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- 30 Jul 2021
Shell Hires Standard Chartered for Sale of SPDC, Major Divestment in Nigeria
Royal Dutch Shell has launched a major divestment of its Nigerian assets, several sources familiar with the matter said. Shell has hired Standard Chartered to sell its Shell Petroleum Development…
- 20 Jan 2022
B2B E-commerce Solving Logistics Challenges Associated with Nigeria’s Informal Retail Sector
Worth over $100 billion, the Nigerian retail market is one of the most vibrant sectors of the Nigerian economy. There's hardly a Nigerian street without a retailer. Such is the importance of these…
- 14 Jul 2022
Women, Major Force in Nigeria’s Retail Sector
In its report highlighting the impact of women on Nigeria’s economic development, PwC Nigeria, Advisory partner and Chief Economist, Andrew Nevin, indicated that women account for 41 percent…
- 17 Jun 2025
Rising Oil Prices: PENGASSAN Calls Out Marketers Over Fuel Hike
President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Festus Osifo, has criticised oil marketers for exploiting Nigerians through inflated fuel prices, insisting…
- 30 Aug 2024
NERC says World Bank will Crash Solar Tariff in Nigeria
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said the World Bank will soon be executing a solar auction framework that will reduce the cost of solar tariff in Nigeria. The Head of the…
- 19 Feb 2024
Fuel Scarcity Looms as Tanker Owners Withdraw Vehicles Today
Tanker owners have said they will halt the transportation of petroleum products starting today, raising the fear of another fuel scarcity crisis in the country. Speaking under the aegis of the…
- 8 Nov 2017
OVH Energy Says Lagos Midstream Jetty to Save Nigeria N43bn Annually
ASPM Limited, a subsidiary of OVH Energy Limited, achieved a ground-breaking milestone as it launched its Lagos Midstream Jetty (LMJ) located at the Lagos Apapa Harbour. The Lagos Midstream Jetty is…
- 3 Jul 2023
Zinox to Invest $250M on Renewable Energy, Retrain Over 500 Nigerian Engineers Nationwide
Zinox Technologies Limited, one of Africa’s leading integrated technology group, has unveiled a plan to invest over $250,000,000 after years of research, test running of durable and cost efficient…
- 21 May 2015
PENGASSAN, NUPENG on Strike to Worsen Fuel Crisis
Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), have begun an indefinite strike that may completely…
- 7 Dec 2016
Nigeria Loses $1Bn Annually to BPO
Nigeria loses about $1 billion to Business Processing Outsourcing services by both foreign and local companies annually, according to The Nigeria Association of Information Technology Enabled…
- 4 Jul 2015
Nigeria Computer Society Sets IT Agenda for Buhari, Governors
The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), the advocacy group for the promotion of information technology advancement in the country, has once again reiterated the need for the President Mohammed Buhari’s…
- 28 Sept 2021
Heritage Bank MD Tasks Govt on Policies to Support Private Sector Interventions for Infrastructure Growth
Ifie Sekibo, MD/CEO of Heritage Bank Plc, has called on governments to provide enabling policies that would support private sector interventions to achieve the vision of infrastructural development.…
- 1 Oct 2020
Our Mission is to Provide Broadband Penetration and Other Telecom Services Across Remote Areas in Africa – Wole Abu, CEO, Pan African Towers
Wole Abu is the Chief Executive Officer of Pan African Towers Limited, an indigenous infrastructure company in the African telecoms market. In this interview with Nigeria CommunicationsWeek team, Abu…
- 27 Dec 2021
Inflation: World Bank Warns Nigeria against Hiking Electricity Tariffs
The World bank has warned Nigeria and other emerging economies against raising electricity tariffs, arguing that s such steps will push inflation in 2022. In its latest Commodity Markets Outlook…
- 28 Sept 2020
TD Africa’s Tech Experience Centre will Unravel Nigeria’s Huge Technology Potential- Schneider Boss
Christophe Begat, managing director, Schneider Electric (Anglophone West Africa) has lent his voice to the expected launch of the Tech Experience Centre, describing it as a development that will…
- 20 Jul 2016
Bosch Focuses On Nigeria, Targets 25% Sales Growth in 2016
Bosch Power Tools- in Nigeria has pledged to increase its investment portfolio in the country by being instrumental in building an automotive industry, providing machinery for modern food and…
- 29 Dec 2014
Consumers May Pay More for Goods, Services in 2015 - LCCI
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have expressed anxiety on the possibility of consumers paying more for goods and services in 2015.…
- 5 Dec 2015
#Electricity: Leveraging Gas to Power Nigeria
In order for any country to experience sustainable growth, there is an underlying need for consistent, affordable, and environmentally-friendly energy. Electricity plays a fundamental role in the…
- 16 Feb 2009
ZeeSoft Transforms Businesses with Array of IT Solutions
Zeesoft Nigeria Limited, a wholly Nigerian owned IT company is ever ready to add flavour to businesses in Nigeria as it is engaged in the business of helping companies formulate and execute effective…
- 18 Jan 2022
How e-Commerce Improves Health and Safety Of Informal Retailers
As Nigeria pushes towards a virile digital economy, the informal retail sector, with billions of dollars investment, holds a crucial role in attaining this goal. However, a huge chunk of the market…
- 27 Feb 2024
WATISE 2024: Experts Set to Tackle Infrastructure Funding Challenges for Rural Telephony & Green Energy
After successfully hosting the first Edition of the West Africa Telecoms Summit and Exhibition (WATISE), a regional gathering of telecoms players and stakeholders in the industry, all is now set for…
- 5 Oct 2009
Schools Not Producing Quality Graduates Anymore-Okotore
Yinka Okotore is the principal partner, InterWireless Consultants, a USA and Nigeria based telecom engineering consulting company, established in 2001. His telecom experience span over 10 years and…
- 7 Oct 2022
Technology is a Crucial Driver of Nigeria‘s Economy – Alerzo Group CEO
Adewale Opaleye, the group CEO of Alerzo, has said technology will drive Nigeria's economy forward provided the government continues to create a conducive environment and friendly regulatory…
- 27 Feb 2024
Telcos Reportedly Awaiting Nod to Hike Tariff
More hard times await Nigerians should the federal government grant telecommunication companies’ request to hike tariff on calls and data, according to the Sun . The citizens are already battling…
- 30 Oct 2013
Proserv Appoints Phillips Head of Nigerian Operations
Proserv, international energy technology Services Company has reinforced its expanding global reach by appointing Olu Phillips country manager for Nigeria, one of West Africa's fast-emerging…
- 16 Jan 2014
Empowering Local Companies in BPO will Address Unemployment – Adebayo
Gbenga Adebayo, group chief executive officer, Communications Network Support Services, has called on federal government and regulatory bodies in the different sectors of the economy to promulgate…
- 31 Oct 2024
African Telcos Compete to Launch Eco-Friendly Data Centres
African telecommunications companies are hurrying to build data centres powered by green energy as the demand for digital services on the continent increases, driven by the largest youth demographic…
- 29 Jul 2008
Internet Crawl at Snail Speed, Nigerians Groan
Despite the burgeoning improvements in Nigeria’s mobile landscape, Internet usage is rising at a snail speed, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek investigations can now reveal. Nigeria…
- 9 Jun 2016
Forex Confusion Persists, Naira Hits N371 to Dollar
A two-week silence from Nigeria’s government and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on further details or even a timescale for naira liberalisation has left international investors and domestic firms…
- 20 Feb 2015
Scary! Get Ready for $10 a Barrel Oil
This is a very bad time for oil dependent country like Nigeria because a scary analysis in Bloomberg by Gary Shilling has predicted a further tumble in oil price, According to Shilling, at about $50…