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 Business
  • November 12, 2024

President Tinubu’s Govt Has Abandon Quest for Reliable, Efficient Telecoms Services, Forced Sector into Distress, Say Operators

The telecommunications operators in Nigeria are worried that the present situation in the telecoms industry gives the impression that the Government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu may have abandoned the sector to go into distress stressing that what the sector needs to service a digital economy is lacking. According to the Association of License Telecommunications […]

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Technology
  • November 12, 2024

Nigeria, UK Strikes Strategic Partnership to Tackle Rising Cyber-Crime Cases

Nigeria and the United Kingdom (UK) are in partnership  to combat rising cyber-crime as part of a broader strategic partnership between the two countries. This was stated during a recent high-level roundtable meeting in Abuja, which focused on strategies for combating cyber threats and strengthening Nigeria’s digital resilience. The event, held at the Office of the President’s […]

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L-R: General Manager, Sustainability & Shared Value, MTN Nigeria, Kemi Adisa; Winner, Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge, Osarode Stephen Odemwingie and Director General, NCF, Dr Joseph Onoja..
 News
  • November 12, 2024

Developer of Innovative Biorefinery Solution Wins MTN’s PachiPanda Champion

MTN Nigeria, in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) through its local partner Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), has unveiled winners of the 2024 Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge. Osarode Stephen Odemwingie has been selected for his groundbreaking innovation, biorefinery powered by fruit/vegetable waste and chicken feathers-specific waste streams. The solution addresses waste management while […]

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Jan Hnizdo, CEO Teraco.
 Business
  • November 12, 2024

Teraco Begins Construction on 120MW Utility-Scale Solar Power Plant

Teraco, a Digital Realty company and provider of interconnection platforms and vendor-neutral colocation data centres, has started construction of its 120MW utility-scale solar PV power plant in the Free State province of South Africa. In a world first for data centre operators, Teraco will own the 120MW solar PV plant and wheel the renewable energy […]

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Technology
  • November 12, 2024

New Satellite Data Reveals Urban Green Spaces in Global Decline Using Al Insights

Today, Husqvarna Group unveils the Urban Green Space Report 2024, highlighting a concerning decline in urban green spaces worldwide. Analyzing satellite data and AI insights from 344 cities across 62 countries, the report reveals that 75% of these cities have seen a reduction in green spaces. The trend thus continues in the same direction as […]

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Business
  • November 12, 2024

Experts Reveal Top 10 Future Leaders in Fintech 2025

A new study from Juniper Research, the foremost experts in the fintech and payments market, has selected SteelEye as the leading fintech future leader globally in 2025. The top 10 Fintech Future Leaders ranked by Juniper Research are: SteelEye dLocal Billie Monobank Xapien Zuora Tabby Volt Mercury BeZero Carbon Juniper Research’s ranking of 100 fintech […]

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Opinion
  • November 11, 2024

Dangote Refinery: Finally Solution on Import for Nigeria Arrives 

If there’s one burning question on the minds of Nigerians these days, it’s this: why are we paying between N1,000 and N1,500 for a litre of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)? Sadly, the very people who should be explaining this strange new reality have decided to stay tight-lipped with heads buried in the sand like ostriches. […]

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Abdul Samad Rabiu, chairman of BUA Cement.
 Business
  • November 11, 2024

Afreximbank Approves $200m Facility to Support BUA Expansion Plans

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) has approved a US$200 million Corporate Finance Facility in favour of BUA Industries Limited (BIL) to support its expansion plans. BIL is a Nigerian conglomerate with diversified business interest spanning across, sugar and cement manufacturing, flour milling, oil milling, port logistics, real estate development, oil and gas, and shipping. The […]

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Business
  • November 11, 2024

Ecobank Partners with Nium to Unlock Real-Time Cross-Border Payments Across 35 African Markets

  Nium (https://apo-opa.co/3Cl0CMy), the global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, announced a partnership with Ecobank Transnational Incorporated. (www.Ecobank.com), the independent pan-African financial services group, to enable seamless cross-border payments across 35 African markets for more than 32 million customers. This partnership is set to revolutionise the region’s payments landscape by enabling faster, more efficient international payments […]

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Dr Bashir Gwandu
Business
  • November 11, 2024

Telecoms Expert Bashir Gwandu Pushes for Unblocking of Nigeria & Nine Other’s Access to 600MHz Mobile Spectrum 

Former former Acting Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Dr. Bashir Gwandu, is pushing for the unblocking of Nigeria, Senegal, Mauritania, Libya, Chad, Gambia, Sudan, Namibia, Somalia, and Tanzania from having access 600 megahertz (MHz) band mobile spectrum allocations. According to him, the 600MHz band issue is clear: the world is moving […]

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