A study commissioned by Google has informed that oil rich Nigeria has leapfrogged South Africa to become the country with the most internet penetration in Africa. Nigeria, which is also Africa’s most populous nation, has the highest internet penetration at 29 percent, followed by Egypt, Morocco an...
We just received a press release from the guys at Sabunta a daring new fashion e-commerce website launching with over 100 global brands in less than 6 days. According to Onyeka Akumah, the marketing manager at Sabunta is an online fashion superstore that offers shoes, clothing and accessories nation...
Get Nigerian Businesses Online (GNBO) is offering free POS terminals to Nigerian businesses. Get Nigerian Businesses Online was launched last year by Google in association with Ecobank and MTN. To be eligible for the POS terminals businesses would need to: Have a currently published GNBO webs...
Visa, one of the world’s leading payment networks, has revealed that its client financial institutions in Nigeria have surpassed 5 million cards in market. According to Country Manager for Visa West Africa, Ade Ashaye: “with this achievement, Nigeria’s banking sector moves towards its goal...
JMR Infotech, formerly TRASSET Services Group, on 28th May 2012 announced that it has won first taker for its services in US as Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), commercial banking operation of the SVB Financial Group, selected the India based banking software services and solutions provider for FLEXCUBE s...
A few weeks after the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) slammed four of the country’s telecommunication companies with various fines for poor performance there is still zero compliance with the fines. A court action brought on by a telecommunication consumer advocacy group has prevented...
Globacom has launched an App store, a service designed to enable Glo subscribers access mobile apps across various platforms. In a press release from Globacom website: The Glo App Store is the first in the country to cater for a broad spectrum of customers using devices on the Android, Symbian and J...
The Katsina State Government has revealed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) approved N1 billion for farmers in the state under its Agricultural Credit Scheme for the 2012 farming season. The state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Lawal Jari, announced this on Wednesday in Katsina after the Stat...
Consumption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) in Nigeria has increased to 125, 000 tons per annum. This is about 56 percent increase from 70,000 tons consumed last year. According to reports from Daily Trust, President of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association, Alhaji Awalu Ilu, said the qua...
Few days after some telecom companies where fined by Nigerian Communication Commission NCC, some telecom companies has been shut down in Katsina State following non payment of regulatory fees and taxes. Katsina State government has this week embarked on site closure and mass shutdown exercise of man...