MultiChoice Subscribers to Watch Live TV With DStv Now App

*John Ugbe, Multichoice Nigeria CEO

Multichoice has introduced a new App that allows its subscribers to watch Sport, movies, series and so much more anytime, anywhere.

Known as DStv Now, the new App allows Multichoice subscribers across Africa to watch Live TV, enjoy DStv Catch Up and view the TV Guide from their mobile phones and tablets. 

The mobile app is currently on offer to DStv Premium subscribers with a PVR or Explora decoder, on both iOS and Android tablets and mobile phones through 3G, 4G or Wi-Fi internet connections.

A release by the company asks subscribers to simply visit their mobile App store to download the free App.

“After logging in with your DStv Connect ID, link your Premium Smartcard to

ITU Gives Go-Ahead For G.Fast Standard

By Rommy Imah (with agency report)

A technology that lets copper telephone wires compete with fiber has finally been standardized, opening the way for affordable, interoperable equipment running at up to 1Gbps, according to a report by pcworld.com.

The technology that gives copper broadband a new lease on life is called G.fast. It offers speeds at up to 1Gbps at distances of up to 100 meters. As the distance increases, the speeds decreases to about 150Mbps over 250 meters, according to the International Telecommunication Union, which has developed the underlying standard and announced G.fast’s approval on Friday.

What performance users end up with depends on a number of factors, including the distance and the quality of the copper wires. The speeds quoted by ITU are just targets, which is far from the

Etisalat Celebrates Winners Of 2014 Innovation Prize

*CEO Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew Willsher; one of the winners, 

Anthony Oniwon and Member, Board of Innovators, Etisalat 

Pan-African Prize for Innovation, Funke Opeke, at the event

Winners of the 2014 edition of the Etisalat Pan-African Prize for Innovation, Anthony Oniwon, developer of Exammate Application, and Abdulganiyu Onabanjo, the developer of Interactive Media Interface Design, were presented with their prizes at a media reception held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Lagos, recently.

Matthew Willsher, Chief Executive Officer at Etisalat Nigeria who explained the rationale behind the innovation prize as well as the company’s continuous support for innovative platforms and initiatives stated that Etisalat was presenting its proof to the promise it made at the launch of the prize over two years ago and further reinforcing the telecom company’s uniqueness as the organisation that makes a difference in the society.

According to Willsher, “We are pleased to formally present these two gentlemen

From Airtel, lifeline for young Nigerians

By Erhumu Bayagbon

*Ogunsanya, Airtel Nigeria CEO

Erhumu Bayagbon writes that Airtel Nigeria has significantly increased its investment in youth development, providing a major lifeline for young Nigerians through a number of robust and credible platforms, including Catapult-a-Start-up, Adopt-a- School programme, Airtel Rising Stars and the One-Mic music initiative.

Whether it is a product, service, enterprise programme or Corporate Social Responsibility intervention, Airtel Nigeria has been consistent in its quest to establish solid platforms to empower young Nigerians and enable them secure a bright future. Indeed, the records speak glowingly of the leading telco that became famous for revolutionizing the GSM tariff one month after launching a new brand name in 2010. Even many cynics are becoming converts after a cursory look at the organization’s recent strides at providing a hope, a future and a lifeline for young Nigerians.

Just this week, Airtel announced a unique programme for young Nigerian entrepreneurs christened Catapult-a-Start-up. At the press conference, which held at the Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya, described the initiative as yet another major step to empowering Nigerian youths and creating a solid platform for them to leverage on to success, saying the initiative is in line with the company’s overriding ambition of becoming the most loved brand in the daily lives of Nigerians.

The Airtel Catapult-a-Startup programme is an entrepreneurial initiative designed to assist start-up application (app) developers to actualize their dreams of becoming