NCC Chief has said sustained interchange of ideas with telecoms service providers is key to the lasting solutions to issues of compliance and growth of the subsector IT News Nigeria: The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta stated this during the second edition of NCC’s 2021 Talk to The Regulator (TTTR) forum held at Four Points by Sheraton, Lagos, over the weekend. The theme of the discourse is, “Improving Stakeholders Satisfaction”. The Lagos edition of the programme followed the successful hosting of a similar dialogue in Kano on 16th…
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Sophos, in partnership with TechEconomy.ng, is hosting a FREE webinar on ‘Securing Remote Working’ in Nigeria. REGSITER HERE to attend IT News Nigeria: Sophos, a UK company primarily focused on providing security software in conjunction with TechEconomy.ng has announced December 7, 2021 (11.00 AM WAT) as the date for the webinar on ‘Securing Remote Working’. Coronavirus has brought remote working to the top of everyone’s mind, with many organizations already enabling or exploring it. According to the Velocity Smart Technology Market Research Report 2021, 70% of remote workers said they had experienced IT problems during the pandemic, and 54% had to…
The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday declared B.1.1.529, a “variant of concern” while giving it the new name “Omicron,” because of its unusual mutation WHO said a“Preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of reinfection with this virus strain, as compared to others” and scholars have warned that the new coronavirus has the makings of a “super-contagious” virus. The Omicron, or B.1.1.529, has a whopping 32 mutations of the spike protein, raising fears that it will be resistant to existing vaccines. Following this, authorities across the world have classed the Omicron strain as a “high to very high” risk Covid-19 variant. For…
FirstBank has announced partnership with JAN for Innovation and Education awards IT News Nigeria: For 11 years, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has partnered with Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) to host its annual flagship event; the National Company of the Year competition (NCOY), which convenes winners of the JA Company Regional Competitions across Nigeria to compete for the National Company of the Year Award. This year, the event will bring together outstanding ‘student business teams’ across Nigeria to compete for prizes and an opportunity to represent the country at the national competition…
Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce group, has rolled out loads of amazing and unbeatable deals for the Black Friday shopping fest today. This year’s edition of the globally celebrated Black Friday is being observed today, Friday November 26, 2021. In its usual tradition of going over and above to raise the bar for its customers, the management of the e-commerce giant has added an extra dimension to its ongoing Konga Yakata sale for today’s celebration of Black Friday. Among the mouth-watering deals at the disposal of shoppers on the Konga platform today are treasure hunts offering the new iPhone 13…
Creditswitch has won the highly coveted NTITA Unified VAS Solutions Provider of the Year award IT News Nigeria: Creditswitch a company committed to providing the best of VAS Aggregator services in the Telecom and IT industry space in Nigeria, has won Unified VAS Solutions Provider of the Year award. The award was conferred on Creditswitch at 2021 edition of the prestigious Nigeria Tech Innovation & Telecom Awards (NTITA) held at Oriental Hotel on November 19, 2021. The company’s world class technical infrastructure and resources enables it to be the most preferred VAS provider for various businesses within the country and beyond. Creditswitch…
The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) Mallam Kashifu Inuwa has said; “It has become imperative for stakeholders and regulatory agencies to engage in effective management of environmental data and information management due to the rapid increase of environmental impact assessment that has made data become more valuable during decision making IT News Nigeria: Inuwa revealed this recently at the 15th National Stakeholder Forum of the National Environment Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency NESREA, adding that this is to further underscore the role of data of various kind as the ‘new oil’ in our emerging digital economy. Mallam…
Leading integrated Information and Communication Technology (ICT) giant, Zinox Technologies Ltd. has been crowned the pioneer 2021 Technology Company of the Year by the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), the umbrella organization of all Information Technology professionals, interest groups and stakeholders in Nigeria. Zinox was accorded the award at the National Information Technology Merit Awards (NITMA) held at the Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos on Thursday, November 18, 2021. The well-organized event had the crème of personalities in the Nigerian tech sector in attendance, including the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat who represented the Lagos State Governor at the…
Nitrogen-based fertilizers are obtained from natural gas, and higher costs for the fuel have caused producers to slash output, driving the nutrients’ prices upward. A worldwide shortage of nitrogen fertilizer used to boost crop yields may affect next year’s food prices Global prices of nitrogen fertilizer are at their highest levels in over a decade. The crop nutrient’s sales amounted to $53 billion last year. Prices are at least 80% higher so far this year, according to Argus Media. Nitrogen-based fertilizers are obtained from natural gas, and higher costs for the fuel have caused producers to slash output, driving the…
Microsoft ADC says the Disability Inclusion event is aimed at identifying the stereotypical perspectives affecting the employment of talent living with disabilities IT News Nigeria: Microsoft Africa Development Center (Microsoft ADC), the engineering center for Microsoft is set to host a Disability Inclusion event across Africa focused on engineering and non-engineering talents living with disabilities on the 3rd of December, 2021. The event is diversity-centered and will encourage the inclusiveness of people living with disabilities in key career paths, while also raising awareness about the potential of talents living with disabilities. The event will showcase appropriate facilities, programs, and tools…