Gionee P10m has quietly gone on sale in Nigeria. This is an Android Go Edition phone, combining a waterdrop display, dual rear camera and 4000mAh battery with an affordable price.
OPPO to launch new smartphones in Nigeria on August 7, 2019
OPPO Mobile will be launching a new set of smartyphones in Lagos, Nigeria on the 7th of August, 2019. The company already has OPPO A5s, A3s, F11 Pro, and F11 Pro Avengers Edition on sale in the country. There has been no official stament on...
VDT launches 4G LTE service in Lagos
VDT Commnuinications has joined the list of 4G LTE service providers in Lagos, Nigeria. The company announced its service saying it “will offer internet speed of up to 300 Mbps” speeds. The service provider says that it currently has about 80% of Lagos State covered...
Xiaomi Mi 9T is now available in Nigeria
Xiaomi Nigeria has announced that the Mi 9T is officially available for purchase in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The Xiaomi Mi 9T is an upper mid-range Android smartphone with a 6.39″ AMOLED display, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection front and back, 20 MP motorized...
Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 goes on sale in Nigeria
The Huawei Y9 Prime 2019 features a 6.59” display, pop-up 16MP selfie camera, rear fingerprint reader, and a triple camera at the back. Under the hood is a HiSIlicon Kirin 710 processor, 4 GB RAM, and a whopping 128 GB of storage. It has a beefy...
TECNO, Infinix and itel launch Carlcare Swap Plan in Lagos, Nigeria
Transsion Holdings has introduced a phone trade-in/swap service in Nigeria called Carlcare Swap Plan. Anyone can trade-in their current phone for a brand new Infinix, TECNO or itel model.
Airtel proceeds with NSE listing despite not meeting requirements
The Nigerian Stock Exchange says it has granted Airtel a listing waiver. The telecom operator failed to meet the minimum requirement of at least 300 shareholders required for any company to carry out an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the stock exchange. Airtel was able...
TECNO Mobile launches Phantom 9 in Lagos
Two years after the previous Phantom phone arrived, TECNO Mobile has launched its successor, the TECNO Phantom 9, in Lagos today. TECNO Phantom 9 has a 6.4″ inch display with an in-display fingerprint reader, a triple camera at the back, 128GB ROM, and a 3500mAh...
One day, a phone model will sell 1 million units in a month in Nigeria
We often read of news of phones like the Huawei P30, Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, and Redmi K20, selling 1 million units or more in a month. Not once in the history of Nigeria has there been news of a phone selling as much as...
Glo 4G now available on LTE band 3(1800) – Official
There are confirmed reports that Glo 4G is now also available on LTE Band 3(1800) at random locations in the country. The service had initially launched on the rare LTE band 28(700), which is not available on many smartphones. If this report turns out to...
Nairalanders tear TECNO phones apart, but TECNO fans won’t have it
It has become something of a routine to see one Narialand member or the other attack TECNO phones and TECNO fans. In the latest incident, one user posted: Tecno lies about their phone Tecno has refused to adopt 95% of their phones are made with...
TECNO Mobile teases the Phantom 9
The last Phantom smartphone we saw was the Phantom 8 back in 2017. Finally, TECNO Mobile is following up with a teaser of an upcoming TECNO Phantom 9. All roads lead to July 10, 2019 when the phone will be officially announced. But if you...
Paradigm Initiative sends FoI Request to the NCC on Nigeria’s Surveillance Regime
Paradigm Initiative has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to provide it with information on the Nigerian surveillance and interception regime. Relying on the Freedom of Information Act 2011, the pan-African Digital Rights and Digital Inclusion organization is requesting information on the role the regulatory...
Jiji acquisition of OLX in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda goes through
In Februuary 2018, OLX shut down its Nigeria office but continued to run the Nigerian service from South Africa. Over a year later in April 2019, another classifieds marketplace, Jiji.ng signed an agreement to take over OLX operations in Nigeria. Both companies have also reached...