18 results
- 24 Oct 2021
Nigeria-USA Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) Hosts its 1ST International Virtual Trade & Investment Summit
The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) says that an estimated 931 million tons of food, or 17 percent of total food available to consumers in 2019, went into waste, that is, at the retail and…
- 30 Nov 2023
Minister Seeks Establishment of Agric Data Centre
Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, Minister of State of Agriculture and Food Security, has advocated the creation of National Agriculture Data Centre to attract investors to enhance Food and Nutrition Security in…
- 3 Nov 2015
Top Government, NGO Officials Review Data on Malnutrition in Africa
Coming under the auspices of NEPAD and the African Union, the 6th African Day of Food and Security, commemorated recently brought together top government officials, NGOs and multilateral…
- 13 Oct 2015
#WFDay2015: Hellofood Launches Campaign to Fight Hunger
With a single click one can choose which food item the food ordering company will donate to the Heritage Homes Orphanage, said hellofood.com, while launching initiative to commemorate this year’s…
- 30 May 2023
6 ways Google is working with AI in Africa
Lounging on Labadi Beach, browsing the shops on Osu’s Oxford Street, ending the day with a meal in a local chop bar: This is Accra, Ghana’s bustling capital city. It’s also where, in 2018, we opened…
- 16 Jun 2017
Arla Foods Global Innovation Centre Unveiled
Arla Foods has restated its commitment to addressing the growing need of people around the world, including Nigerians, for nutritious, tasty, safe and affordable food products. The company also…
- 6 May 2020
LCCI Seeks VAT Suspension, Asks for Tax Holiday for Manufacturers
Lagos Chamber Of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Federal Government to suspend the implementation of the 50 per cent increment in the Value Added Tax (VAT), among others, to be able to put…
- 20 Sept 2020
NAVSA: NITDA Changes Existing Reality in Agricultural Sector
By Lukman Oladokun “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” —Buckminster Fuller We live in a time of…
- 9 May 2022
ITU Appoints Pantami to Chair World Summit on WSIS Forum 2022
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has appointed Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, as chairman of the World Summit on Information Society…
- 27 Jun 2024
Digital supply chains to transform small-scale farming in Nigeria
Kashifu Inuwa, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has emphasised the transformative potential of advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI),…
- 25 Feb 2025
FG Commits $2Bn to Digital Infrastructure
The Federal Government says it has committed $2 billion to enhance Nigeria’s digital infrastructure, aiming to boost the nation’s economy and safeguard the digital identities and rights of its…
- 1 Jun 2025
Farmers to Get Identity Card for Loans, Inputs
The federal government, in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), is building a digital registrar that will identify farmers, their farmlands, type of soil and…
- 14 Mar 2013
AFDB Launches Open Data Platforms for Nigeria, 19 Others
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched Open Data Platforms for the following 20 African countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi,…
- 23 Nov 2025
How Insecurity is Bleeding Nigeria about $15bn Annually and Destroying Its Economic Future
By Blaise Udunze Nigeria is undergoing one of the stormiest periods in the history of its post-independence. This is not because of global oil shock, recession, or political instability; it is…
- 5 Jun 2013
Chevron Promises Clean Gas, Says No More Gas Flaring
Chevron Nigeria Limited has promised a ‘zero’ gas flaring operation in the years ahead, as the world marks this year’s World Environment Day (WED), meant to raise global awareness of the need to take…
- 24 Jul 2013
Nigerians, Others Jostle for ITU Telecom World 2013 Young Innovators’
A panel of “Challenge Partners” from industry, international organizations, NGOs and academia, including major names such as Carrefour Enterprise Foundation, Ooredoo, Dupont Sustainable Solutions,…
- 25 May 2015
WSIS Forum Welcomes Largest-ever Gathering of ‘ICT for development’ Community
Ten years after the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), participants from government, civil society, the private sector and international organizations are meeting in Geneva to…
- 11 Apr 2017
How ICTs Can Fast Forward Progress On SDGs
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) now form the backbone of today’s digital economy. They also have enormous potential to fast forward progress on the United Nations’ Sustainable…