Technology

You may have heard of the $35 million fundraising by Nigerian fintech startup, Flutterwave, in its latest series round. You might also be wondering why global payment company Visa was a participating investor, considering that MasterCard…

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the number of Nigerians with access to the internet has increased to 123.5 million in October. This is in comparison to the 114.3 million internet subscribers recorded in January 2019;…

Mobile phone tariff is usually at the heart of telecommunication regulation. And the reasons are not far-fetched. First, competitive pricing is fundamental. When it is not a monopoly — as the case is with Nigeria — tariffs are regulated…

Acquisitions and mergers aren’t what you see every day within the Nigerian startup space, but it does get quite exciting for companies involved when they happen. Newly-merged companies potentially gain from economies of scale, greater…

The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Business Machine, (IBM), to bridge the huge digital literacy gap in Nigeria. Speaking at the signing of the MOU, which took place early this year,…

If you’ve been having challenges connecting to the internet, or making international calls, via MTN since Thursday evening, you are not alone. It’s the same for many MTN users across West Africa. “We apologise for challenges you may be…

In 2019, it was announced at the Facebook Marketing Summit that advertisements would be appearing in WhatsApp Status. Recently, Facebook disclosed it has quit plans to start posting ads on WhatsApp. According to a report by The Wall…

I once gave my parents a scare; in retrospect, maybe my service provider was to blame. We were at a function and inadvertently got separated in a crowd. In the heat of the moment, they called one of the numbers I had at the time.…

This New Hack Method Exposes All Windows 10 Users To Attacks The US National Security Agency (NSA) has discovered a major flaw in Windows 10 that could have been used by hackers to create malicious software that looked legitimate.…

Every year, Innovation Growth Hub Aba invites applications from eligible Abia youths into her free annual training program dubbed "IgHub Developers and Netpreneurs Fellowship". After a remarkable outing last year in the first edition of…