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Microsoft To Join Metaverse Race, Introduces Mesh For Teams
As virtual reality hybrid work is taking shape across the world of tech, Microsoft has introduced its Mesh for Microsoft Teams that would let people in different locations join virtual meetings, send chats, collaborate on shared documents, and more. Microsoft says the Mesh platform will let people meet in the virtual space without having to…
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Only One Network Provider Recoded Increase In July
Latest report by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has shown that Globacom (Glo) was the only network that recorded an increase in its subscriber base in July, 2021. This was according to the monthly subscribers’ report for July published on its website. NCC indicated that Glo moved from 50,130,540 in June, to 51,137,799 at the…
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In Five Years, Nigeria Attracted $3.9bn Telecoms Investments
According to a new report by Agusto & Co., Nigeria’s telecommunications industry attracted $3.9 billion in foreign portfolio and direct investments between 2015 and 2020. The credit rating agency, in its 2021 Telecommunications Industry report, said, “Between 2015 and 2020, foreign investments (portfolio and direct) attributable to the telecommunications industry amounted to $3.9bn, an average…
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Nigeria’s Data Usage Increase By 202.08%
According to data from the Nigerian Communications Commission, data usage in Nigeria surged by 202.08 percent in three years. This is following the subscriber/network report of 2018, 2019, and 2020. Data usage rose from 68,154.12 terabytes in 2018 to 125,149.86TB in 2019 and 205,880.4TB in 2020. The total national and local outgoing voice calls were…
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IT Investments Drop By $53m In One Year
The investments in the information technology services sub-sector has dropped from $74.74 million at the end of 2019 to $21.68 million as of December 31, 2020. This is according to analysis of the capital importation data from the National Bureau of Statistics. This indicates a drop of $53.06 million or 70.99 percent in one year…
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50% Of Nigerian Children Are Unregistered
The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that less than 50 percent of children under five years in Nigeria were registered at birth. In a statement released by UNICEF, it said children in Africa have the lowest birth registration rate globally, with Nigeria accounting for 11 percent of the rate in West Africa. The UN…
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Monkeypox: What To Know About Symptoms and Transmission
The Dallas County Department of Health and Human Services in America has confirmed that an unidentified man who recently returned from a trip to Nigeria tested positive for the very rare monkeypox virus. This case is thought to be the first-ever monkeypox case in Texas. Health officials in America are now frantically searching for other passengers on…
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Africa: Nigeria Leads Mobile App Downloads
Reports by Appsflyer and Google have published that Nigeria is leading the growth of Africa’s Mobile app installs with a 43% rise between Q1 2020 and Q1 2021. South Africa’s market increased by 37% and Kenya increased by 29%. Africa is one of the fastest-growing regions in the app market. With a young and mobile-savvy…
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2025: 40% Of Global Population Will Access 5G
In its Mobile Economy 2021, the GSMA Association has said two in five people around the world will live within the reach of a 5G network by 2025. The report said that with the launch of commercial 5G services in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa over the last year, the technology was now available in…
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DR Congo Announces End To Ebola Virus Outbreak
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced the fight against the Ebola virus has come to an end. The recent Ebola outbreak infected 12 people in the eastern province of North Kivu and killed six of them. According to the International Medical Charity Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF), the outbreak was…