The founder of a Nigeria-based financial technology firm, NowNow, Sahir Berry, says mobile service providers in Nigeria did not succeed in mobile money services due to their focus on their subscriber base, rather than providing financial solutions. According to a statement titled ‘Why no telco has been successful in mobile money
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Experts have emphasised the need to immerse the youths in technological knowledge for national development and relevance, saying this would lead to financial freedom for economic entities. They maintained that with the youth accounting for over 70 per cent of the nation’s population, it was important they are assisted to discover
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The introduction of gas-fired city buses as part of autogas initiative would save $2.5 billion yearly for Nigeria, currently struggling to come out from its worst recession ever. In an interview with Energy Vanguard, managing director, Powergas, Mr Sumeet Singh, said: “The introduction of the gas-fired city buses is estimated to
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The models assess a person’s choice of words to determine their stance on five key principles of morality The death penalty, abortion, gun legislation: There’s no shortage of controversial topics that are hotly debated today on social media. These topics are so important to us because they touch on an essential underlying
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Hydrogen is a clean-burning molecule, meaning that it can help to decarbonize a range of sectors that have proved hard to clean up in the past Humanity is facing an uphill battle when it comes to preserving our planet. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in order to avert
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The history of the global tech industry wouldn’t be complete without the stories of college dropouts who became founders of global tech giants. Notable mentions include Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Michael Dell of Dell Computers, and Jack Dorsey of Twitter, to mention a few successful founders. These founders’ stories have encouraged
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Typically, when new companies start their operations in Nigeria, they open offices in commercial cities like Lagos, Abuja, or PortHarcourt.But in recent years, there’s been a drive for companies to open up offices in other neighbouring states. A year ago when uLesson, an Edtech startup opened its office in Nigeria, it
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The Group Chief Executive Officer, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, Mr. Ade Ayeyemi, in this interview speaks about the pan-African bank’s recently released nine-month results, his expectations from the African Continental Free Trade Agreement as well as his expectations for the rest of the year. Can you take us through the numbers in
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A group of companies and universities called Hexa-X is being funded by the EU to pursue 6G telephony. Telefonica, Intel, Siemens and the universities of Oulu and Pisa. “The main goal will be to develop the vision, the road map and the timeline,” says Nokia’s Devaki Chandramoulishe who is leading the group,
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The Chairman and the CEO of E. F Network limited, Gideon Egbuchulam says the company introduced its anti-phone theft solution to assist government in tackling the increasing wave of kidnapping and other related crimes across the country. Egbuchulam disclosed this in an interview with in his office in Maitama, Abuja. He insisted
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