By Angeline Mgbele, Bureau Chief, North In a deliberate and intentional step to ensure Nigeria’s Payments System gets more global recognition and is domestically utilised across the country, the Director-General(DG) of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has restated the need for the Central Bank...

Friday marked a transformative moment in the world of motorsports, as Mbanq, a premier banking technology and compliance solutions provider, and Qorbis, a leader in embedded finance, join forces to introduce a cutting-edge FinTech solution designed exclusively for premium sports, entertainment, and events brands. CEO of Qorbis, Stephen Williams says,...

The market leader in information and communication technologies in Tunisia, Tunisie Telecom and a global pioneer in mobile transaction platforms and the fintech industry, Telepin, have announced the signing of a partnership agreement for the launch of the converged charging system for the national operator's customers. The main objective of...

By Celestine Okorie, Bureau Chief, Southern Africa American Tower Corporation's Africa operations  and MTN Nigeria, have announced that they have entered into a new agreement that is expected to enhance wireless connectivity across Nigeria. Under the terms of the agreement, ATC Africa will facilitate new tenancies for MTN Nigeria over...

By Angeline Mgbele, Bureau Chief, North In a strategic partnership move to bolster Nigeria's standing in the global digital market, the Director- General (DG) of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa, has reiterated that the country is open to investors and investments, as Nigeria is unarguably...

By Ron Chen, Bureau Chief, Asia A global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software, ACI Worldwide and Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce company, Interswitch Group, have announced a new frontier in their 20-year-old relationship which consolidates Interswitch’s relationship with ACI from reseller to strategic partner status across multiple...

By Cyber Era NG Special Correspondent Earlier today, Gamtel and Huawei reached a strategic partnership agreement to upgrade and expand Gamtel’s network backbone. The upgrade includes the deployment of several 7 DWDMs and OLTs to improve bandwidth to address the increasing unprecedented service and coverage demands in the ICT sector....

By Ron Chen, Bureau Chief, Asia & Oystein Bergmann, Bureau Chief, Scandinavia Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Ericsson have announced the successful completion of a pivotal milestone of the CS Core Transformation project. This project which began in November 2022 and was completed ahead of schedule in September 2023, is a...

By Cyber Era NG Special Correspondent One of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the world by tower count, IHS Holding Limited has announced a one-year partnership with the Limitless Space Institute (LSI), a non-profit education and research organization. This partnership will commence in...

By Ron Chen, Bureau Chief, Asia UAE-based leading audit and tax advisory firm, HLB HAMT, has signed an agreement with Automation Anywhere, a global leader in Intelligent Automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI), at the recently concluded GITEX Global 2023, to function as a Center of Excellence (CoE) in the UAE...