Google has partnered with Verve to make digital transactions on Google Play Store easier for Nigerians.
The firm noted that as from Wednesday, Nigerians could now use their Verve cards to make purchases on the Google Play Store.
It stated that under its new partnership, Google would process Verve transactions within Nigeria, and the transactions would be undertaken in naira and treated as local…
Globacom and PalmPay have collaborated to launch a new reward scheme for the telecom firm’s customers.
According to the firms, the marketing initiative tagged ‘PalmPay Bonanza: Recharge Glo and Win’ will offer Nigerians who buy Glo data and airtime bundles via the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed banks to vacate a post-no-debit restriction placed on the bank accounts of 440 individuals and companies.
A post-no-debit means that all debit transactions, including ATMs and cheques, on the accounts have been blocked but can receive…
The president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, and former vice president, Yemi Osinbajo have joined 30 million others on Meta’s (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) new platform, Threads.
This is as Meta’s Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zuckerberg, noted that the company is setting its sight on one billion users soon. Threads, which launched on Thursday in over 100 countries now has 30 million…
More than 10 million people have signed up for Threads, Meta’s rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday.
The app went live on Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries at 2300 GMT on Wednesday…
Giant tech company, Meta, will officially launch its own microblogging app, Threads on Thursday.
With the structure of its service, Threads will ultimately serve as a competitor to the popular social media platform, Twitter.
The launch comes in the wake of a new feature…
Google’s first West Africa Director, Dr. Juliet Ehimuan has announced her departure from the company.
She made the announcement on LinkedIn on Friday where she expressed her intention to pursue a broader role within the regional technology landscape.
Before her appointment as Google’s West Africa Director, she served as the company’s Country Director for Nigeria.
During her time as…
Fintech platform, PalmPay, says it has reached a milestone of 25 million users on its smartphone app.
It said it reached an extensive network of 500,000 mobile money agents and 300,000 merchants in its payment ecosystem.
A statement by the firm said the rapid growth within…
TikTok’s nascent venture into online shopping is paying off, with its e-commerce affiliate gaining a substantial market share in Southeast Asia just a year after its launch, a report said Thursday.
TikTok Shop capitalised on the legions of users of the popular…
The President, Bola Tinubu signed the Data Protection Bill into law on Monday 12th June 2023, the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau has disclosed.
According to the bureau, about 500,000 jobs are expected to be created through the training of Data Protection Officers and licensing of Data Protection Compliance Organisations to offer services to data controllers and processors.
It noted that the new…