Tech

Pascal Oparada A simple hashtag, #DeleDetermination was all it took for a Nigerian bank, First City Monument Bank to pull off one of the biggest public relations stunts in recent times. For those who are not aware, little Dele, a…

Paschal Oparada WhatsApp, the most popular messaging app, revealed today just how big it has become. The Facebook-owned app said it has amassed two billion users, up from 1.5 billion it revealed two years ago. It also remains free of…

A new report from App Annie, a leading brands and publishers on comprehensive mobile market data, revealed the top ten most downloaded mobile apps of the decade, and Facebook has maintained a firm grip on the whole operation. The apps…

Pascal Oparada For a lot of people, it is getting a ride with the tap of a finger on a mobile phone. To others, it is stopping hunger on its track, getting a loan, betting, recharging your mobile phone, buying data, subscribing your…

Paschal Oparada The Nigerian soft drink market space is getting tighter as new brands are in hot pursuit to take on big brands including Coca Cola and Pepsi – the entrenched ones. Bigi Cola and its sister variants, made by Rite…

Pascal Oparada One of the success stories of the fintech revolution in Nigeria is the explosion of digital lending apps or personal loan apps. Nigerians have never been this spoilt for choice when it comes to personal loans, which…

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) says full disclosure of information about any financial technology (fintech) operator is required before licensing it. It said concealment of information about their operations had slowed…

PASCHAL OPARADA Would you bank with a bank solely owned and operated by tech giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon and Apple? What if these tech behemoths decide to take the plunge and dive deep into full banking operations in…

Ayodele olalere Nigeria has been ranked 7th among top 20 countries affected by spam calls and SMS globally, according to 2019 Truecaller Insight report. According to the study, the average Truecaller user in Nigeria receives 8.4 spam…

Paschal Oparada Nigeria’s leading beddings and mattress maker, Mouka, has restated its commitment to a future couched in quality brands, product innovation laced with investments in infrastructure and increased investments in the…