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- 24 Aug 2021
Bolt Partners WeVote to Inspire Voter Registration
In partnership with ACE Centre’s WeVote initiative, leading ride-hailing platform Bolt has launched its MyPVCJourney (My Permanent Voter Registration Journey) initiative as part of its community…
- 19 Sept 2024
PMCRG Invokes FoI, Asks NCC to Disclose Findings on Telecoms Competition Landscape
Pervasive and Mobile Computing Research Group (PMCRG), a specialised research arm within Obafemi Awolowo University’s (OAU) Africa Centre of Excellence (ACE) ICT-Driven Knowledge Park, has formally…
- 21 Dec 2019
Minister Commissions Research Farm @BUK
Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, has commissioned a modern teaching and research farm at the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA), Bayero University…
- 10 Feb 2014
World Bank Approves $80m Grant for Research in 10 universities
The World Bank has approved 80 million dollars grant for Nigeria to fund its 10 Centres of Excellence in universities. Prof. Julius Okojie, executive secretary of the National Universities Commission…
- 4 Aug 2015
NgREN a Big Boom for Nigerian Universities
Prof. Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), said that the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN) will help to improve standard of Nigerian universities.…
- 21 Feb 2018
MDXi Emerges Toast of Banks in Data Centre Outsourcing
MDXi Data Centre, a subsidiary of MainOne Cable Company has become the toast of money deposit banks in the country in outsourcing of their data centre services as directed by Central Bank of Nigeria…
- 20 Jun 2019
World Bank Selects FUTO as Centre for Future Energies, Electro-chemical System
The World Bank has selected the Federal University of Technology, Owerri as Africa centre of excellence in Future Energies and Electro-Chemical System, otherwise called ACE-FUELS. It was gathered…
- 4 Oct 2019
Facebook Partners, Teleperformance to Open SBG Operations Centre in Lagos
Facebook, in partnership with Teleperformance, has announced the opening of its first Small Business Group (SBG) Operations Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, which will provide outsourced support to all…
- 10 Sept 2017
Nigeria, Ghana Move to Localize Internet Content
Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has provided link with Ghana Internet Exchange Point thereby making it the first of such interconnection in the sub-region, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek has…
- 12 Sept 2019
Africa Holds the Ace in 5G Investments, Says NCC Boss
Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that Africa holds the ace for 5G investment, going by its large number of unconnected population.…
- 3 Nov 2008
MTN Project Fame Academy Stars Thrill Unilag Students
Students of the University of Lagos, last week at Akoka Campus were entertained by the four aspiring music stars on probation during the week in the popular TV reality show MTN Project…
- 19 Apr 2014
World Bank Gives $150m to 10 Nigerian Varsities, Others
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved $150 million to finance 19 university-based Centres of Excellence in seven countries in West and Central Africa, 10 of which are Nigerian…
- 18 Sept 2020
Facebook to Open Office in Lagos
As part of its continued commitment and on-going investment in Africa, Facebook announced it will be opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria - its second office on the African continent. Aimed at…
- 18 Sept 2020
Facebook to Open New Office in Lagos, Nigeria
Facebook has announced that it will be opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria as part of its continued commitment and ongoing investment in Africa. This will be its second office on the African…
- 18 Sept 2013
Dolphin Telecom to Land $700m ACE Cable in Nigeria
Dolphin Telecom, a global communications carrier and operator of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine cable system in West Africa has announced that it would land the $700 million submarine…
- 2 Oct 2020
Pantami, Sanwo-Olu, Abdullahi, Ndukwe, Other Dignitaries Grace Tech Experience Centre Launch
It was an impressive gathering of dignitaries at the imposing Yudala Heights on Idowu Martins, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday, October 1 st , 2020 as the Tech Experience Centre, a mega technology…
- 9 Oct 2016
Ngige, Labour Minister Launches YUBOSS Scheme @ Yudala Zero Gravity
Senator Chris Ngige, minister of Labour and Productivity, is scheduled to officially launch YUBOSS – an entrepreneurship and wealth creation scheme set up by Yudala in partnership with…
- 4 Oct 2016
Yudala Zero Gravity Kicks Off with Mega Concert
Yudala Zero Gravity – a multi city digital entertainment concert powered by composite e-commerce outfit Yudala – kicked off with a mega music blast at the Landmark Centre, Oniru on Sunday October 2,…
- 26 Nov 2019
Anambra can alter Nigeria’s destiny – Ekeh, Zinox boss
Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has described Anambra as a state with global capacity to influence and positively alter Nigeria’s destiny. Ekeh affirmed that the state has all it takes to make…
- 30 Dec 2015
Bovi Charges Youths on Becoming Glo Ambassador
Globacom brand ambassador and ace comedian, Bovi Ugboma has charged Nigerian youths to focus on self-development and become masters of their fields in order to get the best things of life, including…
- 27 Jan 2017
Diamond Platnumz, Others, Take centre Stage on Glo-Sponsored African Voices
Naseeb Abdul Juma , Tanzania’s music maestro who is better known as Diamond Platnumz, is one of the guest stars this weekend, on CNN African Voices , a 30-minute magazine programme sponsored by…
- 8 Jun 2019
Football Fans Get Heineken's Special Red Star Hospitality At The UCL Final Screening
The 2018/2019 UEFA Champions League season climaxed on Saturday, June 1 with an epic final match between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspurs,at the Wanda Metropolitano, in Madrid. Both teams qualified…
- 26 Mar 2024
Cable Cut:–WIOCC Restores 2.5 Terabytes of Capacity, 100 Links
WIOCC, leading player in the deployment of carrier-scale, future-proofed network infrastructure into Africa, has said that as at Monday, it has been able to bring up over two and a half terabytes of…
- 27 Oct 2022
AfreximBank Boss, ECOWAS, Diplomats and others to Speak at GAIN Youth Summit 2022
The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export Import Bank (AfreximBank) Professor Benedict O. Oramah; High Commissioner of Namibia to Nigeria, H.E Humphrey Geiseb; Ambassador…
- 12 Sept 2022
Medallion Data Centre Appoints Oluseyi Olanrewaju as CFO
Medallion Data Centre, Leading provider of carrier-neutral data centre services, announced the appointment of an award-winning financial expert, Dr Oluseyi Olanrewaju as its new Chief Financial…
- 18 Mar 2024
WIOCC’s Strategic Role in Addressing Subsea Cable Outages
WIOCC, Africa’s digital backbone, is leading the continent’s response to the cable cuts currently affecting the WACS, ACE, Main One and SAT3 subsea systems on Africa’s western seaboard. WIOCC’s…
- 4 Apr 2019
ECOFEST Returns This May, To Focus On the Future Of Comedy
ECOFEST, the annual comedy festival , the brainchild of ace comedian and compere extraordinaire Tee A, returns for the third straight year this May. In the last decade, the business of comedy…
- 22 Dec 2015
Uyo Stands up for Glo Slide ‘n’ Bounce
The night was magical at the Emerald Event Centre, Uyo when the next generation network, Globacom, stormed the city with the block buster concert, Slide ‘n’ Bounce, on Thursday. The event had…
- 1 May 2019
#ECOFEST19: Nigeria’s Foremost Comedy Festival Returns This May, To Focus On The Future Of Comedy
ECOFEST, the annual comedy festival, the brainchild of ace comedian and compere extraordinaire Tee A, returns for the third straight year this May. In the last decade, the business of comedy in…
- 21 Sept 2009
Glo Gives Cheque to ‘Text 4 Million’ Winners in Benin
Globacom fulfilled promises to its subscribers as it presented a cheque of N10milllion to Rev. Alex Iduh of the Church of God Mission, Benin, who emerged winner of the second monthly draw in the…