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Google, Meta Face Huge Fines Over Privacy Violations In South Korea
South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Google and Meta more than $71 million for gathering users' personal information and tracking consumers’ online behaviour without consent for targeted ads.
This was revealed by South Korea’s…
Instagram Struggling Massively In Reels Battle With TikTok Short-Form Video
Meta-owned Instagram, the American photo and video sharing social networking service is struggling massively to woo creators.
This brand's short video Reels engagement has consistently fallen against formidable competition that is…
Creditswitch Bags ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 20000 Certifications
Creditswitch, a leading Value-Added Service company, has bagged the ISO 27001:2013 and ISO/IEC 20000:2018 certifications.
The certifications were given the company after a rigorous audit and evaluation process by Cognicert, a…
NCC Partners Civil Defence Corps To Tackle Telecoms Crimes
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is partnering with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to tackle some of the criminal activities affecting the telecom industry.
According to the commission, some of the…
FG Hopeful Towards Attaining 95% Digital Literacy In Nigeria By 2030
Nigeria’s march towards attaining 95 per cent digital literacy in 2030, as contained in the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS), 2020-2030, now looks more promising than ever.
The Minister of Communications and…
Fintech Brands Revenue In Nigeria, Ghana, Others To Hit $30.3 billion By 2025
With the expectation that the huge, under-banked population in Africa would be getting more access to the internet, McKinsey & Co, has reported that the revenue of Fintech brands in Nigeria, Ghana, and some other African countries…
FG Makes U-Turn On 5% Excise Duty On Telecom Services
The federal government has suspended the implementation of the proposed five percent telecommunications tax service that was recently announced by the Ministry of Finance to start in 2023.
The suspension was made known by the…
New Rate For International Calls Termination Takes Effect Sept. 1-NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission has disclosed that the new rate for fixed International Termination Rate (ITR) for voice services paid by overseas telecom carriers for ending international calls on local networks in Nigeria…
Lagos Leads With $1.5bn Investment In Technology In 5 Months
The appeal of Brand Lagos to the investment world became quite obvious when the Lagos State Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget revealed that the investment inflow into Lagos State’s technology space has hit over $1.5 billion in…
ICT Records Highest Contribution Of 18.44% To Nigeria’s GDP
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the Information and Communications (ICT) sector has contributed 18.44 per cent to Nigeria’s Gross…