contribute to solving the country’s energy crisis?

people, startups

Olanrewaju Odunowo

22nd May 2019

While the solution to Nigeria’s energy crisis will include fixing the inefficiencies in each segment of the value chain from generation to distribution, technology could help accelerate access to power for more people solving issues such as payments, access to consumption data and meter-tampering.