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- 29 Aug 2019
Kobo360 Expands to Kenya to Power Coast-to-Coast Pan-African Logistics
Kobo360, the African e-Logistics start-up, announced it has launched its operations in Nairobi, Kenya, marking the company’s first physical expansion into East Africa. The new regional office, led by…
- 1 Sept 2013
ISPS: US Coast Guard Backs NIMASA on Ports Security
The United States Coast Guard has declared that the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) is on the right path to the successful implementation of the International Ships and…
- 14 Mar 2024
Undersea Cable Cuts: NCC Announces Data, Voice Services Disruption Along African West Coast
A combination of cable cuts, resulting in equipment faults on the major undersea cables along the West African Coast, have negatively impacted data and fixed telecom services in several countries of…
- 28 May 2019
SES Accelerates Digital Migration for Ivory Coast
SES has been selected as digital partner by Ivory Coast’s public broadcasting company, the Société Ivoirienne de Télédiffusion (SIDT) in a major move to meet the country’s 2020 deadline for switching…
- 27 Jun 2013
JUMIA Expands Service to Ivory Coast
JUMIA, West-Africa’s number one online retailer is now available in Ivory Coast. The company starts its services in the country providing their customers with a wide range of products online…
- 17 Nov 2009
Glo Extends Telecom Services to Ivory Coast
The granting operating license to Globacom by the government Cote d’Ivoire recently has pave the way the telecommunications giant to launch telecom services in the country. Mohamed Jameel,…
- 16 Oct 2012
Tramigo Adds Somalia to African Footprints
Tramigo announces a great milestone in its coast-to-coast strategy in Africa with the opening of a Distribution and Support Office in Mogadishu. During the last twelve months Tramigo has opened…
- 15 Mar 2024
Telcos Apologise for Internet Service Outage, Assure of Ongoing Repairs
Telecommunications operators in Nigeria have apologised to users for outages on their different networks caused by damage to multiple submarine cables along the West African Coast. Gbenga Adebayo,…
- 23 Apr 2018
Air Peace Expands Regional Operations to more Destinations
Air Peace has said it will begin the third phase of its regional operations in the next few weeks with the launch of flights to Monrovia, Lome, Abidjan and some other West Coast destinations. …
- 20 Jun 2019
Cell Phones Causing Young People to Grow Horns on Skulls- Research
Researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia have found evidence that our frequent use of mobile devices could be causing horn-like bone spurs to appear on younger…
- 19 Oct 2009
ExxonMobil Buys $4b Stake in Ghanaian Oil Field
ExxonMobil Corporation has agreed to buy a $4 billion stake in an oil field off the coast of Ghana, as the global energy giant seeks a foothold in a major new oil-producing region. The deal is…
- 24 Jan 2014
Nutrition Society Lauds Nutricima Consumer Enriching Products
Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN) has commended Nutricima Limited, makers of Coast, Nunu, Olympic milk and other nutritious food drinks, for enriching lives of consumers through its products as well…
- 27 Aug 2013
Jumia Launches Mobile App in Nigeria, Others
JUMIA, West-Africa’s No.1 shopping destination, has launched its App in Nigeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast and Kenya. JUMIA’s App is available for all Android phones – enforcing m-commerce in Africa. With…
- 19 Mar 2013
Blood, Tears as 166 Perish in Calabar
No less than 166 Nigerians were feared dead when a boat they were travelling in sank about 40 nautical miles off the coast of Calabar, the Cross River State capital. Eyewitnesses said that the…
- 24 Jun 2018
Air Peace Emerges Best Carrier in West Africa
Barely 16 months after launching its regional flight services, Air Peace has proved its mettle on the West Coast of Africa, picking the Balafon Award for “Best Airline of the Year in West Africa…
- 28 May 2013
US to Give Nigerian Navy ex-Vessels
The Nigerian Navy will receive two more ex-United States vessels next year, the US Navy Survey Ship John McDonnell and the US Coast Guard Cutter Gallatin. Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, chief of Naval…
- 17 Jan 2015
EcoBank to Pay ex-CEO $15m in Damages
An Ivory Coast commercial court has ordered Ecobank Transnational Inc (ETI) to pay $15 million in damages to former chief executive Thierry Tanoh, who was dismissed last year amid allegations of poor…
- 6 Jan 2014
Access Bank sells Ivorian Unit to Cameroon's Afriland
Access Bank has sold its loss-making Ivory Coast subsidiary to Cameroon's Afriland First Bank Group for $1 million, according to a bank official and a filing with the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Access…
- 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…
- 20 Dec 2012
ACE Submarine Cable Connects 13 countries
France Telecom-Orange and the other members of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) consortium have announced that the ACE submarine cable is now operational for the first phase linking France and Sao…
- 11 Nov 2022
InfraCredit Secures UK-funded Debt Issuance Guarantee
InfraCredit, has announced the credit enhancement of Darway Coast Nigeria Limited’s green debt issue, under a co-financing arrangement with the £10 million Climate Finance Blending Facility funded by…
- 11 Jun 2013
Chevron Corp. Sells Nigerian Oil Blocks over Regulatory Uncertainty
Chevron Corp. said that it plans to auction off the rights it has to two offshore oil fields near Nigeria’s coast, the latest foreign oil company moving to divest from the country as regulatory…
- 30 Oct 2017
9mobile Announces Top 3 Finalists in its Photography Competition
The 2017 edition of the 9mobile Photography Competition, a talent development initiative by 9mobile, Nigeria’s most innovative and youth-friendly telecommunication company, is coasting to the climax…
- 25 Apr 2013
Alcatel-Lucent, ACE Ink Maintenance Contract
Alcatel-Lucent has signed an agreement with Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) consortium for the maintenance of more than 6,300km of the ACE system linking Africa to Portugal. The partnership strengthens…
- 12 Mar 2013
Nokia Appoints Nick Imudia MD West & Central Africa
Nokia announced the appointment of Nick Imudia as managing director for its West and Central Africa operations. Covering a territory that includes Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Liberia,…
- 1 Mar 2010
Undersea Cables will Complement Local Ones- Jegede
The expected delivery of telecommunications services by two new undersea cables that are currently being laid across the sea coast of West Africa has been described as a development that will boost…
- 8 Feb 2010
Main One Submarine Cable Project Nears Completion
The Main One Cable Company has commenced the final laying of its high capacity fibre optic cable from Seixal, Portugal through the coast of West Africa to Ghana and Nigeria. The cable which goes live…
- 28 Apr 2017
Work Begins on Cable System Connecting Africa with Americas
A marine survey has been completed for the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS), meaning work can begin on the system that will connect the west coast of Africa with the Americas. SACS, which is…
- 23 Dec 2013
Navy Installs N2Bn Surveillance System to Tackle Piracy
Nigerian Navy (NN) has installed eight automated, long range camera-equipped surveillance towers in the waters just off the country’s coast, in a move aimed at tackling the surge in sea robbery…
- 28 Aug 2013
NIMASA, Air Force Ink Agreement to Curb Piracy, Oil Theft
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) took a further step in their determination to ensure improved security on the nation’s coast by…