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- 8 May 2018
German Envoy, Others, Lay foundation for Thompson and Grace Medical University
Dr. Bernhard Schlagheck, German envoy to Nigeria, recently led another German medical expert, Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Uwe Koch-Gromus, Executive Dean of the Medical Faculty of University Medical Center…
- 16 Nov 2021
German Chamber Targets Nigerian SMEs for Investment
Investors from the German Industry and Commerce (GIC) have expressed interest for long term investment partnerships with Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria. Speaking at the just concluded 9th…
- 4 Jun 2015
SAP Africa Partners German Ministry to Facilitate Economic Prospects for Africa
SAP Africa announced its participation in a partnership with the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Titled “Digital Africa”, the project is focused on how new…
- 28 Jun 2017
Nigerian German Chemicals Leverages SAP Tech for Digital Transformation
For Nigerian-German Chemicals to realise its vision of becoming a leading pharmaceutical company that is respected in the local Nigerian market and globally, it needed to fast-track its digital…
- 14 Mar 2015
German Technology Nigeria Limited Opens First Karcher Centre in Nigeria
German Technology Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of Salhab Group, has introduced the Karcher range of cleaning equipment into Nigeria markets as it inaugurates its first showroom and service centre in…
- 12 Aug 2015
German Varsities Welcome Pan-African University Students for Summer School
The first cohort of students of the Pan African University Institute of Water and Energy Sciences, including Climate Change (PAUWES) attended a Summer School in Germany organized from July 17 to 31.…
- 20 Aug 2019
CFA to speak on Digitization in Africa at German Bundestag congress
One of Nigeria’s finest pan-African digital crusaders, Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Jnr. “CFA”, has been invited as a speaker at the forthcoming Congress in Berlin, Germany. “CFA’ is the Co-Founder of…
- 6 Sept 2017
German Firm Plans Virtual Pipeline for Nigeria's LNG Market
OTI Greentech AG, an international environmental engineering and technology services group listed on the Düsseldorf Stock Exchange, on Wednesday, announced its intention to expand its activities in…
- 17 Jan 2023
NITDA DG Urges German Investors to Invest in Nigeria’s Tech Ecosystem
Kashifu Inuwa, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency, has called on a group of international investors in Germany to invest in the Nigeria tech ecosystem because doing…
- 22 Mar 2015
NGBA, AHK Nigeria Meet SmartCity Innovation Hub Promoters
‎In alignment with its core objective of strengthening business relationship between Nigeria and Germany, a delegation from the Nigerian-German Business Association (NGBA) and German Delegation…
- 10 Apr 2017
Germany Deports ISIS Suspect to Nigeria
Germany has deported to Nigeria an alleged Islamic extremist, an ISIS suspect, deemed dangerous by authorities. He is a German citizen, not Nigerian. The German news agency, dpa, reports that the…
- 4 Jun 2014
VDMA Unveils Technological Plans for Agric Development in Nigeria
Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, otherwise known as German Engineering Federation (VDMA), while unveiling its developmental plans for the Nigeria's agricultural sector reiterated that…
- 15 Mar 2015
BlackBerry, Samsung & IBM Team Up to Launch SecuTablet
BlackBerry is making a return to the tablet market; this time with the help of Samsung Electronics, IBM and Secusmart, the German encryption specialist BlackBerry bought last year. This is not the…
- 9 Oct 2018
Tony Elumelu Foundation, GIZ to Empower Young Entrepreneurs in East, West Africa
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading entrepreneurship philanthropy, is partnering with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the German Government’s…
- 22 Jul 2019
FG, Siemens Ink Deal for Delivery of 11,000mw by 2023
President Muhammadu Buhari and Joe Kaeser, global chief executive officer of Siemens AG, a German company, Monday in Abuja signed a letter of agreement on Nigerian Electrification Roadmap conceived…
- 18 Jul 2015
Channels TV, Deutch Welle Ink Content Sharing Arrangement
Channels Television and a German-based international Television Station, Deutch Welle (DW) on Friday signed an agreement to facilitate and enhance content sharing and transmission…
- 26 Feb 2015
Wincor Nixdorf Pilots New Cashless Payment Solution
The German Banking Industry Committee has approved a hardware and software solution from Wincor Nixdorf for the processing of cashless payments on Germany's girocard interbank network. The solution…
- 25 Aug 2008
Revealed! How Siemens Got Energy Deal
A high wire presidential intervention brokered by Angela Merkel, German Chancellor led to the inclusion of controversial firm, Siemens Nigeria in the energy partnership deal between Nigeria and…
- 3 Jul 2015
Tablets Drive Business Transformation in Enterprises- IDC Research
The latest International Data Corporation (IDC) study on tablets in enterprises, has shown that a large and increasing share of tablets deployed across U.K., French, and German companies are the only…
- 16 Jul 2026
Uber Agrees €12.7bn Takeover of Delivery Hero in Global Food Delivery Deal
U.S. ride-hailing giant Uber has agreed to acquire German food delivery company Delivery Hero in a deal valued at €12.7 billion ($14.6 billion), marking one of the largest transactions in the global…
- 21 Feb 2015
Global Market for Refurbished Smartphones to Reach 120m Units by 2017 - Gartner
A survey of U.S. and German consumers by Gartner, Inc. found that 60 percent of consumers are replacing their smartphones because they are interested in additional functionality, or they "just want"…
- 12 Feb 2016
Nigeria to Fix Refineries through Private Sector Funding
Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, minister of State for Petroleum Resources, disclosed this when Mr. Uwe Beckmeyer, German vice minister for Economic Affairs and Energy paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja, also noted…
- 2 Jun 2021
Tony Elumelu Foundation, DEG Partner to Empower 200 Additional Entrepreneurs Across Africa
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, has partnered with DEG, the German development financial…
- 25 Aug 2020
Siemens Moves to End Electricity Theft with New Technology
The new power supply deal between Nigeria and Siemens AG, will see the German company deploy modern technology that will end the incessant problem of meter bypass leading to loss of billions of naira…
- 11 Oct 2019
250,000 Edo Students to Benefit from Coding, Web Programming Training
Not less than 250,000 students in Edo State public schools are to benefit from a training programme in coding and web programming organised by the State Government in partnership with the German tech…
- 10 Feb 2019
Report Lists Phones with High Radiation, Points at Dangers
Another chapter to the debate over the controversial issue of cellphone radiation was raised at the weekend as German Federal Office for Radiation Protection published a report which showed Xiaomi Mi…
- 29 Jul 2020
FG Approves Loan for Siemens to Revamp Power Infrastructure
Federal government has approved counterpart funding for a deal that will see Siemens AG upgrade the nation’s dilapidated power infrastructure. Federal government last year contracted the German…
- 14 Apr 2009
Acti-Tech Boss Bags ICT Award
Peter Madu, managing director/CEO, Acti-Tech, has been awarded for excellence by Beyerdynamic, a German based ICT company. Receiving the award, Madu said his company will continue to revolutionize…
- 20 Mar 2018
After Konga, Owners Mull Sale of Jumia
There are plans to sell Africa’s leading e-commerce firm, Jumia, owned by Rocket Internet, a German start-up investor. The move is coming as Zinox Group, an integrated Information…
- 26 Jan 2009
Global Health Community Commits Over $630m for Polio Eradication
Rotary International, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the British and German governments last week committed more than $630 million in new funds to fight polio, a crippling and sometimes…