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- 24 Jan 2023
Touch and Pay Launches Cowry Card Cashless Fare Collection Technology on New LRMT Blue Rail Line
Touch and Pay Technologies , a Nigerian fintech company and leading processor of micro-transactions in Africa, announced today that for the first time, rail passengers across Nigeria’s largest city,…
- 11 Sept 2012
Local Equipment Suppliers Should be Encouraged - Okafor
Edwin Okafor is managing director of Adimo Electronics Limited - suppliers of telecommunication equipment. A consummate entrepreneur with skills in electrical and telecom installations and networking…
- 19 Apr 2014
Delta Air Hints on Skymiles Program 2015
Delta Air Line, in a bid to maintain its leading role in passenger satisfaction, has disclosed plans for Skymile Program 2015. The Airline disclosed this to the cheering of travel agencies…
- 20 Jul 2021
World’s Richest Man Bezos Completes Successful First Space Jaunt
Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, soared about 66.5 miles (107 km) above the Texas desert aboard his company Blue Origin’s New Shepard launch vehicle on Tuesday and returned safely to Earth, a…
- 27 Jan 2020
Lagos Bans Okada, Tricycle Riders in 15 LGs/LCDAs
The Lagos State Government has banned okada and tricycle riders in six Local Governments and nine Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, of the state. The councils are: Apapa LG, Apapa Iganmu LCDA,…
- 24 Jun 2016
Purple Capital’s Maryland Mall Displays Growing Retail Trends
Have you heard about the new shopping trend, the new wind of change blowing across the agro-allied, business and commercial landscape? It’s called “modern retail”. If you however still do most…
- 30 Jul 2014
GTBank Rolls Out GTExpress @ Forte Oil Locations
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has launched ‘GTExpress’; a comprehensive agent banking service at Forte Oil locations nationwide, as part of efforts at bringing banking services closer to its existing…
- 30 Jul 2018
FBRA Signs MOU with Lagos State Government to Clean Waterways
The Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA) a coalition comprising Coca-Cola Nigeria Ltd., Nigerian Bottling Company, Nestle Nigeria PLC, Seven Up Bottling company and Nigerian Breweries Plc,…
- 30 Jul 2013
JUMIA Introduces 16 More Cash on Delivery Locations in Lagos
Jumia.com.ng, Nigeria’s number 1 shopping destination has introduced 16 more cash on delivery locations across Nigeria just days after the online shopping giant was nominated for two main awards at…
- 18 Feb 2026
N328.5Bn Billing: How Political Patronage Built Lagos’ Agbero Shadow Tax Empire
By Blaise Udunze Lagos prides itself as Africa’s commercial nerve centre. It markets innovation, fintech unicorns, rail lines, blue-water ferries, and billion-dollar real estate. Though with the…
- 14 Dec 2014
Bermuda Triangle Plane Mystery 'Solved'
Two of the so-called Bermuda Triangle's most mysterious disappearances in the late 1940s may have been solved. Scores of ships and planes are said to have vanished without trace over the decades in a…
- 12 Jul 2024
Holiday Shopping Season to Look Different for Retailers this Year as Shoppers Take on more Debt
By Zuko Mdwaba, Salesforce Area Vice President & Africa Leader New Salesforce research shows that 37% of indebted consumers are using their credit cards more today than they were a year ago,…
- 22 Apr 2024
Telcos Record N27Bn Loss from Damaged Fibre Cables
Repairs and revenue losses from damaged cables are estimated to have cost Nigeria’s telecom industry almost N27bn ($23m) in 2023, according to documents obtained by Bloomberg . MTN Nigeria, the…
- 19 Apr 2024
FG Plans EO to Criminalise Fiber Cable Damage Costing Telcos Billions
Nigeria will criminalize the destruction of broadband fiber cables following repeated complaints by MTN Nigeria Communications Plc and other telecommunications companies that they are losing billions…
- 28 Dec 2018
MTN Takes Market Doctor Initiative to Lagos
MTN Nigeria through its MTN Foundation has taken its health initiative, the MTN Market Doctor initiative to Lagos Market. The initiative is aimed at improving access to health care in Nigeria…
- 9 May 2021
Winpart Launches Spare Parts e-Commerce Website for All Car Brands
Winpart, a division of CFAO Motors and Nigeria’s fast-growing distributor in original vehicle maintenance spare parts, has launched an e-commerce website as part of its commitment to solve the fake…
- 24 Jun 2014
Jumia Nigeria Expands Operations to Kano
Jumia Nigeria, Africa’s E-commerce giant, has continued to expand and reach out to a larger audience, two years after its establishment in Nigeria. The majority of Nigeria’s population is in…
- 15 Mar 2023
Zipline Launches New Autonomous Home Delivery Services
Zipline has unveiled its new platform that provides quiet, fast and precise autonomous delivery directly to homes in cities and suburbs. The company’s next generation home delivery platform is…
- 6 Sept 2019
GIG Logistics Partners Aim Higher Africa to Launch the Back-2-School Giveaway
GIG Logistics, Nigeria’s leading logistics company, has launched the Back-2-School Giveaway, where school backpacks filled with school supplies will be given to children residing in low-income…
- 2 Jul 2016
eNNovators: Stakeholders Frown at Low mPOS Deployment
Participants at eNNovators Breakfast Series (EBS) themed making “mPOS a veritable last Mile Banking in Nigeria” have expressed disappointment with the snail pace at which providers are deploying…
- 3 Jul 2016
eNNovators: Stakeholders Frown at Low mPOS Deployment
Participants at eNNovators Breakfast Series (EBS) themed ‘making mPOS a veritable last Mile Banking in Nigeria’ have expressed disappointment with the snail pace at which providers are deploying…
- 19 Apr 2021
Kwik Delivery Releases Prestashop Plugin
The ‘oars’ are definitely not resting at Kwik Delivery at this time! Just weeks after the release of its plugins for Shopify and Magento, Kwik Delivery announces the release of its plugin for…
- 14 Jul 2013
Cost of Bandwidth Crashes by 200 Per Cent
The cost of bandwidth has crashed by some 200 per cent as the avalanche of undersea cable systems, each with landing points on the shores of Nigeria battle for chunks of the country’s untapped and…
- 28 Sept 2014
GE Foundation Supports Fight Against Ebola With $2m
West African Countries presently battling with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) may now heave a sigh of relief as the Global infrastructure giant, GE Foundation announced a whopping sum of $2…
- 6 Dec 2015
Lagos with 22.8% Ranking Places Nigeria on Top of Global Mileage
At present, Nigeria a country dependent on crude oil is experiencing a shortage of the product called petrol which has affected the daily activities of commuters. Even with the scarcity of petrol,…
- 29 Jun 2010
Nigerian Wimax Market is Very promising - Smith
Winston Smith, managing director, Alvarion Southern Africa has described the Nigerian Wimax Market as very promising. He said Nigeria via the Nigerian Communications Commission has shown itself to be…
- 23 Mar 2016
Mobile app Accelerator Neumob Launches in Nigeria, Others
US firm Neumob, which claims to boost app performance and helps them run up to 10 times faster, has announced it has expanded its global network with a launch in Africa, establishing new points of…
- 14 Aug 2022
Med-Direct, Konga Kares to Commence Free Delivery of Subsidised Quality Medicines to Nigerians
Nigerians can now enjoy free delivery of highly subsidised quality medicines to their preferred locations nationwide effective from Monday, August 15, 2022, courtesy of Konga Kares - a Corporate…
- 29 Sept 2008
SkyVision Slashes Internet Cost by 25%
SkyVision, a leading global Internet protocol connectivity service provider, plans to slash cost of internet access in the country by 25% through an investment of over 2 billion naira. Mark Gazit,…
- 15 Dec 2015
MTN’s Record Fine, Others to Shape 2016
Gareth Mellon, ICT Programme Manager at Frost & Sullivan Africa provides a run-down of the top six technology trends to watch in Africa as we edge closer to 2016. Accordi to Mellon, while MTN…