At the recently concluded Mobile World Congress held February 27 – March 2, 2017 in Barcelona, Slide Airtime was named winner of the Most Innovative Mobile App. Sliide Airtime was shortlisted in the Most Innovative Mobile App category of the Global Mobile Awards with Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo for Drivies; Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited for Jio4GVoice; Drupe…
The Corporate Affairs Commission (“CAC”) recently issued a notice in which it informed the public that incorporation documents can now be uploaded on its website. The notice further states that the CAC would approve the application and print incorporation certificate based on the uploaded documents. At the point of collecting the hardcopy of the incorporation…
At the recently concluded Mobile World Congress held February 27 – March 2, 2017 in Barcelona, Slide Airtime was named winner of the Most Innovative Mobile App. Sliide Airtime was shortlisted in the Most Innovative Mobile App category of the Global Mobile Awards with Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo for Drivies; Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited for Jio4GVoice; Drupe…
Vista Equity Partners LLC has agreed to acquire DH Corp. in a deal valued at C$2.73 billion ($2.03 billion). The C$25.50 per share cash offer announced yesterday represents an 11 percent premium above DH Corp.’s closing price on Friday, March 10, 2017 of C$23.04 a share. According to Bloomberg, Vista is paying about 15.5 times DH…
500 Startups in partnership with Ingressive and African Technology Foundation, would host Africa’s inaugural edition of ‘Geeks on a Plane’ event in Lagos. According to the Regional Partner, African Technology Foundation, Mr. Oluseye Soyode-Johnson, the tour would expose the Geeks to the depth of innovation activities in Lagos, and showcase the diversity of entrepreneurial activities.…
The fusion of technology with financial services has transformed the financial sector globally.[1] This transformation has been described as FinTech.[2] An aspect of FinTech redefining the use of currency as a medium of exchange is cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency simply connotes digital or virtual currency. It is a decentralised currency which does not exist in the physical…
The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan per Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel has ordered MTN to pay Mr. Oluwole Aluko the sum of ₦530,000.00 as damages for unauthorised caller tune deduction. Mr. Aluko had sued MTN in 2016 for unlawful deduction from his MTN line for caller tunes and asked the Court to award him ₦10,000,000.00 as…
Nigeria’s telecom, MTN has partnered with Lumos to launch a mobile solar electricity system in Nigeria. Electricity is generated through the installation of a solar powered system at consumers’ residence while payment for the electricity is made through MTN airtime. The launching was attended by Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN the Minister of Power, Works…
An InsurTech Conference has been scheduled to hold in mid-March 2017 at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. The purpose of the conference is to boost e-Insurance in Nigeria. The theme of the Conference is “Driving Insurance Penetration with Information and Communication Technologies”.
The 2017 edition of the Cashless Africa Expo would hold on 22 – 23 March, 2017 at Oriental Hotel, Lagos Nigeria. The Summit would focus on selected topics such as: Fintechs and Banks: Collaboration or Competition; Disruptive technologies and their impact on Financial Services in Africa; The digital bank and evolution in a Competitive market;…
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