Digital Agriculture Essential for Africa’s Economic Development, Say Experts

Prioritizing the digital space will help shift the development focus for Africa’s agribusiness sector and overcome its many hurdles. That was the thoughts of participants at an official side event,…

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MainOne Cable Lands in Senegal & Cote d’Ivoire, Set for Connection

MainOne has confirmed the scheduled landing of its submarine cable systems in Senegal and Cote d’Ivoire in September and October 2019 respectively. The company had in September 2018 signed strategic…

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NCC Finales Negotiations on Counterpart Funding to INFRACOS

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has finalized negotiations on the Counterpart Funding to INFRACOS to support the deployment of the broadband infrastructures on which the Smart Services and other emerging…

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LEAP Africa, Union Bank Open Social Innovators Programme

LEAP Africa and Union Bank have opened applications for the latest cohort of the Social Innovators Programme (SIP), a one-year fellowship for young Nigerian changemakers. Aimed at individuals aged 18-35,…

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Business Losses to Cybercrime Data Breaches to Exceed $5trl by 2024

A new report from found that The cost of data breaches will rise from $3 trillion each year to over $5 trillion in 2024, an average annual growth of 11%.…

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CIBN Presents Accreditation Certificate to Ecobank Nigeria Academy

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has officially presented certificate of accreditation to the ultra-modern, state of the art Ecobank Nigeria Academy with a call to other financial…

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9mobile Secures $230m Loan Facility from Africa Finance Corporation

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has approved a $230 million loan facility for 9mobile to help it attain its long-term growth plans. In a statement signed yesterday by the Executive Director,…

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Fintech Platform Vesicash Rising Digital Fraud Prevention Strides Enhances Remittances Services

Startups across Africa are launching a wide variety of solutions aimed at increasing access to payments and remittances services, but few are focusing on the security aspect. One company this…

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Property Investment Platform Vistafront Secures Funding

Nigerian startup Vistafront, a tech platform that allows users to co-fund real estate projects, has raised funding from real estate investment firm Landwey in return for a 25 per cent…

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Ex-NITDA DG, Pantami Now Minister of Communication

As earlier reported by the TechnologyMirror following his nomination for ministerial post, the former Director-General of Nigeria Information and Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Dr. Ali Isa Pantami from Gombe State…

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