Technology & Business

Interswitch Group, a leading technology-driven company focused on the digitisation of payments in Nigeria and other countries in Africa, has recently revamped their developer console to improve the experiences of partners, developers and merchants who seek to integrate ...

Samsung Electronics forecast a 23-percent rise in second-quarter operating profit Tuesday, with strong demand for memory chips and displays overcoming the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on smartphone sales. The world’s biggest smartphone and memory chip maker said ...

TikTok has said it will quit Hong Kong after China imposed a new security law on the city. “In light of recent events, we’ve decided to stop operations of the TikTok app in Hong Kong,” a spokesman told ...

Huawei said it remains “open to discussions” with the British government and is working with its customers to manage the proposed U.S. restrictions so Britain can maintain its lead in 5G. The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced ...

With the impact of coronavirus pandemic which has left businesses across the globe counting losses, Mitchell Elegbe, Founder and Group Managing Director at Interswitch has described it as a wake-up call for companies to take proactive measures, as ...

Google has announced the launch of ‘Google for Nonprofits’ in Nigeria. Google’s Head, Government Affairs and Public Policy, West Africa, Titi Akinsanmi said in a statement that ‘Google for Nonprofits’ was aimed at empowering ‘not-for-profit’ organisations by providing ...

Nokia and Ericsson have been chosen as Singapore’s main 5G network providers, telecom operators said, leaving Huawei with only a minor role as the Chinese tech giant faces growing US pressure. Huawei has been dogged by allegations of ...

Facebook on Monday added a digital payments feature to its WhatsApp messaging service, starting in Brazil but with an eye to expanding around the world. WhatsApp users in Brazil can use the encrypted mobile messaging service to send ...

Now available across SSA, Messenger Kids enables kids to safely video chat and message with family and friends when they can’t be together in person Facebook is rolling out Messenger Kids, a video chat and messaging app that ...

The unveiling of the 2020 5G Apple iPhone 12 series, originally expected to take place during the third quarter of the year, as usual, has been pushed back to the fourth quarter.  According to Bloomberg, this bit of ...

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday remote work is here to stay, and that half of the social network’s staff could be doing jobs from afar within a decade. Zuckerberg devoted a live-streamed “town hall’ meeting with ...

Facebook on Tuesday reached out to businesses struggling to survive the pandemic with free tools for creating online “Shops” at the social network and Instagram. Merchants can easily set up shops on Facebook and Instagram, customize looks and ...

Twitter will allow some of its workforce to continue working from home “forever” if they choose, the company confirmed to CNN Business on Tuesday. The decision reflects how some measures implemented to deal with the pandemic could lead ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced it would invest one billion dollars in Poland to expand its operations, including the creation of a new regional cloud-computing data hub. The US tech giant said it had signed an agreement with Poland’s ...

Apple Inc on Tuesday said it would expand its App Store, Apple Music and other services to dozens of new markets in Africa, the Middle East and beyond in the biggest geographical expansion of its services in almost ...

In its most conclusive move into the video game market, Facebook is expected to launch an app made for building and watching live gameplay on Monday, April 20, 2020. With many people around the world advised to stay ...

Google is designing its own physical and digital debit card. The Google card and a linked checking account will enable users to buy items with a card, smartphone or through the web browser It links to a Google app ...

Facebook Inc. has said that its Libra cryptocurrency platform will now support various versions of digital coins, most of which will be backed by individual fiat currencies like the U.S dollar. This is part of the changes the ...

Nigeria’s leading integrated digital payment and commerce company Interswitch has come out to give clarification on the rumours going around that it has suspended all dispute management activities on its platform or business operations. Even though the Central ...

Apple Inc is limiting customer purchases of iPhones over its online stores in many countries including the United States and China to a maximum of two handsets per person, checks on its website on Friday revealed. FILE PHOTO: ...