eSports market heads for $2.40b driven by ‘rising Internet users’

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Driven by a rising tribe of Internet users across the world, the esports market is forecast to reach $2.40 billion by 2024.

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Digitization driving location based advertising market, study reveals

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Location Based Advertising is on the rise thanks to growing adoption of digital technologies by today's consumers, a new study reveals.

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Smartphone prices in Nigeria drop amid Covid-19 season

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Smartphone prices in Nigeria dropped even as shipments declined following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to market study by the International Data Corporation (IDC). The drop in smartphone prices in Nigeria that saw average selling price (ASP) for smartphones decline by 9.8% quarter on quarter in Q2 2020, is one of the highlights of the IDC […]

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Nigerian telecoms regulator: Why Digital Economy Unit was created

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The Nigerian telecoms regulator says it created a new Digital Economy Unit to promote the Federal Government’s National Digital Economy Agenda. The Governing Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approved the new Digital Economy Department created to implement programmes and policies to support the Federal Government’s agenda, Professor Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of […]

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HiiT Plc offers online training scholarships amid COVID-19

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HiiT Plc has offered Nigerian students online training scholarships valued at N20 million in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Leading ICT training services provider, HiiT PLC says that the scholarship offer targeting students of Nigerian tertiary institutions to complement Federal Government’s COVID-19 Economic Palliatives. Mr. Kayode Shobajo, Chief Executive Officer, HiiT Plc, all that […]

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Why is COVID-19 Exposure Notifications now on your phone?

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Nat Cole dispels the social media rumours surrounding COVID-19 Exposure Notifications, and explains how the tool makes for easier contact tracing on smartphones. I am sure that this past week some of us must have received messages with some questions like: Do you know that COVID-19 tracker was recently installed on your phone without your […]

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Nigeria’s broadband plan: State Governors are crucial to success, Technology Times Founder says

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Shina Badaru, Technology Founder, says that State Governors are crucial stakeholders to the success of Nigeria’s broadband plan expected to create a digital economy in the country. Badaru dropped this hint on Tuesday while speaking on the Proshare-owned WebTV‘s Economy & Politics segment dedicated to #Coronanomics, and focused on ‘Leveraging the National Digital Economic Plan […]

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Nigeria’s broadband plan: State Governors are crucial to success, Technology Times Founder says

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Shina Badaru, Technology Founder, says that State Governors are crucial stakeholders to the success of Nigeria’s broadband plan expected to create a digital economy in the country. Badaru dropped this hint on Tuesday while speaking on the Proshare-owned WebTV‘s Economy & Politics segment dedicated to #Coronanomics, and focused on ‘Leveraging the National Digital Economic Plan […]

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COVID-19: Nigerian smartphone market ‘hit by historic decline’

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A rippling continental decline caused by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic hit the Nigerian smartphone market, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Nigeria, like other African smartphone markets, recorded one of the largest quarterly dips since 2015 in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the global technology research and consulting firm’s latest Worldwide Mobile […]

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COVID-19: Nigerian smartphone market ‘hit by historic decline’

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A rippling continental decline caused by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic hit the Nigerian smartphone market, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Nigeria, like other African smartphone markets, recorded one of the largest quarterly dips since 2015 in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the global technology research and consulting firm’s latest Worldwide Mobile […]

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