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ChamsCity: World’s Largest Cyber Centre is in Lagos Nigeria
ChamsCity is a new subsidiary of Chams Plc and is a facility that is expected to become the biggest cyber café in the world. The ChamsCity ICT centre has 1,000 computers housed in a single building.
The cyber centre, located in Lagos, is one of several digital malls that are being built across the country by [...]
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Nigeria Customs Service website review
I came across the Nigeria Customs Service website a few weeks ago and I think it is worth mentioning as I consider it the most professional website of a Nigerian government agency. It is commonplace to see websites of Nigerian government agencies shabbily done. The official portal of the Federal Government of Nigeria www.nigeria.gov.ng is [...]
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Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria joins Interswitch
Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria has joined the Interswitch payment network in Nigeria. This blog post also includes a full list of all the Nigerian banks on the Interswitch network.
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Ghana, Nigeria: Liberty Reserve & Alertpay account funding
Fund your e-gold, alertpay, paypal, Liberty Reserve or Moneybookers account in Ghana or Nigeria. Pay with Ghana cedis or Nigerian Naira. Usually same day funding.
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E-commerce in Nigeria: We’re back to the stone age!
In December 2007, I was sharing my frustration about GT Bank Nigeria in a blog post titled: Woes of a Nigerian Internet Banking Customer. Till date, things have virtually remained the same - 3rd party funds transfer using the Internet Banking facility offered by GT Bank is still restricted. Well, things have just got even [...]
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Interswitch Nigeria: Lower your Webpay entry fees
What is InterSwitch about? According to their website:
InterSwitch Limited is an electronic transaction switching and payment processing company with a business footprint that covers the provision of shared, integrated message broker solutions for financial transactions, e-commerce, telecoms value-added services and e-billing in the Nigerian environment.
Most of the local debit/ATM cards issued in Nigeria are linked [...]
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If Microsoft buys Yahoo: What happens?
The web was ablaze (still is) yesterday with news about Microsoft’s latest unsolicited offer to buy web portal giant Yahoo! for a whopping $44.6 billion in cash and shares. According to BBC News, the offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo’s board, is 62% above Yahoo’s closing share price on Thursday.
I am not entirely surprised [...]
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