Square is renaming itself Block as it focuses on technologies such as blockchain and expands beyond its original credit card-reader business. Jack Dorsey’s payments giant said in an announcement that the new name, effective Dec. 10, “acknowledges the company’s growth” and “creates room for further growth.” Block will still trade under
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The projection period for the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) technology in Nigeria may after all not become a reality, as there are indications of shortage of engineers who can handle the intricacies of the new technology. In September, this year, the Federal Government through the Minister of Communication and Digital
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The United States is by far the biggest contributor to global plastic waste in the world, according to a new report submitted to the federal government Wednesday that called for a national strategy to tackle the growing crisis. Overall, the US contributed around 42 million metric tons (MMT) in plastic waste
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While it will take time for the long-term effects of the pandemic on businesses to be fully realised, some of the most significant impacts that have emerged are in the customer experience (CX) arena. It’s crucial for organisations that maintain contact centre operations to take stock of the effect this
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A CIO of a fintech specialist has revealed why she thinks a roadmap for digital transformation is essential for the future of companies. e4 CIO Fikile Sibiya says that with the pandemic dispersing workforces, the need for more sophisticated coordination and collaboration has become necessary. She believes that with the fast-paced nature
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Cybersecurity is treated a lot like aviation security. Breaches that don't result in catastrophic consequences don't stay in the national psyche for very long, in much the same way near-misses in aviation don't invite much public scrutiny. Colonial Pipeline was one such catastrophic event from early 2021, and now towards
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Technology support service company, Tek Experts, said it has hit a milestone of 1,800 engineers employed in its Nigerian operations. The number makes Nigeria, one of its largest markets globally and powers African tech fortunes. The company said the milestone was a result of the company’s strategic business opportunities as the tech
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If the world is strategic about which power plants we retire early and which ones we merely regulate, a new study predicts we could significantly cut our fossil fuel emissions while improving air quality in the short term. Combined with strict climate mitigation policies, these public health policies could save up
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Although the country’s overall local content in the oil and gas industry still stands at about 43 per cent, Nigerians now occupy up to 86 per cent of top management positions of all the companies operating in the sector, a report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), has
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New analysis could help identify optimal materials for the crisscrossing struts that bolster bridges, towers, and buildings Buildings are a big contributor to global warming, not just in their ongoing operations but in the materials used in their construction. Truss structures — those crisscross arrays of diagonal struts used throughout modern
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