Ecobank 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 […]
Read MoreThe various projects being executed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and other agencies under the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy have been adding significant value to the digital transformation journey of Nigeria. The Executive Vice Chairman,Prof. Umar Danbatta who made the observation during the 4th phase of the virtual commissioning of additional […]
Read MoreThere is the need for young Nigerian graduates to be digitally savvy, imbibe uncommon integrity, deep insights, accountability and excellence to be able to compete in the new world order. Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan who gave this charge while delivering a commencement speech at the historic first virtual graduation ceremony for 2019/2020 Lynx […]
Read MoreMTN Group said its current group CFO of MTN Group, Ralph Mupita, has been appointed as the new group president and CEO with effect from 1 September 2020. Ralph has served as the MTN Group CFO since April 2017 and has played a critical role in the development and execution of the group’s strategy, capital […]
Read MoreThe Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has received a Distinguished Award from the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). The Award was presented to the EVC in his office in Abuja today (Thursday, August 20, 2020) by ATCON President, Olusola Teniola in company of the association’s Executive […]
Read MoreStarting from September a new Academy tailored to meet the needs MSME in Africa will kick-off. Spearheaded under the AUDA-NEPAD “100,000 MSMEs by 2021” (100K MSMEs) programme launched by the African Union Development Agency – AUDA-NEPAD and the Ecobank Group, the MSME Academy will provide easy access to practical training and resources on financing opportunities […]
Read MoreFindings from a recent HP survey in EMEA found that between October 2019 to March 2020, HP, together with local authorities in Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania, have successfully obstructed a number of counterfeit trading programmes and removed close to 200,000 illicit products from the African region, including fake HP printer cartridges and components to assemble […]
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