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The 2022 edition of the Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) Index released by Evina, a cybersecurity for a Carrier Billing company and Telecoming, a tech firm developing DCB experiences has shown Nigeria lagging behind Morocco in the African region. While Morocco is rated (3.3) and has significantly increased DCB deployment and invested in cybersecurity measures to protect this payment technology, Nigeria comes closely behind (3.1) and DR Congo (3.0) follows close behind, differentiating themselves by opening more opportunities for DCB deployment and increasing their level of protection against fraud attempts on Direct Carrier Billing. Commenting on the rating, David Lotfi, CEO…

The record 5.8 million Youtube channels removed in the third quarter of 2022 is a result of the fact that they were flagged as either misleading, participating in scams or simply spamming. Atlas VPN analysis disclosed that Google’s video platform removed a record number of channels last quarter  — 5.8 million, making it the highest volume of removed channels recorded so far, compared to 4.8 million during the third quarter of 2021. The analysis shows that over 91.2% of all removed channels last quarter were flagged as either misleading, participating in scams, or simply spamming. Also, the number of channels…

By Dominic Osei-Boakye Birthed in 2009, started walking fully in the latter part of 2010 at a one block building surrounded by beautifully designed containers at the premises of the Civil Service Training Center and Government Secretarial School at Cantonments, the Accra Institute of Technology (AIT) has defied all odds and become a leader in producing PhDs in Ghana, one of Africa’s major centres of learning. Once described by a Nigerian journalist as a “potter cabin university” with the registrar’s office labeled as a “two by four cubicle”, the AIT success story provides a model on Africa’s pathway to knowledge…

Let your homestyle shine thanks to elegant table settings with spotless glasses and dishes by LG Setting a beautifully styled table with the help of LG dishwashers turns every day into a celebration and small gatherings into big moments. Enjoy powerful cleaning with QuadWash™ technologies. LG dishwashers are made to set the perfect table. Quadwash™ cleans challenging cookware with ease. Thanks to Multi-Motion spray arms and high-pressure jets, QuadWash™ provides maximum coverage to get things clean the first time. The ingenious adjustable 3rd rack easily fits odd-shaped & oversized serving pieces. Get dishes clean the first time so it’s ready…

Once You Experience It, You Cannot Live Without LG Dishwashers, Washing Machines and Dryers Household chores is an unavoidable part of daily life. Many people consider it boring and time-consuming, given that we often spend hours on the monotonous actions of washing dishes or doing laundry. Keeping this in mind, LG Electronics (LG) offers state-of-the-art home appliances with innovative features designed to deliver the ultimate user convenience so that people spend less time and effort on their household routine especially one with health and hygiene features. “We are excited to showcase our health and hygiene products which improve our daily…

…. Harvest of awards for Digital Encode at BusinessDay Leadership Award 2022 Digital Encode Limited’s Co-founders – Dr. Adewale Peter Obadare and Dr. Oluseyi Akindeinde – have been honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by BusinessDay Newspapers. At the Nigerian Business Leadership Awards, organized by BusinessDay Newspaper held in Lagos on December 03, 2022, the co-founders, with many laurels in the bag, received industry-wide accolades for their outstanding contribution to the growth of the information security industry and Cybersecurity Awareness in Nigeria and Africa in general. The company, Digital Encode Limited, was also awarded the Cybersecurity and Compliance Management Company of…

Hi-Tech Centre Abuja has honoured the Founder and President of Digivation Network, Dr. Bayero Agabi as the digital influencer of the year 2022. The conferment of the award on Dr. Bayero and others is coming as the organization with a mark for providing digital literacy and harnessing women and youths across the country officially launches the High Tech Digital Institute and inaugurates its  Advisory Board Members. Speaking in Abuja during the conferment of the award on Dr. Bayero, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Hi-Tech Centre, Dr. Wumi Hassan noted that Bayero with over three decades of providing digital…

The growth trajectory of an average African child is usually linear. Take Zuga, an ambitious young man who grew up in the interiors of East Africa with an adventurous mind and a love for gaming. His closest encounter with mobile games would be listening attentively to country folk discuss medieval adventures and combat series while highlighting their best characters. Intriguing as that sounded, none of the gamers’ foreign-animated heroes came close to Zuga’s beloved Kwanso and Aburi, some local characters he’d invented on his hand-made African-themed gaming board. Kwanso could stretch river beds across different countries (an adaptation he culled…

Effective software quality assurance in the Nigerian Digital Economy will greatly impact the digital economy’s accelerated growth, says Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy. He remarked in the lead address at the first-ever Software Testing Conference in Nigeria with the theme “Impact of Software Quality Assurance in the Nigerian Digital Economy”, organized by Nigeria Software Testing Qualification Board (NGSTQB) on Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Lagos State. Pantami acknowledged that the importance of software in global development cannot be overemphasized hence software powers the hardware, and most of the…

A keen battle is ongoing among customers of Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant as the competition for places for the free Knowledge Weekend programme with Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh intensifies among Konga Jara shoppers. An annual festive season sale, Konga Jara offers massive deals, mouthwatering discounts and huge savings for all categories of shoppers but with a difference this year. The 2022 edition of the Konga Jara, which commenced on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 and will run through Tuesday, January 31, 2023, offers 12 lucky shoppers a chance to enjoy an all-expense paid weekend mentorship programme with…