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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it is not aware Mafab Communications Limited, one of the winners of the 5G spectrum sold by the Commission in a public auction conducted few days ago in Abuja is owned by Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State. Some online media platforms have alleged that the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction process was manipulated by the federal government through the NCC to favour Mafab Communications, purportedly owned by Sen. Tinubu as a political settlement. But NCC in a statement signed by its Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde denied knowing…

Experts at Nord Security, the parent company behind NordVPN, got together to discuss, brainstorm, and make informed predictions for what the next year will bring to the world of cybersecurity. Daniel Markuson, a cybersecurity expert, summarizes the fruits of the discussion, addressing political, economic, and social implications of cybersec’s potential future. Feel free to use the predictions in your publications. If any questions arise, do not hesitate to contact me. Here are the cybersecurity predictions for 2022 as highlighted by Daniel Markuson, a digital privacy expert at NordVPN. As quantum computers start getting more traction, the potential benefits go side…

The pandemic has accelerated businesses’ digital transformation efforts, resulting in a multi-billion dollar Chat Commerce market opportunity Chat Commerce sector shows significant growth globally in 2021; Clickatell (www.Clickatell.com) celebrates momentum as it captures this multi-billion dollar market opportunity heading into 2022. Clickatell, a leader in mobile communications and Chat Commerce, announced today record-level growth in 2021 in Chat Commerce. Driving Clickatell’s continuous momentum is the growing market demand for its leading Chat Commerce Platform, top-tier management team, and global reach across various markets. Clickatell defines Chat Commerce as a new category at the convergence point of three large, fast-growing technology…

The digital media provides a veritable platform to enhance National Security and can be used to gather security intelligence, coordinate activities of security agents, promote social interaction amongst citizens and enhance social harmony, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mal. Kashifu Inuwa. The NITDA DG, who spoke while delivering a virtual lecture on, “Impact of Digital Media on National Security “at the Nigerian Army School of Public Relations and Information 2021 Media Workshop with the theme: ‘Enhancing Inter-Agency Collaboration in Internal Security Operations: Exploring the Public Relations and Media Perspectives’, also noted that the importance…

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has started a 5-day capacity building for 60 Nigerian women in Lagos tagged “Women ICT Techprenuership”. The training is part of the government’s agency agenda  to bridge the gender digital divide and promote digital literacy and skills amongst the women folk, which will ultimately help in the national vision of lifting 100 million Nigerians from poverty. The 60 women in attendance are expected to be empowered with requisite skills needed to make them employers of labour thereby creating jobs and wealth in the country. NITDA’s representative, Mr Segun Folayan,  with the e-Government Development…

ESQ Nigeria Legal Awards, touted as the biggest legal event of the year has recognised the legal team of MainOne, a connectivity and data center services provider as the “Telecom In-House Counsel of the year”. Receiving the award, MainOne’s General Counsel, Abayomi Adebanjo expressed delight with the recognition, saying, “Receiving the Telecom In-House Counsel of the year award is truly an honour and testament of the hard work the legal department continues to put in consistently. It means a great deal to us that the legal industry recognizes our work in MainOne and I am very proud of our incredible…

Konga, foremost composite e-commerce giant has raised the curtains on its final sales promotion of the year – Konga Jara, which offers shoppers massive discounts and huge savings on their festive season shopping. Through the promotion, the management of the e-commerce giant promises her teeming customers best prices in Nigeria this season. The 2021 edition of Konga Jara, which commenced on Monday, December 13 is set to run through Friday, December 31 across all of Konga’s platforms, including online @ www.konga.com, offline in every Konga retail store nationwide and on Konga Bulk. Konga Jara is an annual year-end shopping campaign…

Interswitch has said it sponsoring this year’s Lagos Transport Fest, scheduled to hold tomorrow at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. Speaking on the essense of sponsoring the event, integrated payments and digital commerce company said it is part of its commitment to improving lives using technology to shape Nigeria’s Transport Sector amongst others. “The Lagos Transport Fest is a great platform and opportunity for Interswitch to showcase its existing technology infrastructure and seamless payment solutions alongside other valuable offerings which will help drive economic growth, especially in the transport sector,” said Chinyere Don-Okhuofu, Managing Director, Industry Ecosystems (Indeco) at…

In what was tagged Cyber Africa at 10 Forum/Cyber Africa Digital Economy Awards, the management of Cyber Africa, one of African converged legacy Information and Technology news platform, last week in Lagos celebrated digital innovations across all sectors of the African continent. The event was called together by the organizer to celebrate the huge digital transformation that has taken place across Africa, where virtually every sector of the economy is being driven by digital tools. Thus, many organisations and individuals, who are transforming Africa in their own class in the areas of cyber security, eGovernance, startups, innovation, policy, infrastructure, finance…

After nearly eight hours and 11 rounds of auctions for the 3.5GHz spectrum, the duo of MTN and Mafab Communications yesterday in Abuja emerged winners of the two slots of the spectrum available for the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) network in Nigeria. The two companies ended up biiding for $273 million each for the last round, beating Airtel Nigeria that quit at the eleventh round when the bid was $270m.  The three eligible bidders that participated at the mock and main auctions, were MTN Nigeria, Mafab Communications and Airtel Networks Limited. With this, the provisional licence would be given…