Accelerating Nigeria’s economic growth through innovation will form the focus of this year’s edition of Nigeria Innovation Summit scheduled for Lagos. The summit, which will hold from August 20-21, at Lagos Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja, is a yearly event that promotes the need for businesses, organisations, entrepreneurs and government to become more
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Stakeholders of Bata shoe accessories have launched a $1m fund for the building of an Abuja factory to tackle shoe importation problem in the country. Mr Tobe Eze who spoke on behalf of the stakeholders said Bata is a company which was involved in the manufacturing of shoe accessories in the
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the investment was subject to certain conditions, which were not stated. The statement revealed that Jumia and Mastercard first partnered in 2016 with the successful launch of Mastercard Payment Gateway Solutions in several markets and launch of JumiaPay, the payment service of the Jumia platform that facilitates transactions for consumers and
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The European Commission has ignored U.S. calls to ban Chinese tech supplier Huawei as it announced a series of new cybersecurity recommendations for next-generation mobile networks. In its guidance for the rollout of ultrafast fifth-generation, or 5G, telecom systems across the European Union over coming years, the Commission urged member states
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Apple unveiled its much anticipated TV Plus video-streaming service Monday at an event that was high on star power but low on details. The iPhone-maker revealed its new Apple TV Plus video-streaming service at a star-studded presentation in Cupertino, Calif., that included appearances by Hollywood A-listers like Steven Spielberg, Jennifer Aniston
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When school began in Lockport, New York, this past fall, the halls were lined not just with posters and lockers, but cameras. Over the summer, a brand new $4 million facial recognition system was installed by the school district in the town’s eight schools from elementary to high school. The
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Group chats are one of WhatsApp's most popular features, allowing users to exchange messages with multiple people at the same time. But during the course of a group conversation, you might find yourself wanting to make a private comment to one of the other members. It's long been possible to reply to
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The Federal Government may have resolved the crisis threatening the implementation of the Digital Switch Over (DSO) from analogue television broadcasts in the country under the supervision of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). PRNigeria reports that the National Security Adviser, retired Major General Mohammed Baba Gana Monguno, summoned critical stakeholders in the
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Indigenous tech company, Inlaks, appears to fancy the idea of entrenching smart-banking technology solutions to its diverse customers across the country and has recently linked up with another tech platform, Moven Enterprise, to provide personalised smart-banking technology solutions to the financial industry. According to the partners, the alliance gives Inlaks turnkey
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says there is no exemption on biometric verification for all candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board made this known in its Vol. 1, No 11 weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria
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