Business

Dangote Gets Accolade from Govt for Numerous Strides in Business

The Dangote Group, has received a significant accolade from Government and expressed Government’s position over the company’s numerous strides in Nigeria and across Africa. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, gave the recognition after several honours and awards were received by the company for creating thousands of jobs and touching lives. Tinubu who visited the Dangote’s compartment […]

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News

Nestlé Inspires Next Generation Chefs at Global Chef Day Fiesta

Commemorating the 2023 International Chef’s Day, 50 children from Nestlé for Healthier Kids (N4HK) beneficiary schools in Sagamu, Ogun State, had an immersive cooking experience with Nestlé Professional. The Company believes that encouraging children to be creative with food motivates them to try out healthier food options. Every year on International Chefs Day, Nestlé Nigeria […]

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Business

Dangote Industries Limited and Others Set for Sustainability Week Rave

Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), and its subsidiaries are preparing very big for the sustainability week, which starts effectively from Monday 23rd to Friday 27th October 2023 The theme for the year 2023 is Sustainable Production and Consumption – The Dangote Way. The week has been designed to be a week-long event to create an opportunity […]

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Business

NITDA AI Developers Programme Recounts Successful Story One Year After

NITDA AI Developers Training (NAIDT) programme, which started as NITDA Developers Group (NDG) Training, is a programme borne out of the need to accelerate the capacity of young Nigerians in Artificial Intelligence, which is one of the most highly demanded tech talent today. Through NAIDT with the support of volunteers from Google Developers Group (GDG), […]

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Business

SMES on MTN Network to Enjoy Free Automated Digital Ad Services

Telecommunications provider, MTN Nigeria, and Adbot, an ad-tech company, has announced a partnership to bring MTN’s Thryve Google Ads services to all SMEs on the MTN network. The collaboration empowers SMEs to enhance their online visibility, taking advantage of the Thryve Google Ads Bundle, which provides 1Gb of data, a minimum of 10 website conversions […]

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Opinion

Hyperscalers and Expansion into Africa

The marriage of global expertise with local know-how cannot be overstated. This is particularly true in the case of hyperscaler marketplace in Africa, which has enjoyed some tremendous growth in recent years. In South Africa, global cloud service providers (CSPs) like Microsoft, IBM, AWS, Oracle have expanded their cloud data centres which, in turn, has […]

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Technology

NASENI: Nigeria and China Signs Sign MoUs on Three Projects Worth $2bn

Nigeria and China on the sidelines of the third Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum in Beijing, has signed three memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for new projects valued at $2 billion. The MoU was between China and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and new Chinese partners The three Chinese companies that […]

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Business

Business Boom for Data Centres as Nigeria, SA & Other Africans Lead in Smart Cities Growth

The emergence of smart cities and special economic zones, coupled with government incentives, has created fertile ground for the data centre industry. Notable African projects include South Africa’s African Coastal Smart City and the planned Lanseria Smart City initiative, as well as Nigeria’s Eko Atlantic City, Vision City in Rwanda, Konza Techno City in Kenya […]

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Business

NCC, Moniepoint, Back NITRA FINTECH Forum

As the industry media body, the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA), prepares for its stakeholders engagement event, the NITRA FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY (FINTECH) FORUM 2023, Nigeria’s telecommunications regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has thrown its weight behind the event. The event has also gained the support and partnership of all-in-one payments, banking and operations […]

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Business

Amazon Ignores Nigeria Takes Shop to South Africa, Goes Live in 2024

After lengthy denials, resulting in the worst-kept secret in the tech industry, e-commerce giant Amazon today officially confirmed its plans to launch its online store in South Africa. Amazon.co.za will go live in the country in 2024, says the company in a statement. It further notes that independent sellers in South Africa can register their […]

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