Nestlé Empowers Over 300 Food Vendors to Foster Economic Growth

Nestlé Professional continued its project to foster economic growth among food vendors in Nigeria hosting over 300 participants including food vendors, chefs, canteen and restaurant operators as well as culinary…

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Fitch Foresees Upgrade of Ecobank’s National Ratings As Exchange-rate Volatility Recedes

Fitch Ratings foresees an Ecobank Nigeria upgrade of ENG’s National Ratings which would result from strengthening its creditworthiness relative to other Nigerian issuers. According to the international rating agency, it…

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NITDA Laments Absence of Nigerian Made IoT Device, Seeks More Data Center for IOT Data Storage

National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), said there are no locally manufactured IoT devices, and calls for the need to build infrastructure, like data centers, cloud solution where IoT data…

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JUST IN: Telecoms Investment in Nigeria now $75.6bn as Sector Tops-Up GDP By N10.126Trl

The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has officially announced that the investment profile in the nation’s telecommunications sector, comprising foreign direct…

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Nigeria’s Neighbour Benin Battles to be Africa’s Technology Catalyst

Benin is positioning itself to become a catalyst for digital development in Africa. Benin recently hosted the Digital Entrepreneurship and Artificial Intelligence trade show, where the country punted itself as…

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Ex-Airtel Nigeria Staff Ayo-Oladejo Joins South Africa’s 4th Largest Mobile Network

Former Airtel Nigeria staffer Rachael Ayo-Oladejo has been appointed chief of staff, strategy and business transformation of South Africa’s Cell C, reporting directly to CEO Jorge Mendes. South Africa’s fourth…

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INEC ICT Team Not Resilient Enough to Tackle System Hacking, Says Ex-Commissioner

A former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mustapha Lecky, says those in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) unit of the Commission lack the competence to tackle…

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ATCON’s Telecoms Executives & Regulator Forum Returns to Tackle Policy Issues on Infrastructure & Data Protection

The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has concluded plans to host the 2023 Telecoms Executives and Regulators Forum with the with the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian…

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Mena Startups Secures $35.6m in June, to Push Half Year Total by $1.6b

Startups in Mena(Middle East and North Africa) raised $35.6 million in June 2023 across 45 deals, pushing the half year funding total to $1.6 billion. While May was a bounceback…

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Nigeria’s fintech PalmPay Hits 25 Million Users Set to Consolidate Financial Inclusion Plans

PalmPay, Africa-focused fintech platform has hit 25 million users on its smartphone app with an “extensive” network of 500,000 mobile money agents and 300,000 merchants in its payments ecosystem. According…

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