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- 3 Feb 2023
ALAT by Wema Partners Samsung for Pre-orders of New Diamond Series Availability in Nigeria
In a deal announced early this week, ALAT by Wema has announced a partnership with South Korean manufacturer Samsung Electric Industries to sell Samsung Diamond Series phones. Olusegun Adeniyi, chief…
- 6 Dec 2021
Meta Partners Africa No Filter to Improve Funding of Virtual Reality in Africa’s storytelling
Africa No Filter, a narrative change organisation, and Meta have announced a partnership to launch “Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds” program, aimed at boosting the use of Virtual…
- 16 Jul 2026
TotalEnergies Inaugurates Africa’s Largest Hybrid Renewable Project
TotalEnergies, together with its partners Hydra Storage Holding and Reatile Renewables, inaugurates Hydra project, the largest hybrid renewable energy project in Africa, located in South Africa’s…
- 1 Dec 2008
TD Wins APC Awards, Consolidates Leadership in Africa
Technology Distributions (TD) Limited has consolidated her leadership position in Africa by winning three top APC awards by Schneider Electric. The Awards tagged “Skills UPS” was…
- 6 Oct 2022
Meta Hosts XR Exhibition to Showcase Winners of the Future Africa Grant for Extended Reality Creators
Meta has unveiled an exclusive XR exhibition featuring the six finalists from the ‘ Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds’ programme, focused on supporting the next generation of Extended…
- 15 Jun 2025
Schneider Electric Ignites Innovation in Africa with New Hub
Schneider Electric's newly launched innovation hub is set to benefit not just large corporations, but also local communities, start-ups and learners from technical, vocational education and training…
- 14 Mar 2022
Meta and Africa No Filter Announce Winners of the Future Africa Grant for Extended Reality Creators
Africa No Filter and Meta are excited to announce today the six finalists of the ‘Future Africa: Telling Stories, Building Worlds’ programme - focused on harnessing and investing in the next…
- 20 Dec 2023
Meta Unveils '2023 Year in Review' Showcasing Key Milestones in Sub-Saharan Africa
Meta released its ‘2023 Africa Year in Review ’ to showcase some of its significant investments and works across Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023. Captured in an infographic, it highlights Meta’s ongoing…
- 24 Dec 2017
IIM-Africa Says Tech Most Powerful with Information, Inducts UK Members
The Premier Information Management Institute in Africa, the Institute of Information Management (IIM), recently held her maiden Induction/Investiture ceremony at Crowne Plaza, Battersea, London. In…
- 4 Jun 2018
How Smart Technologies Will Drive Africa’s Electrical Expansion
The use of advanced metering technologies is steadily on the rise in Africa, but, to evolve the business models of the electrical utilities operating on the continent, utilities still need to harness…
- 30 Jun 2016
Opportunities and Challenges of eVoting in Nigeria
Option A4 was a simple, perhaps, a funny electoral system – voters stood in a single file and together with the electoral officer they counted 1, 2, 3, 4 and kept counting to the end of the line. At…
- 9 Oct 2016
Knowledge Based Economy is Key Solution to Recession- Adegboye
Ayo Adegboye, PhD, is the new Managing Director at Business Connexion Nigeria/West Africa. A Fellow of Institute of Information Management Africa, seasoned professional with combined sixteen years…
- 5 Jul 2013
Mthiyane Becomes CEO of ATNS
The Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) board has announced the appointment- with immediate effect - of Mr. Thabani Mthiyane to the position of chief executive officer, following a rigorous…
- 13 May 2015
AfDB Supports Indigenous Power Investors in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved $50 million investment in CEC Africa Investments Limited, a multinational power company headquartered in Nigeria and Zambia. CEC…
- 5 May 2013
Experts Say Steady Power Supply’ll Boost Economy
Economists have predicted that if Nigeria gets its public electricity grid working 24 hours, the nation would greatly reduce business costs by up to 40 percent and add up three percent to GDP. This…
- 5 Aug 2014
Major African Power Projects Key Focus Of London Summit
Africa’s power deficit is a major constraint on economic growth and social development; The Global African Investment Summit (‘TGAIS’) in London will bring together African governments and the…
- 26 Apr 2010
TD Bags APC Top Awards
Technology Distributions, the No1 ICT Distributor in Africa, has reinforced her position as the benchmark for ICT distribution in Africa by winning multiple Awards at the just concluded APC Partners…
- 18 Jun 2015
Africa Can End Capital Flight in Technology Space via NEPAD- Monaisa
Mokgethi Monaisa, consul-general, South African (SA) High Commission in Nigeria (since January 2012) believes that both countries share similar potentials and well-positioned to influence the…
- 5 Dec 2021
Enugu Disco Launches App for Seamless Services
Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) has launched a new mobile app known as EEDC Connect to better serve its franchise states. This is in furtherance of its quest to consistently enhance…
- 9 May 2017
Ikeja Electric Decries Spate of Vandalism, Seeks Community Support
Power supply to Igando, a bustling community located in Alimosho local government area of Lagos State, South-West, Nigeria has been severely compromised, following a wave of vandalism of electrical…
- 20 Feb 2019
AfDB Begins Electricity Cooperative Feasibility Studies in Nigeria, Ethiopia
The African Development Bank has kicked off a feasibility study to explore the potential of electricity cooperative business models in Nigeria and Ethiopia. The effort is part of the Bank’s goal of…
- 14 Dec 2009
Fidelity Promo Produces New Millionaires
The on-going Fidelity Bank’s Save and Smile Promo has produced 15 new millionaires from various regions of the country are now proud millionaires in. The new winners of the promo now in its…
- 27 May 2014
Nigeria, South Africa Entries Win Ericsson’s App Awards, 2014
Ericsson has announced the winners of the 2014 Ericsson Application Awards at a ceremony held at the Ericsson Studio in Kista, Sweden. The Student category was won by Team WorkMode from South Africa…
- 14 Sept 2015
Actis Announces Globeleq Africa Exit
Globeleq, a company owned by Actis, the pan-emerging market investor, has completed the sale and transfer of Globeleq Africa, the leading power generation platform in Africa, to a company owned by…
- 5 Jul 2014
IFC Partners EDF to Promote Rural Electrification in Africa
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and EDF, a global leader in the power sector, have signed an agreement to cooperate in developing off-grid electrification solutions in emerging markets, with…
- 21 Mar 2014
EnergyNet Power Summit Boosts Investors’ Confidence
Federal Government on Thursday said it was vigorously working on the measures that would ensure investors in economic development, especially in the power sector recoup their investment. …
- 19 Apr 2013
FG Targets $2.6Bn from Sale of Power Assets
Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) is expected to generate over $2.6 billion for the federal government in the 2013 fiscal year through the sale of power assets. Already, the potential core…
- 9 Jan 2024
FG says Power Firms Need N2trn to Improve Electricity Supply
The Federal Government has said that Nigerian electricity companies need an estimated N2 trillion or about $2.5 billion in capital to improve power supply in Nigeria. Bloomberg reported that the…
- 28 Aug 2016
60% of Global eWaste Ends Up in Landfills
Electronic wastes (e-wastes) have remained troubling issue in both developed and developing economies as more than 20 million tons of e-waste are produced annually, only 40% of which is recycled; 60%…
- 20 Feb 2017
Solving Nigeria's Electricity Issues
Electricity supply in Nigeria has always been on the low side ever since I became conscious as boy in my early years on earth. The euphoric exclamation of “up NEPA” that used to rent the air, back…