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An Equinix Company, MainOne has undertaken important improvement and renovation work at Okun Ajah Community Senior Secondary School, Eti Osa, Lagos, as this year’s recipient of its annual Corporate Social Responsibility program. The school, which is a government-owned secondary school close to the Lekki Data Centre and cable landing station in Lagos, serves several communities (Okunmopo, Eti Osa, Lafiaku, Ogombo, Resettlement, Ibeju Lekki, Owonikoko, etc.), and is the only senior high school within those communities, with 620 students currently enrolled. Part of the renovation in the school includes providing desks and chairs for students, renovating the library, painting 16 classrooms…

As part of its role to protect the Information and Communications Technology space and users in Nigeria, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has issued some advisory based on the alleged leak of nearly 500 million Whatsapp users’ mobile phone numbers globally, including over 9million contacts from Nigeria. The ICT policy implementing arm of the Nigerian government noted that it decided to issue the advisory because there is an impending danger of threat actors using these data to carry out malicious activities, which may put users at great risk. “Such information could be used to perpetrate cyber-attacks such as…

Afrobarometer conducted the free, three-week training program in collaboration with the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Humanities and Future Africa. Thirty African researchers graduated from the Afrobarometer/University of Pretoria summer school Friday with a word of encouragement to use their new skills to contribute to Africa’s development. “Data is like learning a language – use it or lose it,” Afrobarometer CEO Joseph Asunka told the group. Afrobarometer conducted the free, three-week training program in collaboration with the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Humanities and Future Africa, a pan-African research institute pioneering approaches to research and innovation on the continent and…

By sharing data, comprising indicators of compromise (IoCs) on various cyber threats and types of cybercriminal activity targeting African countries, Kaspersky has continuously supported Interpol’s operation to combat cybercrime in African countries. This is evidently providing the grounds for a series of operational and investigative activities against the threat actors behind the cybercrimes and their malicious infrastructure. The threat intelligence data was shared with INTERPOL as part of the agency’s long-standing Gateway project, which encourages the partnership between law enforcement and private industry players to accumulate threat data from multiple sources enabling police authorities to prevent attacks. Based on the…

An Award and Certificate of Excellence at the Spokesperson Communication Award 2022 has been bestowed on the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) According to the Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), organisers of the event, the award was in recognition of NITDA’s strategic approach to information dissemination  especially on digital media communication platforms. The Award, the organisers added, was coming as a result of NITDA’s unrelenting effort and commitment to enlightening the general public on various projects carried out by the Agency on social media platforms. “NITDA has over the years proved to be a force to reckon with, with…

Nigeria and its institutions should leverage digital tools to enhance the efficiency of taxation and boost Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the country, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa has said. Inuwa, who stated that at the panel session during the 22nd Annual Technical Conference of the Commonwealth of the Association of Tax Administrators (CATA) organised by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Abuja, noted that the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, which NITDA serves as one of its parastatals, has put a regulatory framework in place to check anomalies in…

Excitement has heightened among shoppers as this year’s edition of Konga Yakata approaches its climax on Monday, December 12, 2022, amid expectations of a rain of last-minute deals for customers. Konga Yakata, the Black Friday sale of Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, is widely regarded as the biggest sale of the year in the annual shopping calendar in Nigeria. Feelers from within Konga indicate that the management of the company has put together a campaign-ending range of special offers as the countdown begins to the end of the promotion on December 12. This comes against the backdrop of requests from…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated its support for female representation in Nigeria’s Information and Communications Technology industry, stressing that there is a need for gender balance. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Professor Umar Danbatta who reiterated this at the ICT Quiz competition for girls in Senior Secondary Schools organized by Nigerian Women in Information Technology (NIWIIT), said there was an urgent need to equip the girl child with adequate knowledge, access and use of Information Technology programmes and services which will give them the needed skill to compete in the digital space. Professor Umar Danbatta, who…

Windelectric Nigeria Limited is expected to a special presentation of its innovative and unique fuelless generator at the 2022 TechTV Digital Agenda Forum. Windelectric is a leader in advanced zeros emission and greater energy efficiency in the electrical power generation sector. Also, Ethnos, a global renown provider of solutions and professional services in the field of Information Security, Risk Management, Cyber Security and Compliance Management and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the regulator of Nigeria’s burgeoning telecommunications sector; are among organisations that have confirmed participation in TechTV Digital Agenda Forum. The event with the theme: “2023 & Beyond – The…

Kate Ene David, a student from Intimacy with Christ International School, Mararaba, Nasarawa State, has won the fifth edition of the MTN mPulse Spelling Bee Competition after correctly spelling the word “acquiesce” in the finale. One of the benefits of winning the competition is that 14-year-old Kate Ene David will be MTN CEO for a day and assume leadership of Africa’s largest telecommunication network. In her opening remarks, the Chief Marketing Officer, MTN Nigeria, Adia Sowho, congratulated the top 20 contestants who beat out over 11,000 participants to compete in the spelling bee finale, stating that the initiative presented a…