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Konga has kicked off Valentine’s season early for shoppers on its platform with massive discounts and exciting deals across a wide range of gift items and other product assortments, while also offering a chance for customers to win a free Valentine’s movie date for two. Tagged For Me & Mine, the Konga Valentine promotion kicks off on Friday, February 3rd and will run till Friday, February 17, 2023. In line with the theme of the campaign, Konga is offering the cheapest prices and best deals on all Valentine’s gift items and packages for intending shoppers and their partners or loved…

With digital processes and automation driving the new world order across different sectors of social economic endeavors, managers of the education sector which serves as the bedrock for other industries are beginning to seek ways to reposition for improved service delivery and administration. This explains why the Federal Capital Territory Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB) is reviewing its holistic processes for improved efficiency to meet the yearnings of the Nigerian public. As part of measures aimed at achieving this feat, the FCT UBEB has held a One Day Programme to assess its strategies at improving the digitization process of the…

Following her emergence as the winner of the 2022 MTN mPulse Spelling Bee out of over 11,000 participants who registered for the competition, Kate Ene was appointed the Chief executive Officer of MTN Nigeria for a day. Kate, an inspiring 14-year-old student from Intimacy with Christ Secondary School, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, assumed leadership of Africa’s largest telecommunication network at 9 am today Wednesday. Handover to her, Karl Toriola applauded Kate’s brilliance while reiterating the purpose of the initiative, “It has always been our brand commitment to support the government and educational institutions in producing students that are primed for global…

Sophos has in its latest report titled “Fraudulent Trading Apps Sneak into Apple and Google App Stores.” Has released the new findings on CryptoRom scams—elaborate financial fraud schemes that prey on and trick dating app users into making fake cryptocurrency investments. The global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service noted that the report details the first fake CryptoRom apps Ace Pro and MBM BitScan to successfully bypass Apple’s strict security protocols. “In general, it’s hard to get malware past the security review process in the Apple App Store. That’s why, when we originally began investigating CryptoRom scams…

Almost everyone has stories of someone who has made or lost tons of money from sports betting. A simple internet search will throw up tons of examples. There is the story of a popular Senior GP in the UK who was jailed three years for stealing £1.1m within a space of 3 weeks due to online gambling addiction. There is a block of four flats, off Ikotun Igando Road, that the rumours indicate was built from the proceed of sports betting success. The stories, whether of gain or pain, are endless. Experts point to the increase in penetration of mobile…

As part of an effort to enhance its African presence, Workonline Communications has decided to launch a Point-of-Presence in Lagos-Nigeria, which will allow content distribution networks and internet service providers with stringent quality needs to deploy in Nigeria. The Point-of-Presence in Lagos-Nigeria will provide 10 Gbps and 100 Gbps services at Rack Centre in Lagos, West Africa’s best-connected datacentre and the growing list of African markets in which the company manages megaPoPs including Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa. Speaking at the launch, Benjamin Deveaux, Head of Business Development at Workonline Group explains: “When content providers deploy in a market, they…

Zoho Corporation has introduced the latest version of Bigin, the company’s CRM solution for small businesses and it comes with five key updates. The updates are: Team Pipelines: This feature connects and streamlines various customer operations in one place, offering small businesses an easy way to manage their day-to-day processes and a single source of truth for analyzing customer data. Connected Pipelines: Automates the flow of customer data across processes, improving the customer experience and saving time on manual data entry. Toppings: Additional functionality and third-party integrations can be added to address specific business needs. Examples include the ‘Email-In’ topping…

Experts from analytics and AI leader SAS share their cross-industry predictions for the year ahead.  In 2022, the world adjusted to and worked to recover from a global pandemic and international conflict that displaced millions of families. This was compounded by global energy costs increasing sharply, while and supply chain issues and other disruptions persisted – all contributing to the highest global inflation rate in decades, prompting a domino effect across economies. Furthermore, the last few years of cultural disruption, environmental disruption and digital transformation have required everyone to adjust – fast. The growing expectation is that organisations must be…

Nigerian President, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday in Kano, North-West Nigeria commissioned the world-class Galaxy Backbone National Tier IV Datacentre, describing it as an infrastructure capable of transforming the country in its digital economy pursuit. Speaking at the event, where he was accompanied by the Minister of Communications & Digital Economy Prof. Isa Pantami and the MD/CEO Galaxy Backbone Limited, Prof. Muhammed Bello Abubakar, Buhari said the commissioning of the Tier IV datacentre will alter the business of data centre services in Nigeria for good. Meanwhile, the Minister of Communications & Digital Economy Prof. Isa Pantami has explained that…

Following allegations of unlawful disclosure of banking records to a third party and unlawful access and processing of personal data, the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau has opened an investigation into allegations of data breach by GT Bank and Zenith Bank. In a statement by Babatunde Bamigboye, Head, of Legal Enforcement and Regulation at NDPB, the directive to investigate the two banks was given by the National Commissioner of NDPB, Dr. Vincent Olatunji. According to the statement, the investigation covers the data governance practice of the banks in all their branches in Nigeria and extends to all third parties carrying out…