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- 11 Dec 2015
UBA Chad, Senegal Win ‘Bank of the Year’ Awards
The Banker Magazine has named UBA Chad and Senegal as “Bank of the Year” in their respective countries for 2015. Both awards were presented recently at the Hilton Bankside, London. While UBA Chad is…
- 5 Mar 2015
Chad President Vows to Kill Shekau, Boko Haram Leader
President Idriss Deby of Chad said Wednesday he knew the hideout of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, and vowed that the leader of the insurgent group will be killed if he fails to surrender. Deby…
- 11 Dec 2022
Savannah Energy Announces Completion of ExxonMobil Transaction in Chad, Cameroon
Savannah Energy PLC, the British independent energy company focused around the delivery of Projects that Matter in Africa, is pleased to announce the completion of its acquisition of ExxonMobil’s…
- 22 Dec 2014
Sheriff Opens Up on Boko Haram, Says Chad Has Solution
Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno State, has opened up on what he knows about the Boko Haram insurgents currently ravaging states in the northeast and some other parts of the…
- 13 Mar 2014
Airtel Partners Chadian Government to Train 6000 Entrepreneur
Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has reaffirmed its commitment to Chad by partnering with the Ministry of…
- 11 Nov 2025
Proparco, Ecobank Seal €10m Trade Finance Deal for SMEs
Proparco and Ecobank Group have signed a €10m trade finance guarantee for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Africa The €10m trade finance guarantee facility was signed for Ecobank Chad to…
- 22 Jun 2015
Bharti Airtel Halts Sale of Base Stations to Helios Towers
Bharti Airtel, India telecommunications giant with operational bases in 17 African countries said that it will discontinue the sale of its towers in Tanzania and Chad to Helios Towers Africa (HTA).…
- 12 Sept 2014
Sheriff, Alleged Boko Haram Financier on His Own-FG
President Goodluck Jonathan has denied travelling to Chad with, Ali Modu Sheriff, former Borno State governor, for a meeting with Idris Derby, Chadian President, on terrorism issues. A widely…
- 24 Apr 2014
Boko Haram Pays Recruits N500, 000
Boko Haram recruits members, not just from Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad, it also gets recruits from Niger Republic who it pays N500, 000. However, their pay is raised should their bombs kill…
- 6 Nov 2022
Airtel Africa, New World TV Bring FIFA World Cup to Africa
Airtel Africa and New World TV today inParis, France, announced a landmark partnership, in which Airtel TV subscribers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Congo Brazzaville, Gabon, Chad,…
- 29 May 2015
Adesina Wins AfDB Presidency
Akinwumi Adesina yesterday became the eighth President of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) after winning in a tight race. Cape Verde’s Cristina Duarte, the first woman to seek the post, Chad’s…
- 31 Oct 2017
Content Creators Should Take Advantage Of YouTube- Teju Ajani
By chukwuemeka fred agbata YouTube, the world's largest video sharing platform, finished by three former PayPal employees, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen Jawed Karim, in 2005. YouTube was, however, bought…
- 30 Apr 2019
#DRIF19: Delegates Call for Renewed Action to Protect Digital Rights in Africa
Delegates at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum have expressed concern at the spate of violation of human rights online on the African continent, calling for renewed action to protect the digital…
- 23 Mar 2021
Helios Announces Key Acquisitions to Advance Africa Aspirations
Independent telecom infrastructure company Helios Towers has signed agreements with Airtel Africa to acquire its passive infrastructure operating companies in Madagascar and Malawi, and has entered…
- 17 Jan 2021
Paradigm Initiative Opens Portal for DRIF21 Registration
Paradigm Initiative has announced the opening of registration for the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum, 2021 starting on Monday, January 18th to Thursday, February 18th, 2021. DRIF21 will run from…
- 23 Jul 2015
Airtel Plans Sale of Subsidiaries’ to Boost Nigerian Operations
Bharti Airtel has commenced final talks to sell four of its African subsidiaries to France’s Orange SA for $1bn (N197bn) in order to consolidate its stake in Nigeria. After the sale, which should be…
- 13 Oct 2008
Nigeria, Others to Earn $71Bn from Mobile Taxes
The GSM Association (GSMA), global trade association representing more than 750 GSM mobile phone operators across 218 territories and countries of the world has said that by removing mobile specific…
- 15 Jan 2015
Satellite Images Show Horrific Scale of B/Haram Attack on Baga-Amnesty
Satellite images released by Amnesty International yesterday claimed it provided indisputable and shocking evidence of the scale of last week’s attack on the towns of Baga and Doron Baga by Boko…
- 8 Dec 2021
Africa is 2021’s Internet Censorship Hot Spot Report Shows
Africa is the most censorship-intensive region in the world, with 10 countries shutting down its social media this year. This is according to cyber security company Surfshark, which notes social…
- 2 Nov 2021
Elumelu@ GEN-U Sahel, Says TEF Funded 10, 898 Entrepreneurs across Africa
Tony Elumelu, founder and chairman of Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), has said that the foundation has funded 10, 898 entrepreneurs across Africa, who have gone on to create further 400, 000 direct…
- 1 Dec 2021
UBA Group Dominates the 2021 Banker Awards, Wins ‘African Bank of the Year’
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s global bank, yet again, reaffirms its leadership position across Africa, as the bank has been globally recognised as the African Bank of the year 2021 by…
- 25 Apr 2019
Experts Make Case for Increased Internet Access, Berate Incessant Shutdowns
Participants at the 2019 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF19) have reemphasized call for increased attention on issues confronting the digital space in Africa. The Forum which started on…
- 23 Dec 2018
Organised Crime Syndicates Harvest Human Organs in Nigeria, Others
Human organ harvesting is one of the most profitable black market operations around the world. According to Business Insider, across the globe, it is coordinated by an organized crime…
- 2 Feb 2018
Abubakar’s Appointment as NIA Boss Dangerous- NIA Staff
Some directors of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) have written to the House of Representatives Committee on Security and National Intelligence to prevail on President Muhammadu Buhari to drop…
- 18 Jan 2019
FG to Access $100m Indian loan for Rural Broadband Connectivity
The Federal Government says it is working with the Indian Government to access 100 million dollars concessional loan to develop the country’s rural broadband connectivity. The Minister of…
- 26 Apr 2019
Stakeholders Call for Renewed Action to Protect Africa’s Digital Space
Delegates at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum has expressed concern at the spate of violation of human rights online on the African continent. The delegates were speaking at the closing session…
- 1 Aug 2019
Shatse Kakwagh Joins Layer3 as Executive Director
Layer3, an industry leader in cloud, scalable and secure networks, has announced that it has appointed Shatse Kakwagh as its Executive Director, Strategy and Business Development, effective…
- 6 Dec 2021
Heritage Bank Sets to Expand Wheat Production with Disbursement of N14Bn to Farmers in 14 States
Heritage Bank Plc in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria has set up plans to disburse a whopping sum of N41billion to farmers from 14 states for the expansion of wheat production project.…
- 31 May 2015
Digital Migration: Border Towns Risk Frequency Interference
Nigerian towns sharing boundaries with some countries may experience frequency interferences from June following inability of Nigeria to meet next month’s deadline for all analogue broadcast to…
- 12 Mar 2015
Airtel Empowers Osun Community, Maiduguri Insurgency Victim
In the current special live touching TV series, being aired every Saturday at 8:00pm on NTA Network, and every Sunday on DSTV African Magic channel 154, Airtel Nigeria, the award winning 2014 best…