After over 18 months of “testing the waters”, it appears eTranzact is finally warming-up for a mega launch in Ghana. They had a pre-launch activity last week tagged “e-village” where some of the technological giants in Ghana showcased their products/services. Aviation Social Centre in Accra was the venue and they also had a similar event [...]

So you are a Nigerian? Or perhaps you are not? Either way, you are a citizen of some country somewhere and there comes a time in your life when you feel like you really love your country and would want the very best for your country. I cannot fathom a better way to be patriotic, [...]

On the 15th of October 2004, Ecobank Nigeria Plc made history when it launched the first ever internationally accepted credit card in Nigeria – the Ecobank MasterCard. With the launch of the Ecobank MasterCard, Ecobank availed Nigerians the benefits and privileges of a convenient international payment card for online and offline financial transactions. The challenges [...]

I have had to blog a few times about domain names of important Nigerian institutions expiring. I never imagined that a day would come when I would blog about a bank not renewing its domain name on time. I am talking about UBA PLC’s ubaplc.com domain name. I wanted to check their website this morning [...]

A press release issued by Graphcard this morning: Tried, True and Visionary UBA Group Plc Embraces VTN Technology to power ecommerce in Nigeria Laurel, MD USA : December 12, 2007 The largest bank in Nigeria  and Africa’s emerging global bank, United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) and LFR Communications, Inc., a ground breaking e-commerce provider, [...]

Interswitch is the leading ATM/POS network in Nigeria and is the power behind the debit/ATM cards issued by over 20 banks in Nigeria including Guaranty Trust Bank, UBA, Intercontinental Bank, First Bank, Union Bank, Ecobank etc. To make payment online using an Interswitch card, all that is needed is the card number and PIN. This [...]