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- 3 Jun 2020
BSA Seeks Support for Remote Economy Post-COVID-19
Business Software Alliance (BSA) has recommended ways in which governments across the globe can support the remote economy now and in the future. Chris Uwaje, chairman, Mobile Software Solution BSA,…
- 4 Aug 2020
Post-COVID-19 Economy: UBA Facilitates $1.5Bn Financing for NNPC, NPDC
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, has acted as the lead arranger of a consortium of Nigerian commercial and international banks in a $1.5 billion…
- 11 Jun 2020
Gov.Udom Receives Post COVID-19 Economic Committee Report
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has received the report submitted by the 20-member committee put together by his administration to reposition the state for the post COVID-19 economy. …
- 13 Nov 2016
NIPOST Part of Knowledge Based Economy, Digital Convergence- Adegbuyi
Bisi Adegbuyi, post master general of the Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST), has reiterated that the Service will queue-in into the knowledge-based economy and digital convergence drives of the Federal…
- 31 Oct 2023
Polaris Bank Reportedly Loses N26Bn Loans to 6 Ex-Directors without Collaterals
Polaris Bank has lost N26.005 billion worth of loans granted to 6 ex-directors, mostly without collaterals. Economy Post found from the bank’s 2022 annual report that 5 out of the six ex-directors…
- 3 Jun 2021
Google Launches programmes to Support Continent’s Small Retail Businesses
Google has kicked off series of programmes which will not only support the growth and recovery of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Africa’s post-COVID economy but will help them thrive. On…
- 1 Oct 2020
HR Experts Train SMEs on Efficient Workforce Management
As part of its commitment to upskilling SMEs in a post-COVID economy, MTN Nigeria’s Revv Programme trained small business owners on the most efficient ways of managing the workforce. The virtual…
- 14 Jul 2020
ATCON Hosts Sectoral Virtual Forum to Address Post COVID-19 Telecom Needs
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has concluded plans to organize a Sectoral Virtual Forum that would address the need of telecom and ICT Consumers in the…
- 8 Nov 2020
Economic Diversification, Ethical Leadership Panacea to Nigeria’s Economic Crisis – Danbatta
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman/ceo, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has underscored the centrality of economic diversification and ethical leadership at all levels of…
- 24 Sept 2020
MTN Revv Programme: Experts Train SMEs on Customer Experience and Data Analytics
Experts at the latest edition of the Revv Programme masterclass have trained SME owners how to improve customer experience and maximise data analytics to scale their business growth. The…
- 28 Sept 2021
Heritage Bank MD Tasks Govt on Policies to Support Private Sector Interventions for Infrastructure Growth
Ifie Sekibo, MD/CEO of Heritage Bank Plc, has called on governments to provide enabling policies that would support private sector interventions to achieve the vision of infrastructural development.…
- 31 May 2020
How Nigeria can Turn Almajiris to Digital Millionaires – Ekeh, Zinox Boss
Leo Stan Ekeh, serial digital entrepreneur and chairman of Zinox Group said that Nigeria can turn the poor, nomadic children popularly called Almajiri into millionaires, employers of labour or even…
- 28 Jul 2020
ATCON Converges Stakeholders On 70% Broadband Target
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria, ATCON, has announced date for its inaugural Sectoral Forum aimed at bringing together telecom and ICT stakeholders to brainstorm on meeting…
- 25 May 2021
Pantami Expresses Delight as ICT Contributes 6.47% to GDP in Q1, 2021
Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy has expressed delight at the 6.47 per cent contribution by the ICT sector to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the first…
- 1 Feb 2023
Nigeria Hosts Maiden Edition of Digital Economy Regional Conference
Nigeria has recorded another landmark achievement by hosting the maiden edition of the digital economic regional conference (DERC). a convergence of all the ministers of digital economy in the…
- 18 Jan 2019
BitPesa Holds Forum on Future of Finance in African Markets
BitPesa, Nigeria’s foremost cross-border payments platform and treasury solutions, is set to organize an executive forum on future of finance in African frontier markets. The company, in a press…
- 28 Sept 2020
ALTON, Medallion, CloudFlex Back NITRA’s Innovation Forum
More companies have indicated interest in partnering with the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA), as the national umbrella body of ICT reporters accelerates plans towards…
- 28 Sept 2020
ALTON, Medallion, CloudFlex Back NITRA’s Innovation Forum
More companies have indicated interest in partnering with the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters' Association (NITRA), as the national umbrella body of ICT reporters accelerates plans towards…
- 26 Sept 2021
CBN says Nigeria’s Infrastructure must Improve by 5% Annually to Boost Productivity
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele has disclosed that the country’s infrastructure has to improve by at least between 5 to 7 per cent for it to stimulate productivity and…
- 27 Oct 2008
Liberalizing the Postal Sector
In market dynamics as in real life situations, change is imperative. Change makes room for new opportunities for improvement in service delivery, for the development of new products, new processes,…
- 29 Apr 2020
Akwa Ibom Govt Names Leo Stan Ekeh, 18 Others in Post COVID-19 Economic Committee
With Nigeria and the rest of the world still coming to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic which has hobbled global economies, the Akwa Ibom State Government is already looking ahead to repositioning…
- 29 Nov 2018
Falling Oil Prices Weigh on Nigerian Economy, G20 Summit in Focus
By Lukman Otunuga, Research Analyst at FXTM, The recent depreciation in oil prices presents significant risks to oil export-dependent nations, with Nigeria falling into the category. Depressed…
- 6 Feb 2022
WorldRemit Seeks Expansion of Access to Remittance Inflows
Cross-border payment company, WorldRemit has stressed the need to expand access to remittance inflow to enable socio- economic growth. Gbenga Okejimi, Country Manager for Nigeria at WorldRemit,…
- 8 Sept 2021
Lagos, Partners Insurance Operators to Provide Risk Management Services to its Workers
The Lagos state government said it is partnering with over 150 insurance brokers who serve as intermediaries and 20 insurance underwriters for the purpose of providing end-to-end risk management…
- 31 Aug 2020
ATU Launches Africa Innovations Challenge 2020
The Africa Telecommunication Union (ATU) has launched the ATU Africa Innovations Challenge 2020; a competition designed to identify and support young African innovators who have developed mobile…
- 24 Oct 2022
Tourism and Technology Summit Africa Returns in Hybrid Edition with Focus On Designing Africa’s Tourism Playbook
In furtherance of the initiative to drive the digital transformation of the Tourism and Hospitality industry in Africa, Travel Technology Company, My Beautiful Africa, in partnership with Technology…
- 27 Dec 2017
How Will VAT Impact the GCC Mobile Phone Market?
With VAT of 5% becoming effective across the UAE and Saudi Arabia on January 1st, and the rest of the GCC following suit later in 2018, questions are being asked about what this means for the…
- 22 Mar 2021
Paylink Partners Google to Train MSMEs
Paylink, a payment and ecommerce solution provider, has partnered with Google, tech giant. The deal involves empowering Micro, Small, and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) with the digital expertise…
- 4 Nov 2017
Group Expresses Worry Over Slow Implementation of Broadband Policy
By peter oluka Worried about the slow rollout of broadband infrastructure across Nigeria, advocacy group, Broadband 2018 Coalition has called on the Federal Government to expedite the implementation…
- 18 Oct 2014
Elumelu Launches Empowerment Fund
Tony Elumelu, founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation and chairman of Heirs Holdings, has announced the launch of The Elumelu Nigeria Empowerment Fund. The Fund was launched by President of Nigeria…