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  In continuation of its effort to support Government at both the national and state levels in the fight against the deadly COVID-19, Africa’s leading integrated digital payment and commerce company, Interswitch Group, has donated 1,500 units of rapid diagnostic test kits to the Enugu State Government. This was facilitated by employee-led voluntary contributions and

  Mitchell Elegbe Founder/GMD Interswitch Group Mitchell Elegbe, the Founder/GMD of the Interswitch Group, has said that although money is necessary, it is not sufficient enough to make a business thrive. He explained that it was more important for entrepreneurs to identify the problems they are trying to solve before venturing into any business. Elegbe

By Elvis Eromosele Many things in Nigeria appear unfixable. Things that other countries take almost for granted we seem to struggle with, eternally. It is a characteristic that pervades nearly everything we do as a country. It continues to impact negatively on the nation’s growth. Take communications. Almost two decades after the liberalisation of the

  Professor Umar Danbatta Executive Vice Chairman Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) “The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has been drawn to a mischievous statement making the rounds on social media like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, LinkedIn and other sites that the Nigerian Telecoms industry is going to switch on 5G in Lagos this Sunday

                                                                                                          In a unique employee-led effort, Interswitch Group, one of Africa’s leading integrated payment and digital commerce players, has raised a total of N305 million towards the organization’s COVID-19 response effort. Employees of the organisation contributed a total of N75 million and the companyaugmented their effortswith the sum of N230 million. This is part

  To mark the International Girls in ICT Day, 2020, Interswitch Group, a leading Nigerian Pan-African digital payment and commerce Solutions Company, joined the world to celebrate and encourage young girls in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. With this year’s theme being: “Girls in ICT: Inspiring the Next Generation”, two tech women at

  Nigeria’s independent telecoms regulatory authority, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has embarked on the building of six (6) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Parks to promote socio-economic transformation of Nigeria. The ICT Parks are to provide Innovation Labs and Digital Fabrication Laboratories (Fablabs) for use by ICT innovators and entrepreneurs to turn their ideas

  Interswitch, a leading integrated digital payments and commerce company, has assured her customers that all its business operations continue to run smoothly without any snags, as the company has implemented a fully operative business continuity plan. Even though the Central Bank of Nigeria issued a temporary suspension of refund activities for ATM and card

    Prof. Umar Danbatta Executive Vice-Chairman Nigerian Communications Commission In view of the recent development in which misleading materials with no proven evidence being circulated to link CORONAVIRUS or COVID-19 with 5G Technology,  it has become imperative for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to provide the following clarifications; Firstly, there is no correlation between

    An emergency virtual meeting of the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development has adopted an Agenda for Action outlining immediate measures that governments, industry, the international community and civil society can take to shore-up digital networks, strengthen capacity at critical connectivity points like hospitals and transport hubs, and boost digital access and inclusivity, with

    The National Emergency Number 112 established by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is providing succour to Nigerians in the nation’s collective efforts to fight the spread of Coronavirus pandemic, also known COVID-19. Nigerians are able to call emergency response agencies/or first responders with respect to any issue they may want to report on

  Kaspersky announces free availability of its core endpoint security products for medical organisations, in order to help them stay protected from cyberthreats during the pandemic. The full list of B2B products available for free for six months includes Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud Plus, Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365, Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business

Prof. Umar Danbatta Executive Vice-Chairman NCC As the COVID-19, better known as coronavirus continues to ravage the global community, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as the telecommunications industry regulator has put in place measures to support initiatives by other stakeholders to curtail this scourge. The Commission in conjunction with industry players and all other government agencies

In the face of the global coronavirus crisis, as in any other emergency, the speed and efficiency of our response is proportional to the level of preparedness. To help countries better manage disaster response activities at a time when the frequency, intensity and human and economic impact of disasters is on the rise worldwide, the

    Nigeria’s smartphone market grew 5.3% quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q4 2019, according to the latest figures from global technology and consulting services firm International Data Corporation (IDC). This growth comes on the back of a 3.2% QoQ increase in Q3 2019 after the market suffered a slow H1 2019, which translated into