There has been an increase in the number of Nigerian accounts deleted or disabled by Instagram in recent weeks. The accounts of online celebrities like Tunde Ednut, Speed Darlington and James Brown were suspended by the platform for varied reasons.
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WhatsApp postpones data sharing updates after consumer backlash
WhatsApp on Friday postponed a data-sharing update following what seems to be a huge user-flights from the Facebook-owned messaging service to rivals Telegram and Signal following privacy scare.
Afrika Esports Series Opens for Registration
Afrika Esports Series, the first continental professional esports event of the kind, has opened up its portal for registration of participants in the first-ever pan-Africa eSport championship slated for later this year
CEO, Jack Dorsey, Explains Twitter ban @RealDonaldTrump
Following weeklong mixed reactions trailing the indefinite ban on the Twitter handle of the USA president, Donald Trump as a penalty for “repeatedly flaunting” the community rules @RealDonaldTrump, the platform’s CEO has come out to give reasons for his action.
Top Tech Winners in a case of your City Shut-down
In the face of an impending global pandemic, we have seen a surge in the use of certain technologies and a sharp reduction in the use of many others. Globally, e-hailing cab applications, for instance, have had a deep in their fortunes.
Sasai, an African response to WeChat
Cassava Fintech, a Southern African company on the team of Econet Wireless has launched an app to rival the Chinese super-app, WeChat.
[Press Release] NITDA: Breach of Nigeria Data Protection Regulation by the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) launched a reveneue collection platfor Qpay, with a quick search page for tax records of all Lagos taxpayers (https://lagos.qpay.ng/TaxPayer) that contains details such as names, home address, phone numbers, and emails of tax payers, all accessible to the general public.
Top Nigerian Applications Launched in 2019
uid, is a web platform that provides investors (individuals & businesses) access to aggregated investment opportunities across Africa with particular focus on the Agric sector.
OBus, OPay’s public bus service, suspends intra-city operations in Lagos
OPay which has been running public bus service — OBus, has reportedly suspended the operations. The limited route service which has been in its beta testing for close to four months, has gained a lot of interests amongst commuters within the city but in the same breathe had peculiar difficulties with competitions within the state.
MTN launches “MusicTime!”, a music-streaming service.
Building up on their already impressive catalogue of digital content, MTN Nigeria has launched a music-streaming platform named “MusicTime!”.