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- 17 Sept 2018
Andela Taps David-Ashiru as Nigeria’s Country Director
Andela, a company that builds high-performing engineering teams by investing in Africa’s most talented software developers, has appointed Omowale David-Ashiru as its Nigeria Country Director. …
- 17 Jul 2024
UK Appoints Mark Smithson New Country Director to Lead UK-Nigeria Trade and Investment Relations
UK has appointed Mr. Mark Smithson the Country Director for the UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in Nigeria. He takes over from Chim Chalemera who recently concluded a 3-year posting in…
- 20 Apr 2021
US Disease Control Agency Appoints Dr Adetinuke Boyd as New Country Director for Nigeria
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has appointed Dr. Mary Adetinuke Boyd as the new Country Director for Nigeria. The US Mission in Nigeria made this known in a statement…
- 25 Nov 2016
AfDB Appoints Ebrima Faal Director, Nigeria Country Office
The African Development Bank has appointed Ebrima Faal as the Director for the Nigeria Country Office with effect from 1 December 2016. The Nigeria Country Office is the largest single office of the…
- 22 Apr 2020
Coven Works Announces Dunsin Fatuase as New Country Director
As demand for the value that Coven Works delivers to the global market increases, expansion and reformation are bound to be the management stride. With its presence in Nigeria since 2018,…
- 18 Jul 2022
Medical Experts Advocate for Universal Health Coverage and Effective Primary Health Care
To strengthen health security and a decentralized health system in Nigeria with regards to epidemic preparedness, the Federal Government of Nigeria has been encouraged to not only pay keen attention…
- 7 Jun 2014
AfDB Imstitutes $100Bn for Industrial Development
African Development Bank has instituted a 100 billion dollars infrastructure fund to fast track the continent’s industrial development . Dr Ousmane Dore, Nigeria Country Director of …
- 12 Sept 2021
NBC, NIGCOMSAT Sign Partnership Deal on Digital Switch-over
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said it is partnering with Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) to accelerate the process of digital switch-over (DSO) in the country. Director-General…
- 15 Jun 2010
Broadband will Trigger another Revolution -Bekele
Tadesse Bakele is country manager/managing director of Ceragon, a backhaul IP solution provider. He more of a Nigerian than his mother country Ethiopia, having spent over 12 year in the country.…
- 14 Feb 2019
YouTube Unveils 2018 Year-End Ads Leaderboards
YouTube on Thursday unveiled the top ads of the year in Nigeria and globally for 2018. Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, Country Director, Google Nigeria unveiled this during a media chat with news men in…
- 9 Aug 2019
World Bank Net Commitment to Nigeria Hits $11bn
Mr Rachid Benmessaoud, Country Director, World Bank Group, says the bank’s net commitment to Nigeria over the years is about 11 billion dollars. He said this yesterday in Abuja at the maiden edition…
- 24 Mar 2014
FAAN MD Says Airport Terminals to Be Completed Soon
Adequate budgetary provision has been made for the completion of remodelled terminals across the country. Engr. Saleh Dunoma, managing director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), said…
- 16 Mar 2009
Zain Pledges to Develop Music Talents in Country
Lampe Omoyele, Marketing Segment director of Zain Nigeria, has reaffirmed the telecom giant’s commitment to support and develop young Nigerians who have exceptional musical talents. Omoyele who…
- 7 Jun 2010
World Bank to Commit $200 Million to Renewable Energy Project
As part of its commitment to the nation’s power sector, the World Bank has said it will commit over $200 million towards the implementation of renewable energy projects in Nigeria towards…
- 5 Dec 2022
Digitisation Policy Drive Impacting the Country Positively - DG NITDA
Kashifu Inuwa, director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) ,has said that the digitisation policy drive of the Federal Government as contained in the National…
- 8 Oct 2021
Ford Foundation Appoints Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as Regional Director W/Africa
The Ford Foundation, on Thursday announced the appointment of Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye as its new Regional Director for its office serving West Africa. Catherine Chinedum Aniagolu-Okoye, new…
- 14 Jul 2024
Osagie Okunbor, Shell Nigeria MD Honoured for Exemplary Leadership
Osagie Okunbor, managing director, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, and country chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria, has been recognised for his “Invaluable contributions to the…
- 25 Jun 2024
NHEA 2024 Celebrates Healthcare Excellence in Grand Style
The 10th edition of the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) was held on Friday, June 21, 2024, at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The Emir of Songa, HRH Alh. Dr. Haliru Yahaya…
- 3 Nov 2014
Technology, Foundation for 21st century Effective Healthcare-Oracle
Adebayo Sanni, Oracle country director has highlighted that the global healthcare industry is under constant pressure to provide more and better access to care, while managing ever-increasing demands…
- 24 Mar 2014
Oracle Lists Benefit of Big Data for Businesses
Oracle has listed the benefit of using big data as a business solution in the telecommunication sector. Speaking in Lagos, at a forum on ‘Big Data’, Adebayo Sanni, Nigeria’s country director of…
- 12 May 2014
Local Firms Yet to Leverage on Big-Data-Adisa
Bolanle Adisa, country managing director, International Data Corporation (IDC), West Africa, has worked at SAP Africa (Pty) Limited; Computer Warehouse Group (ExpertEdge Software); Digital…
- 31 Jul 2012
Johnson: Business after the Hype
Her reputation precedes her. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communications Technology is a distinguished Nigerian and former Country Managing Director of Accenture, Nigeria, the first woman to…
- 18 Apr 2016
Cloud Solutions Transforming Africa’s Business Dynamics- Sanni
Oracle Corporation has identified cloud-based technologies are transformational and changing the business climate in Africa. Mr. Adebayo Sanni, country managing director of Oracle Nigeria, made the…
- 9 Feb 2016
World Bank Says Taxes, Corruption Major Constraint for Growth of MSMEs
Mr. Rachid Benmessaoud, World Bank Country Programme Director, Nigeria, has disclosed that survey has ranked access to finance, power, infrastructure, taxes and corruption as major constrain to the…
- 31 Oct 2025
Building Trust, Accelerating Growth: Securing Africa's Generative AI Future
By Linda Saunders, Country Manager & Senior Director Solution Engineering, Africa, Salesforce Generative AI has become the new frontier of workplace productivity, efficiently rewriting emails,…
- 17 Aug 2021
NBC Warns Broadcast Media against Secessionist, Terrorist Agenda
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has cautioned broadcast media to be wary of interest groups seeking to destabilise the country. Balarabe Ilelah, director general, NBC, who dropped the…
- 4 Sept 2025
Amid Uncertainty, Businesses are Betting on AI to Accelerate Productivity and Unlock ROI
By Linda Saunders, Country Manager & Senior Director Solution Engineering, Africa, Salesforce In a time of rising global economic uncertainty, African businesses are increasingly turning to AI to…
- 19 Nov 2025
Essential functions for AI transformation to fuel Africa's growth
By Linda Saunders, Country Manager & Senior Director Solution Engineering, Africa, Salesforce I’ve just returned from Dreamforce 2025 in San Francisco, where leaders from around the world were…
- 23 Mar 2021
ITF Seeks Investment Support for Locally Made Smartphones
Industrial Training Fund (ITF) is seeking the support of investors in the production of locally made Smartphones in the country. Joseph Ari, director general/ chief executive officer of ITF, stated…
- 29 Jul 2025
How AI Agents Will Revolutionise Industries, Boost Productivity, and Cut Costs
By Linda Saunders Salesforce Country Manager & Snr. Director Solution Engineering for Africa Today, every company wants to be an AI company, yet only 1% of firms consider themselves fully mature…