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Cloud Computing

Construction Begins on New $250-Million Hyperscale Data Centre in Lagos

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Nigerian company Kasi Cloud Ltd has announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony in Lekki, Lagos on 19 April 2022, to signal the beginning of construction on the company’s first of several planned data centre campuses in Nigeria. Kasi is...
Startups

Nigerian Insurtech Startup Secures $1.5-Million Pre-Seed Funding

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ETAP, a Nigerian insurtech startup has announced today the securing of $1.5-million in pre-seed funding, which according to the company, will be used to grow its team and drive the adoption of its car insurance options across Africa. Starting in...
Africa By Region

The Rise of Digital Wallet-Based Apps in Africa

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Africa and Asia are the home of mobile money, where the shift to digital wallets is in full swing in countries with high smartphone penetration. A recent report points out the extent to which African and Asian consumers are...
Company News

Equinix Prepares to Expand into Africa With This $320-Million Acquisition

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Equinix, Inc., a worldwide digital infrastructure company, today announced its expansion into Africa through its intended acquisition of MainOne, a leading West African data centre and connectivity solutions provider, with a presence in Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. The acquisition is...
Healthcare

Nigeria Struggles to Gather Enough Vaccines for its Massive Population

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Yesterday, Nigeria received another 3.6-million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from the United States. The second major shipment of vaccines the country has imported in the last 2 months, having received 4-million Moderna jabs from the US in...
Company News

MultiChoice Denies It Has to Pay $2.2-Billion Tax Backlog to Nigeria

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South African entertainment powerhouse MultiChoice has disputed reports that it has been ordered by a Nigerian appeal tribunal to pay 50% of an N1.8-trillion ($4.4-billion) disputed tax backlog imposed on it by Nigerian authorities. MultiChoice had to pay $2.2-billion as...
Company News

Nigerian Lawmakers Seek to Slash DStv Prices in Favour of Pay-As-You-Go Model

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Nigeria's House of Representatives, the country's lawmaking body, has approved a new plan to slash the price of cable TV services in the country in favour of a pay-as-you-go model. This comes as a House Committee report tells of the...
General

Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review

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As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. This week in tech saw ITNA's readers engaging with a diversified series of stories. In Nigeria, we looked at how...
Online & Social

How VPNs Can Shield Nigerian Users from Government – An Interview with the VP of ExpressVPN

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5 June, on a brisk Friday evening, the Nigerian government sought to indefinitely ban users in the country from accessing social media network Twitter. A decision based on the government's reaction to the service's deletion of a Tweet that was...
Mining & Energy

How Nigeria’s Latest Gas-Related Power Crisis Could Have Been Avoided

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On 28 May 2021, Nigeria’s national power generation dropped to 3,059 MW and for the subsequent seven days remained below 4,000 MW, 6% below-average production. Low pressure on the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) left several gas turbine power plants...
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TECNO and itel Present Tech Gifts Ideas for Father’s Day 2025

Father’s Day is around the corner, on 15 June. It is a time to celebrate, honor, and appreciate the...
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