Spectranet Reintroduces N7000 Data Plan

By Aduragbemi Omiyale The 2023 edition of Techconnect, an event put together by Interswitch to provide valuable insights into the digital payments landscape in the country, will take place in five cities. A statement from the organisation disclosed that these places are Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Abuja, and Lagos. Participants will get information about the latest trends and best practices within the payment ecosystem, while keynote speakers and others will deliberate on other topical issues. The immersive event will feature keynote speakers and panel sessions that will provide valuable insights into the digital payments landscape in the country, spotlight trends

By Adedapo Adesanya Website hosting infrastructure company, WhoGoHost, has acquired SendChamp, a Nigerian cloud communications startup that powers online messaging for African businesses to deepen its value offering for its customer base. The deal sum was not announced, but the acquisition is part of WhoGoHost’s strategic plans to evolve from domain-hosting to serve businesses and institutions in the African market. According to a statement, SendChamp will continue to operate as an independent product as it transitions to new ownership. However, in the near future, its products and services will become accessible via the WhoGoHost integrated platform. The reason for this

Here’s how we’ve made Search more helpful over 25 years — and had a little fun along the way, too. When Google first launched 25 years ago, it was far from the first search engine. But quickly, Google Search became known for our ability to help connect people to the exact information they were looking for, faster than they ever thought possible. Over the years, we’ve continued to innovate and make Google Search better every day. From creating entirely new ways to search, to helping millions of businesses connect with customers through search listings and ads (starting with a local

By Kestér Kenn Klomegâh Far ahead of the special session that thoroughly reviewed and discussed Russia’s education and the employment market at the 25th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russian legislators have, on May 25, launched a Telegram survey on the future of higher education and the Bologna system in Russia. Russia’s State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin wrote on his Telegram channel calling for a new higher education system in the country based on the best contemporary and Soviet practices. “We would be right to create an effective national higher education system based on today’s and Soviet practices,” Vyacheslav

By Adedapo Adesanya As the COVID-19 pandemic, conflict and climate-related crises drive acute levels of hunger higher, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization is seeking $1.1 billion in 2021 to save the lives and livelihoods of some of the world’s most food-insecure people. In 2021, FAO is aiming to reach more than 48.9 million people who rely on agriculture for their survival and livelihoods through interventions by boosting local food production and nutrition, while strengthening the capacity and resilience of communities to prepare for and cope with crises, as well as providing post-disaster livelihoods support to help people resume

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigeria exceeded the volume of crude oil it was allowed to produce between May 2020 and July 2020 by 111,000 barrels per day. This information was revealed in the monthly supply cut compliance figures of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). This made Nigeria, the Africa’s largest producer of the commodity the second-highest laggard behind Iraq. Nigeria, going by the deal it signed with OPEC+ to stabilise the oil market in late April 2020., was supposed to supply 1.412 million barrels per day from May to July, but in May, it supplied 1.584 million barrels

By Adedapo Adesanya AppZone, Sub-Saharan Africa’s payment infrastructure company, announced that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has issued the organization an approval in principle to operate under the Switching and Processing license category. This will enable AppZone further expand its transaction switching and processing services currently offered to banks and fintech’s through its blockchain-based payment network, ZONE, launched in December 2021. ZONE is the first private blockchain payment network that enables the direct flow of payments from bank to bank while empowering previously excluded financial institutions to participate. It has been adopted by over 16 commercial banks and payment

By Aduragbemi Omiyale The motive behind the extension of service for Mrs Abimbola Alale in 2019 as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) for another 4-year term may be gradually unfolding. As it is now obvious that though she is the only African on the board of Space Generation Advisory Council when it comes to the financial affairs of NIGCOMSAT; a satellite communications service provider wholly owned by the Federal Government of Nigeria and incorporated on April 4, 2006, she does not fly solo. Disregard for due process at NIGCOMSAT Investigations revealed that

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Government of the Republic of Korea has announced its intention to join the international community’s efforts to support Sierra Leone in the wake of the mudslide disaster of August 14, 2017, by providing $300,000 worth of humanitarian assistance as soon as possible. In a telephone call to Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Mr Omrie Michael Golley, on Saturday August 19, 2017, the Director-General of the Development Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, Jeong Jin-Kyu, informed Ambassador Golley of South Korea’s deepest condolences and sympathy to the

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Mr Paris Anatolitis has been appointed as the new chief executive of Moja Group, a leading African digital expert and consultancy service. The appointee will be expected to help spearhead the company’s progressive strategic objectives as it positions itself as one of the most prominent in this high-potential region thanks to an unrivalled understanding of the local dynamics of each individual market. Prior to this appointment, Mr Anatolitis was the Commercial Director for Entain and played a leading role in growing the organisation’s gaming business, while also enhancing digital performance, exploring and expanding into new territories and

By Dipo Olowookere The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) surprised the market on Thursday when it announced a ‘No Sale’ at the end of the sale of treasury bills via Open Market Operations (OMO). Earlier in the day, the apex bank floated the OMO exercise and offered the liquidity management bills valued at N70 billion for sale. The exercise went smoothly, with the investment tool oversubscribed by local banks and non-resident investors, who were qualified to partake in it. However, things took a twist when the central bank decided not to allot the bills to subscribers, instead, it went away