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Ecobank Sets-Up Studios to Promote Africa’s Creative Industry

Ecobank Nigeria has opened a creative studio for the promotion of talents and creativity across the African continent. Known as EPAC Studios, it is a carefully crafted space for telling authentic African stories in art, culture, lifestyle, and entertainment. The studio is hosted on the Ecobank Pan-African Centre (“EPAC”), an edifice situated along Ozumba Mbadiwe […]

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Committee of Nigerian Vice Chancellors to Partner NDPC on Data Protection for Students

As part of measures to protect the data of students across Nigerian universities, the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU), has sought the partnership of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) for capacity building for VCs and data officers in universities. Professor Yakubu Ochefu, the Secretary General of CVCNU, who called for a […]

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Labour Institute Confers Fellowship on Danbatta for Empowering National Workforce

The Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS) has decorated the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, with the award of Fellowship of the Nigeria Institute of Labour (NIL) under the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. At the conferment ceremony in Abuja recently, which was part of the […]

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Airtel Nigeria Partners Device Manufacturers to Drive 5G Adoption

Airtel Nigeria has announced its partnership with renowned manufacturers of 5G-enabled devices. The partnership is in line with Airtel’s commitment to enhance innovation, improve customer experience, and drive the adoption of 5G technology to transform various aspects of customers’ daily activities. According to the Chief Commercial Officer of Airtel Nigeria, Femi Oshinlaja, the strategic partnership […]

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Vertiv Reinforces Nigerian Footprint with New Office and Customer Showroom in Lagos

Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, is continuing to invest in the African continent, today announcing the opening of a new Nigerian office and Customer Showroom in Lagos. The new local facility will provide Nigerian customers and partners with first-hand experience of a range of Vertiv™ thermal management, uninterruptible power […]

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Nestlé Backs Rural Women Retailers in Nigeria on Business Growth

Since August 2021, Nestlé Nigeria has helped 332 women to scale up their businesses by 300% and to sustain the new level through the Nestlé Empowering Rural Women in Nigeria Project. The beneficiaries are women within Nestlé Nigeria’s value chain, running small businesses in rural areas across Nigeria. Empowering Rural Women in Nigeria by helping […]

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Nigeria and India Mulls Plans on Skill Development, Technology Transfer & Biz Partnership

That was the decision taken by the Nigerian and Indian teams during the visit of a delegation led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu which include Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa. At the meeting, Inuwa who represented the Minister […]

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Technology

Metazoa Launches Intelligent Assistant to Manage Salesforce Orgs with AI

Metazoa, a provider of administrative tools for Salesforce, announces the launch of Intelligent Assistant on the Salesforce AppExchange. This innovative product includes Metadata Studio, a prompt engineering platform, and Intelligent Search, an administrative thinking partner. These new tools give Metazoa customers the ability to virtually expand their administrative headcount using artificial intelligence. This one-two punch […]

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Swedish-Nigerian Ties on ICT Gets NCC’s Kudos as Danbatta Applauds Ericsson for Sustained, Remarkable Partnership

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has commended the Swedish Government and Ericsson for their commitment and consistency in a strategic partnership with NCC on capacity building which has strengthened the Commission’s regulatory activities. Speaking at a workshop jointly organised by NCC […]

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Nigeria Targets 50% Broadband Penetration Yearly as Telecoms GDP Contribution Hits 16%

The telecommunications sector’s contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased significantly to 16 per cent in the second quarter of 2023, according to the data reported by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) based on the computation by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, […]

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