Akinwumi Adesina has been re-elected as President of the Africa Development Bank by its Board of Governors. Presidential spokeswoman, Lauretta Onochie confirmed the news in a congratulatory tweet on Thursday. The AfDB is currently holding its 55th Annual Meetings in Côte d’Ivoire virtually, due to COVID-19 restrictions. Adesina’s re-election was mired in controversy after he […]
Read MoreThe Pan-Nigeria Economy Intervention Forum (PANEIF) ICT Stakeholders Taskforce has expressed gratitude to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami for providing inspiring and sincere leadership which has led to the development of several policies that are accelerating the development of Nigeria’s Digital Sector. PANEIF made it’s position known today during a […]
Read MorePresident Akinwumi Adesina on Wednesday made a case for his re-election as head of the institution, saying that he wanted to fulfil “his sense of duty and commitment.” Adesina recalled that his current five-year term as head of the African Development Bank Group was marked by the implementation of five strategic priorities for the continent’s […]
Read MoreThe pan-African banking group, Ecobank, has won the Award for Innovation in Financial Services at the 2020 edition of the prestigious African Banker magazine Awards. The Awards, which reward banking excellence in Africa, were announced at a virtual ceremony held on 26th August. The African Banker’s judging process sought to recognise the African banks that […]
Read MoreThe Nigerian Government needs to ensure that the cost of 5G compatible devices is affordable to Nigerian so that the citizens can benefit from the new technology. Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria (CPN) is a communique issued after its 2020 assembly held virtual recommended noted that it is optimistic of social-economic benefits to the […]
Read MoreThe Lagos State Government through has empowered twenty-three innovators and tech firms with tech grants of N100 million. The grants recipients are the first picked to benefit from a research and innovation fund launched last year by the Lagos State Government and run by the Lagos State Science Research and Innovation Council (LASRIC). Designed to […]
Read MoreEcobank Group today announced the winners of its Ecobank Fintech Challenge after an exciting virtual event streamed live from Accra Ghana. Nokwary Technologies, edged out the rest of the finalists to emerge winner of the competition. The first and second runner up spots were taken by Ukheshe Payment and Solutions Growth Factor Technologies respectively. The […]
Read MoreBUA has sealed an agreement with Milleral of Turkey to build its newest flour milling plants in Nigeria with a total milling capacity of 2,400tonnes per day. Upon completion in 2021, this will bring BUA’s total installed flour milling capacity to 4000tons per day. BUA currently operates an installed flour milling capacity of 1,600 tons […]
Read MoreThe Covid-19 pandemic has the plot of a dystopian film script that none of us want to even watch, least of all, be featured in. But the humans were not asked of their opinion. The extremely contagious disease spread as fast as the horror stories about it. Soon, most of the countries were grappling with […]
Read MoreThe numbers of newly registered domain names in Nigeria currently stood at 61,939 while 39,163 were so far renewed and with the numbers of active domain now 147,745 with the inclusion of gov.ng, Premium domains, and domains registered for more than one year. The President of the Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NiRA), Mr. Muhammed Rudman […]
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