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- 30 Sept 2022
DHL Global Forwarding, Hapag-Lloyd Clean up 6,000 kg of Trash from Coastlines Across Six Countries
To mark this year’s International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) Day, teams from DHL Global Forwarding Middle East & Africa, India, and Pakistan partnered with shipping operator Hapag-Lloyd Middle East…
- 5 Aug 2020
Lloyd’s Report Reveals How COVID-19 Brings Intangible Assets into Full Focus
Lloyd’s, the world’s leading specialist insurance and reinsurance market, has published a report in collaboration with KPMG urging businesses to pay attention to the new risk landscape that has…
- 17 Jul 2017
Global Cyber-Attack Could Spur $53Bn Loss - Report
A major global cyber-attack could trigger an average of $53 billion of economic losses, a figure on par with a catastrophic natural disaster such as US Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Lloyd's of London…
- 11 Nov 2014
New Rules to Ban Bailout for 'Too Big to Fail' Banks
New global rules to prevent banks that are "too big to fail" from being bailed out by taxpayers have been proposed, according to BBC. The rules, created by the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a…
- 27 May 2015
AITEC Partners Uber for Banking & Mobile Money Conference
The ninth annual edition of the AITEC Banking & Mobile Money Conference will bring together e-service providers, senior bankers and insurers, key policymakers, financiers, insurers, technology…
- 31 Dec 2019
Global Interns Ink Partnership with Airtel
Global Interns, a professional group committed to the personal development of young people, in partnership with telecommunication giant, Airtel Nigeria, continued its ‘Career Connect’ series recently…
- 23 Oct 2018
AfDB Launches Landmark $500M Credit Insurance Deal with ATIA, UK Reinsurers
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) announce the successful completion of a US$500 million credit insurance deal structured to cover a portion of the Bank’s…
- 8 Nov 2018
AMP Condoles Odogwu Family, Says Africa Lost a Worthy Son
Anioma Media Professionals (AMP) has offered its condolences to the family of Chief Sony Iwedike Odogwu, the Ide Ahaba who passed at 91. A statement signed by Messrs. Hugo Odiogor and Ken Ugbechie,…
- 3 May 2019
How PSBs Can Become Nigeria Challenger Banks - Experts
The possibilities of the planned Payment Service Banks (PSBs) revolutionizing the financial services in Nigeria as they usher in a new era of change in delivering innovative payment solutions to…
- 6 Feb 2018
Bitcoin Extends Slide with a More than 10% Fall
Bitcoin, the world’s best-known cryptocurrency, fell more than 10 percent on Monday and approached three-month lows on concerns about a global regulatory clampdown on the trading of the digital…
- 17 Mar 2018
Standard Chartered Launch African online Bank
Standard Chartered launched its first African online-only bank in Cote d’Ivoire yesterday, joining a wave of lenders seeking to use new technologies to reach customers in some of the world’s most…
- 13 Jun 2018
African Trade Insurance Targets Nigeria in Expansion Plans
African Trade Insurance expects its annual insured trade and investment portfolio to double to $7 billion within five years, driven by new members including Ghana and Nigeria. Chief Executive George…
- 8 Mar 2019
Ogwuma, Ex-CBN Boss, Wife Buy N15.6Bn Property in UK
Paul Ogwuma, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and his wife have reportedly acquired property worth £33 million (N15.6 billion). Private Eye , a UK investigative journalism…
- 23 May 2022
Meta Launches its Africa Day Campaign Spotlighting and Celebrating Africans Making a Global Impact
As part of its Africa Day celebrations on 25 May, Meta on Monday announced the return of its global campaign ‘Made by Africa, Loved by the World’, which was first launched in 2021. Aimed at…
- 14 Feb 2024
Tradeshift Appoints Iain Balchin as Chief Financial Officer
Tradeshift, the B2B e-commerce and fintech platform, today announces that Iain Balchin has joined the company on a permanent basis as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Iain brings over 25 years of…
- 7 Apr 2025
Evans Woherem’s Book, “Building A New Africa” Charts Bold Vision For Africa’s Future
Dr. Evans Woherem, a renowned scholar and thought leader, has unveiled his latest book, “Building a New Africa,” urging Africans worldwide to rethink the continent’s future and unite in shaping a new…
- 26 Jan 2026
NIBBS to Boost Financial Inclusion with Offline Payment Solutions
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) is looking into offline payment solutions as part of its efforts to increase financial inclusion and reach Nigerians who have limited or no access to…
- 30 Nov 2009
Cyber Thieves to Launch Deadly Attacks in 2010
Ready or not, the year 2010 is already around the bend and it is coming with some doomsday predictions including heightened criminal activities to steal money, identities and computer resources using…
- 22 Jul 2026
NITDA Pushes Stronger Cyber Resilience Across Government Agencies
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has urged Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to adopt a coordinated and proactive approach to securing Nigeria's government digital…
- 28 Aug 2013
Insurers Rue N46Bn Loss, Seek Computerization of Marine Insurance
Worried by loss of premium income estimated at over N46 billion yearly at the nation’s seaports; insurance institutions have sought the intervention of federal lawmakers. Also, a technical arm…
- 5 Mar 2014
IFC, Goldman Sachs Launch $600M Global Facility for Female Entrepreneurs
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program launched a $600 million global facility that will increase access to finance to as many as 100,000 women entrepreneurs in…
- 3 Jul 2014
Education Vital for Consumer Satisfaction- Oparah
Emeka Oparah, Airtel Nigeria’s director of Corporate Communications & CSR, has identified consistent consumer education as strategic imperative at ensuring customer satisfaction and reducing the…
- 23 Feb 2015
Stanbic IBTC to Drive SMEs’ Growth Through Social Media
Stanbic IBTC has stressed its commitment to support the growth of business in Nigeria, especially the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through social media platform. Speaking at a briefing in…
- 4 Aug 2015
NSE, Rack Centre Ink Partnership on Data Centre Colocation Services
Mr Oscar N. Onyema, chief executive officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), has stressed the importance that technology has played in the quest to transform the NSE. This is even as the NSE itself…
- 2 Nov 2015
Visa Eyes Visa Europe Deal Worth Up to 21.2bn Euros
Visa Inc said on Monday it would buy former subsidiary Visa Europe Ltd in a deal worth up to 21.2 billion euros ($23.34 billion), putting the company in a stronger position to compete with MasterCard…
- 7 Nov 2016
Nigeria: Companies’ Losses to Data Theft Bigger than Financial Fraud
Olufemi Ake, country manager, ESET Nigeria and Ghana has called for comprehensive approach to combating and mitigating cybercrimes in the West Africa market, adding that focusing squarely on…
- 3 Dec 2016
3Q16: Softened Enterprise Demand Causes Server Market Revenue Declines to 7.0%- IDC
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 7.0% year over year to $12.5 billion in the third…