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- 16 Feb 2014
FirstBank, Hong Kong Forge Closer Business Ties
FirstBank of Nigeria Limited is collaborating with the government of Hong Kong to harness business opportunities in China and other Asian countries. The partnership is being supported by Invest Hong…
- 23 Nov 2009
Mok, Hong Kong Based IT Expert Endorses Techtrendsng.com
Techtrendsng.com last week had International endorsement from Hongkong with Charles Mok joining to give his wealth of knowledge and expertise to Nigerians through the blog. Mok; is a Hong Kong based…
- 25 Mar 2014
PCCW, Phase3 Ink Deal on West Africa Communications Solutions
PCCW Global, a Hong Kong based international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong's premier telecom service provider, has signed a collaborative agreement with Phase3 Telecom, a West African market…
- 20 Sept 2019
Twitter Closes Thousands of Fake News Accounts Worldwide
Twitter said Friday it shut down thousands of accounts worldwide for spreading misinformation, including some artificially amplifying pro-Saudi messaging as part of a regional propaganda war. …
- 16 Sept 2015
Africa Accounts for 2.3% in International Aviation Traffic in 2014
In terms of market share, Africa accounted for 2.3% of the international aviation traffic last year, as revealed in the 59th Edition of IATA World Air Transport Statistics. The International Air…
- 1 Mar 2021
StarTimes Denies Winding-Up Order over $11m Debt
StarTimes, Chinese electronics and media company with strong presence in Sub-Saharan Africa, has said that it is not subject to any winding-up court order, following a petition filed in a Hong Kong…
- 20 Jun 2013
FG Promises to Handover 10 Power Plans in June 2014
Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE), currently on road show in Hong Kong in conjunction with the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC), marketing 10 power plants worth in excess of $8 billion to…
- 5 Feb 2024
How Fraudsters Trick Finance Worker into Paying them $25m Using Deepfake AI to Pose as Chief Financial Officer
A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call,…
- 14 Apr 2009
NCC Raids Facility, Arrests Three
Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has arrested a Hong Kong citizen and two others allegedly in the act of pirating the works of Nigerian and foreign artistes in a nocturnal anti-piracy raid on…
- 25 Apr 2022
Standard Chartered Bank Inks MoU with Sandbox to Create Metaverse Experience
Standard Chartered Bank has announced a new partnership with The Sandbox, a leading decentralised gaming virtual world, to create innovative experiences for its clients and the community. As part of…
- 11 Aug 2014
Ebola Vaccine Ready, for Trial Next Month
World Health Organization (WHO) has said that clinical trials of a preventative vaccine for the Ebola virus made by GlaxoSmithKline, British pharmaceutical company, may begin next month and be made…
- 12 Feb 2023
Sophos Investigates Two Active Cyberfraud Operations Cashing in on Crypto-Romance Cons
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, on Monday released details of two expansive, still operational, pig butchering or sha zhu pan rings (elaborate and…
- 19 Apr 2016
iFlux to Assist Nigeria in Alternative Power Source
iFlux, Hong Kong LED lighting manufacturing company, has promised to assist Nigerian government in alternative source of power in the country. Mr Teddy Lee, managing director of the company,…
- 7 Jan 2015
Phase 3 Telecom to Connect More Cities this Year
Phase3 Telecom, West Africa’s largest independent fibre optic infrastructure and telecommunications services provider said it would connect more cities to its network this year while re-affirming its…
- 24 Sept 2017
Aramex Launches ‘Shop & Ship’, Takes Delivery From Global Retailers
By peter oluka Aramex, the disruptive leader in the global logistics and transportation industry, has introduced its easy-access online shopping and shipping delivery service, Shop & Ship (S&S) in…
- 29 Nov 2019
Nigeria Foreign Reserves Fall in November; Markets on Standby
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM, The Naira may struggle to maintain stability against the Dollar after Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves decreased to $39.83 billion in November…
- 7 Nov 2014
Faces, Backgrounds of Those Who Want to Rule Nigeria
Yes, the 2015 race for Aso Rock, Nigeria’s seat of power has started -- and candidates have completely immersed themselves in the battle of the presidential election! Leadership newspaper took a look…
- 16 Dec 2018
EFCC Arrests Access Bank Staff, Yahoo Boy over Love Scam
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo zonal office have apprehended Mr Ojo Adefemi Adedoyin, a banker and Account Officer with Access Bank Plc, for allegedly…
- 15 Apr 2014
Air Seychelles Posts Second Consecutive Year of Net Profitability
Air Seychelles, the national carrier of the Republic of Seychelles, last Friday announced a net profit of US$3 million for 2013, exceeding by 171per cent its profit of US$1.1 million reported in…
- 1 Jun 2020
9mobile Announces Alan Sinfield as New CEO
Telecoms company, 9mobile, has announced the appointment of seasoned telecoms expert, Alan Sinfield as the substantive Chief Executive Officer of the company. He brings a wealth of global operational…
- 11 Mar 2014
Emirates Connects Nigeria to A380 Network
Nigeria’s growing reputation as West Africa’s business hub got a much need boost as one of the leading global airline brands, Emirates, already with a twice daily direct Lagos to Dubai, is offering…
- 26 Apr 2018
GSMA Marks International Girls in ICT Day with Events Around the World
The GSMA will celebrate the annual ITU International Girls in ICT Day this week with a series of events across its global footprint aimed at encouraging and empowering young women to explore career…
- 29 Aug 2024
FintechNGR, Africa Fintech Network Call for Enhanced Collaboration and Innovation on Cross-Border Payments and Remittances
In a continued effort to drive innovation and collaboration within the fintech sector, the Fintech Association of Nigeria (FintechNGR), in partnership with the Africa Fintech Network (AFN), hosted an…
- 28 May 2026
Bharti Airtel Named Fourth Largest Mobile Network Operator in the World
The top ten mobile network operators in the world account for roughly 3.8 billion subscriptions, about 43 percent of the 8.8 billion mobile lines in service worldwide as of mid-2024. The composition…
- 14 Mar 2016
History as SEC Positions Nigeria for $2Trn Global Sukuk Market
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has initiated moves to position Nigeria for a big role in the emerging global market for Islamic or non- interest finance valued at over $2 trillion,…
- 13 Jul 2016
Tecno, Itel & Infinix Sold 59m Phones in 2015
Three Transsion Holdings brands- Tecno, itel and Infinix sold about 59million phones in 2015, as DHL Global Forwarding announced it has been awarded the airfreight solutions provider for the , one of…
- 5 Jul 2014
NPA Brainstorms on 5-Year Development Plan
Mallam Habib Abdullahi, managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has urged top management staff of the organization to remain focused and rededicate themselves toward attaining its…
- 30 Jun 2008
Glo Gateway Roams in 140 countries
Glo Gateway, Globacom's international gateway subsidiary, has announced the extension of its roaming services to several more destinations and networks across the world. The development makes it the…
- 6 Apr 2015
Google's Mobile Network to Offer Free International 'Roaming'
Google reportedly is in talks with the operator of the UK's Three and several other mobile networks to let subscribers use its upcoming mobile phone service without charge while abroad. Google hopes…
- 16 Jan 2018
New Undersea Data Cables To Further grows Google ‘cloud
Google said on Tuesday that it is adding three new undersea data cables as it continues to bulk up its ability to power cloud services around the world. Ben Treynor Sloss, cloud platform vice…