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Introduced in 2016, JumiaPay, the payment arm of Jumia has been expanded and is presently available in six African countries of Nigeria, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Morocco and Kenya. The Chief Executive Officer of Jumia Nigeria, Mrs. Juliet Anammah, disclosed this at a press conference in Lagos yesterday, saying the JumiaPay remained a key focus area of the company, which is unarguable, the biggest online e-commerce shopping platform in the whole of Africa. “We have also expanded the scope of JumiaPay beyond our physical goods marketplace. As of December 31, 2018, JumiaPay was only available within our physical goods marketplace.…

The second quarter of 2019 financial report by Jumia indicates that in terms of monetization, Nigeria’s biggest eCommerce platform recorded a strong increase in GMV and active consumers, as the marketplace revenue increased by 90% compared to the second quarter of 2018. The report also shows that gross profit also grew faster than GMV, increasing by 94 percent compared to the second quarter of 2018, as a result of the increased monetization rate. Analysing the report in Lagos during a press conference, the Chief Executive Officer of Jumia Nigeria, Mrs. Juliet Anammah, noted the financial strength of the company is…

Dutum Construction Limited, an award-winning Nigerian construction and real estate world-class engineering group with a reputation for technical excellence founded on more than 20 years’ experience has unveiled its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative to provide communities with social amenities. Dutum Construction had in the past rewarded low-income earners and children of some communities in Abuja, Nigeria. According to the announcement, the Management reiterated that in the recent past, the company committed resources to show appreciation and give back to society and communities where they have had the opportunity to showcase their work. The statement reads: “Dutum Construction has provided…

The immediate past Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Pantami was yesterday given the portfolio of the Minister of Communications. Pantami, who was given the portfolio by President Muhammadu Buhari during yesterday federal cabinet meeting, replaced Barr. Adebayo Shittu, who has held sway in the last four years. About Pantami. Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami was born on October 20, 1972 in today’s Gombe State. He schooled at the traditional Islamic School for memorizing the Qur’an, called ‘Tsangaya School; Pantami Primary School; Government Science Secondary School, Gombe; Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, University (ATBU), Bauchi where…

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, at the opening of Conference of African Telecommunications Regulators on Consumer Affairs, (CATCO), urged telecom regulators in Africa to see protection of consumers as their first priority. Danbatta, who was represented at the 3-day Conference by the Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Dr. Henry Nkemadu, Danbatta, noted that this is important going by the daily exposure of consumers to new digital services and solutions with potential for the telecom consumers to be short-changed by service providers if adequate regulations are not put in place to protect the…

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari appointed Mr. Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi as the fifth Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). Abdullahi’s appointment was announced in a press statement by the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu. Abdullahi is replacing Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, who was last month appointed Honourable Minister Designate and may likely be given a portfolio today. Until his appointment, Abdullahi has worked at Galaxy Backbone as Network Engineer, IP Network Field Engineer, Senior Network & Lead, IP Operations Team, and Senior Solution Architect & Lead, Technical Solution Design Team between…

StartConFest, a platform where passionate industry players, businessmen and leaders foster collaboration through networking, learning and fun is set to hold its 5th edition from the 26th – 28th of September 2019. According to the organizer, this year’s edition with the theme “Create The Future”, is expected to have over 5000 attendees, and will feature workshops, innovation zone, experience zone, Music zone, creativity stage and a marketplace for vendors to exhibit their products and services to attendees. Speaking on what is expected at the event, Tony Onuk, the co-convener of the festival noted: “In the interest of the future of…

FleetPartners Leasing Limited has extended its corporate car and staff- bus sharing services to more cities across the country. Announcing the extension in a statement, the Chief Executive Officer of FleetPartners, Samuel Ajiboyede, said the extension is necessitated by the increasing demand and success of the two premium services to take the services to more cities. Ajiboyede said the corporate car sharing service which allows executive car owners to offer their cars for rent on FleetPartners platform is present in 10 cities while its newly launched staff-bus sharing service is in Lagos and Abuja. “Due to the increasing demand on…

It is dangerous when users just grant mobile apps limitless permissions into their contacts, photos, private messages, and more. Doing so allows the app makers possible, and even legal, access to what should remain confidential data. When this sensitive data is hacked or misused, a viral app can turn a source into a loophole which hackers can exploit to spread malicious viruses or ransomware. As such, online users should always have their thinking caps on and be more careful when it comes to the internet and their app habits including: Only download apps from trusted sources. Read the reviews and…

One of the world leading anti virus solution providers, Kaspersky has disclosed that the proliferation of mobile phone, which is forecast to reach4.68 billion of which 2.7 billion are smartphone users in 2019 is the reason mobile device security threats are on the rise. It also attributed this to unsecured Wi-Fi connections, network spoofing, phishing attacks, ransomware, spyware and improper session handling, making the mobile devices easy target. “So, if you are looking for a target, it certainly makes sense to go where the numbers are. Mobile apps are often the cause of unintentional data leakage,” it says adding that…