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- 2 Jun 2023
GSMA Report Reveals 100M Women Per Year Will Need to Adopt Mobile Internet to Close the Gender Gap by 2030
Over 800 million women will need to adopt mobile internet in order to close the digital gender gap by 2030 across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), according to the latest Mobile Gender Gap…
- 11 Jun 2026
Mobile Internet Gender Gap Widest in Africa - GSMA
More than 810 million women across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remain offline, with Sub-Saharan Africa recording one of the world's widest mobile internet gender gaps. According to the…
- 1 Apr 2026
Myitura Launches Women-Focused Healthcare Financing Solutions to Bridge Access Gap
In commemoration of Women’s Month, health-tech platform Myitura has released a new white paper addressing the critical gaps in healthcare financing for women in Nigeria. Titled “Closing the Gap:…
- 16 May 2025
African Women Hit Hardest as Mobile Internet Gender Gap Persists
African women remain among the most digitally excluded globally, with smartphone affordability and digital literacy among the key barriers. New data from the 2025 GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report,…
- 26 Jul 2021
Nova Merchant Bank Reaffirms Commitment to Bridging Infrastructure Gaps
NOVA Merchant Bank, one of Nigeria’s premier Merchant Banks has reaffirmed its commitment in bridging Nigeria’s infrastructural gaps. Nath Ude, chief executive officer and managing director of NOVA…
- 18 Aug 2022
NITDA Partners CcHUB to Analyze Nigeria IT Talent Gap
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in collaboration with Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) has announced the launch of a National Technology Talent Gap Analysis Research, 2022. This…
- 6 Sept 2024
Coker Urges Africa to Close Digital Infrastructure Gap for Prosperity
Ayotunde Coker, Chief Executive Officer of Open Access Data Centre, has said that closing Africa’s digital infrastructure gap is the key to increasing prosperity on the continent. “Closing the…
- 1 Mar 2022
Collaboration key to Bridging the Gap in the Education sector - Odunayo Sanya
Odunayo Sanya, executive secretary, MTN Foundation, has emphasized that a major way to effectively bridge the gap in the Nigerian education system is through partnerships and collaborative efforts.…
- 12 Mar 2020
GSMA Study Reveals Gender Gap in Mobile Internet Usage
The gender gap in mobile internet usage remains substantial, with over 300 million fewer women than men accessing the Internet from a mobile device in low- and middle-income countries, a new GSMA…
- 30 Oct 2024
Telcos Key to Bridging Financial Gaps, Fostering Inclusion - MTN's Tobe Okigbo
Telecommunications operators will undoubtedly play an indispensable role in bridging financial gaps and fostering inclusion, particularly in Nigeria. Tobe Okigbo, Chief Corporate Services &…
- 21 Sept 2022
GSMA Urges Closing the Mobile ‘Usage Gap’ to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Closing the mobile internet ‘usage gap’ should be a priority for countries seeking to deliver against the ambitious UN Sustainable Development Goals, according to the GSMA’s seventh annual Mobile…
- 26 Nov 2019
SecureID Moves to Bridge the Gap of Cash to Plastic Money
SecuredID aims to close the gap between the use of cash and plastic money by tapping into a growing appetite for smartcards across the continent. SecureID makes bank cards, mobile phone SIMs and…
- 11 Jul 2018
AfDB Partners Nigeria to Bridge $3trn Infrastructure Gap
The African Development Bank (AfDB) said it would assist the Nigerian government to bridge its infrastructure gap estimated to cost about 3 trillion dollars in the next 26 years. Mr Ebrima Faal,…
- 15 Jun 2018
‘1market.ng to Close Gap in Accessing Made-in-Nigeria Products Online’
To close the huge gap in accessing made-in-Nigeria products and services online by global and local consumers, Hi-Impact Solutions Limited has unveiled 1market.ng platform, a virtual market place.…
- 28 May 2026
How MTN and SMEDAN are Closing Nigeria’s $158 Billion Funding Gap for 40 Million Small Businesses
Nigeria’s mySMEville platform is becoming a key driver for Africa’s digital economy by closing the financial and skills gaps holding back the country’s nearly 40 million MSMEs. This was highlighted…
- 13 Dec 2021
Zwarttech Rebrands to ‘Zarttech’ Sets to Double Down on its Mission to Bridge The Gap
Zwarttech, the Netherlands-based tech startup that bridges the opportunity gap by connecting the top 1% senior IT Experts from Africa with businesses in the West on a full or hybrid remote basis, has…
- 28 Nov 2015
NiRA Willing to Partner Registrars to Bridge Gap in DNS Industry
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has declared her readiness to partner as many Registrars and affiliates as possible to bridge the gap in the DNS Industry in Nigeria. Sunday…
- 21 Sept 2012
Jobberman Extends Success Story to GAPS Academy
Jobberman, Africa’s leading online job search machine has partnered with Dymore Vision Consulting to launch a Grow, Achieve, Produce and Succeed (GAPS) academy, a crowd-sourced video learning…
- 17 Oct 2023
AFEX Unveils N100bn Asset-backed Commercial Paper to Bridge Agric Financing Gap
Nigeria’s commodities player AFEX, has launched a 3-year N100 billion Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP) programme to bridge the huge agric finance gap in the country. Indeed, Nigeria require an…
- 2 Oct 2025
Nigeria’s Digital Future at Risk as Broadband Gaps Threaten Economic Growth
World Trade Organisation (WTO), and the World Bank, have warned that Nigeria’s weak infrastructure and regulatory gaps could prevent the country from unlocking the potential of the billion dollar…
- 21 Jan 2026
Firms Face Gaps Between AI Ambition and Execution
Artificial intelligence (AI) will this year become a central pillar of leadership strategy, shaping how organisations plan to grow, compete and reinvent their operating models. However, the gap…
- 15 Feb 2019
How Fintechs Are Closing the Banking Gap
By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke, Over 60 million Nigerians are unbanked. This simply means there is a huge banking gap that needs to be bridged. Unfortunately, a large population of the unbanked or underbanked…
- 13 Sept 2021
Olympus Plans to Bridge Knowledge Gap on Cryptocurrency
Financial education platform, Olympus has reaffirmed its readiness to bridge knowledge gap around the ban of cryptocurrency transactions. The firm explained that this was necessary to prevent…
- 23 Feb 2024
Afreximbank Mulls Currency Trading Platform to Bridge $50bn Intra-Africa Trade Gap
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced plans to launch its currency trading platform in a bid to bridge the Intra-African trade financing gap estimated at over $50 billion…
- Telecom2 Sept 2026
MTN Unveils ‘FlyX’ to Bridge Fibre Gaps in Nigeria
MTN Nigeria, has unveiled ‘FlyX’ broadband solution, a new plan targeted at bridging fibre gaps in the country.
- 13 Sept 2017
Innovation Summit to Address Gaps in Payment System
A summit on Point of Sales (PoS) terminal transactions in the country has been scheduled to hold in Lagos on the 29th September 2017. The program which is an intervention to address the gaps…
- 11 Jun 2019
NCC Reaffirms Commitment to Bridging Broadband Infrastructure Gap
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed commitment to bridge the gap between existing and planned fibre infrastructure to increase broadband penetration in the country. Prof…
- 11 Nov 2025
FG Unveils Talent Accelerator to Close Skills Gaps, Drive Economic Development
Nigeria has officially launched the Nigeria Talent Accelerator Network, a game-changing initiative aimed at strengthening the nation's workforce capabilities, addressing critical productivity gaps,…
- 3 Feb 2021
Restorium Capital Unveils Products to Bridge Funding Gap
Restorium Capital Limited has introduced three products and services expected to bridge funding gaps in the financial market, make businesses more competitive and ensure job creation in the country.…
- 10 Nov 2009
N500 Bn Gap in Monetary Aggregates —Sanusi
There is about N500billion gap between the levels of the current monetary aggregates and the benchmark levels for 2009. Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) gave…