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September 20, 2017 •
Online & Social, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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YouTube has revealed that the YouTube Go app, which was previewed at the recent Google for Nigeria event, is now available for Nigerians to download, according to a report by All Africa. The app is available for download from the Google Play Store. The app is...
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September 19, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) revealed that the number of people using the internet in Nigeria decreased in the month of July 2017. The number of users declined from 91,629,066 in June 2017 to 91,450,252 in July 2017, a decrease of 178,814,...
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September 18, 2017 •
Company News, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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According to a report by the Nigerian Communications Week, Samsung has begun the scaling down of their operations in Nigeria with the decision to drop their interest in setting up a manufacturing plant in the country. The manufacturing plant was set to...
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September 15, 2017 •
Gadgets and Gaming, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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MTN and TD Mobile have launched an all new Android smartphone, which has been dubbed the Freetel Ice 2 in Lagos, Nigeria. According to the company, the new device is designed for the Nigerian market and it is just one of many devices from the stable of...
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September 15, 2017 •
General, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) revealed on Thursday 14 September 2017 that the organisation has seized pirated materials worth an estimated N926 million ($2.572 million) in the last eight months in the Lagos metropolis alone. This is according to a...
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September 12, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Online & Social, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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Nigerian cab service, Holla Cab, will be launching very soon according to the country chief executive, Edward Essien. The ride hailing service will work through an app that would allow any Nigerian to book taxi cab ride at the tap of a phone button. The app...
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September 11, 2017 •
General, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
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Multichoice Nigeria will be launching a pay-per-view (PPV) option in the country. The company emphasised that the PPV concept is a cable or satellite television system in which consumers pay an additional fee to watch a particular programme, according to a...
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September 6, 2017 •
Healthcare, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on NCC clarifies stance on “fake phones causing cancer” statement
According to a report by Nigerian Communications Week, the management of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) released a statement on Wednesday 6 September 2017 to clarify their position on the claim made by Mr. Kunle Olorundare, an official of the...
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September 4, 2017 •
East Africa, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Safaricom’s Uber/Taxify rival to hit Nigeria in October 2017
As the rivalry and competition between the two taxi hailing apps, Taxify and Uber, grows across the continent, a new player is entering the game. Little, the newest taxi hailing app, has the backing of Kenya’s telecoms company, Safaricom, and is set to...
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September 4, 2017 •
General, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Nigerian Police TV to go Live in November 2017
The Chairman/CEO of the Nigeria Police Broadcasting Service (NPBS), Ediri Jerry Wesley, revealed – during an interview with journalists in Abuja on Saturday 2nd of September 2017 – that the proposed NPBS would be hitting Nigerian airwaves as of...
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September 1, 2017 •
Healthcare, Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on NCC warns Nigerians that “fake phones can cause cancer”
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned Nigerians that using fake and substandard cell phones could cause cancer. The statement was made on Thursday the 31st of August 2017 by Mr. Kunle Olorundare, an official of the commission, who gave the...
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August 30, 2017 •
Hardware, Startups, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Nigerian invents computer that can smell explosives
Oshiorenoya Agabi, a Nigerian inventor based in Silicon Valley, has developed a computer that can identify the smell of explosives and aid in bomb detection. The Nigerian inventor unveiled his modem-sized technology which uses mice neurons at the TEDGlobal...
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August 28, 2017 •
Security, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on NITDA: How Nigerians Can Cut Cybercrime By 70%
The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Pantami, has identified cyber security awareness as one of the key priorities of the agency, stating that awareness could help reduce cyber related losses by up to...
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August 24, 2017 •
Online & Social, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Nigerian Army Set To Regulate Social Media
According to a report by Leaders NG, the Nigerian Army has said that they have begun monitoring the activities of Nigerian citizens on social media. The Army, as revealed by the report, intends to identify social media users who are peddlers of fake news,...
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August 24, 2017 •
Online & Social, Security, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Nigeria ranked 3rd most affected by cybercrime after US, UK
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that Nigeria is currently the third most affected country plagued by cybercrimes, with the US and UK in the top positions. This is according to a report by the Premium Times. The revelation was made...
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August 23, 2017 •
Mobile and Telecoms, Top Stories, West Africa •
Dean Workman •
Comments Off on Nigeria: Get Free Airtime For Responding To Surveys
A U.S based marketing technology platform, Billaway, revealed in August 2017 polling data which showed that mobile users in Nigeria would like access to more airtime for their mobile devices. The results, which were from a survey targeting smartphone users...
