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- 30 May 2024
Mastercard, AfDB Partner to Accelerate Digital Transformation in Africa
Mastercard and the African Development Bank Group have launched the Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance: Africa to extend digital access to critical services to 100 million…
- 5 Dec 2021
World Bank says Underdeveloped Broadband Infrastructure Hampering Nigeria’s Digital Economy
The World Bank says Nigeria’s digital economy plan is being continually hampered by an underdeveloped fixed broadband infrastructure. The global bank disclosed this in its ‘Nigeria Development…
- 13 Jan 2022
B2B E-commerce: Consolidating Nigeria’s Digital Economy Blueprint
The Nigerian digital economy holds immense potential for the overall growth of the economy. In recent years, the government and other stakeholders have woken up to the possible contribution of the…
- 25 Mar 2025
Mastercard Announces Bold Investments to Propel Africa's Digital Payments Economy Towards $1.5 Trillion Goal by 2030
Africa’s digital payments economy is set to grow from strength to strength according to a Mastercard-commissioned report by Genesis Analytics stating that the digital payments economy is expected to…
- 22 Sept 2021
Digital Entrepreneurship Crucial to Sustainable Digital Economy — DG NITDA
Digital entrepreneurship has been described as a crucial element necessary in ensuring sustainable digital economy because through innovations in technology, people have been able to shop and sell…
- 4 Nov 2024
Access Bank Wins Best Digital, Best Website at 2024 Digital Jurist Awards
Access Bank PLC has been named the 2024 Best Digital Award Winner in the Commercial Banks Category at the Digital Jurist Awards, organized by Phillips Consulting (pcl.). In addition to this top…
- 18 Jun 2026
Mobile Technologies Boost Africa’s Economy by $240B in 2025, Commences a New Phase of Digital Transformation
Mobile technologies and services contributed $240 billion to Africa’s economy in 2025, equivalent to 7.8% of GDP, according to the GSMA’s Mobile Economy Africa 2026 report. The sector also supported…
- 23 Feb 2017
GSMA Urges Policymakers To Advance ‘Digital Economy’
The GSMA on Wednesday launched a new report that encourages governments to pursue policies that incentivise investment and promote development of digital economies, building an inclusive digital…
- 12 Oct 2018
Digital Economy a Catalyst for National Development- Shittu
Dr Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communications has said that Nigeria will not have any meaningful development without a commensurate level of development in digital economy and technology. He stated…
- 10 Feb 2022
Positive Indicators for Nigeria's Digital Economy
Nigeria's fast growing youth population, expanding consumer power, and increasing smartphone penetration, provides a strong basis for online commerce and financial technology in Nigeria. The current…
- 24 Sept 2014
GSMA to Undertake Research to Accelerate Female Digital Economy
The GSMA and its partners are working together in the Connected Women Programme to accelerate growth of the female digital economy, having already reached 10 million women through existing…
- 10 May 2017
Opera $100m Investment to Boost Africa’s Digital Economy
Opera, the developer of popular mobile browser in Africa, on Tuesday announced its plan to invest $100 million (N30 billion ) over the next two years to facilitate the growth of African digital…
- 6 Nov 2020
Innovative Platforms Digital Economy in Nigeria- Obaro, SystemSpecs Boss
John Obaro, managing director of SystemSpecs, a leading African financial and human capital technology solutions company, has said that emerging economies like Nigeria are set to witness further…
- 22 Jul 2024
WATRA Says Digital Economy Contributes $30Bn Annually to W/African GDP
The West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) has said that the digital economy currently contributes around $30 billion annually to the region’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). WATRA…
- 8 Sept 2025
WATISE 2025: Stakeholders Rally to Unlock West Africa’s Trillion-Dollar Digital Economy
The 2025 West Africa Telecommunications Infrastructure Summit & Exhibition (WATISE), held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Lagos, concluded with a unified call for strategic partnerships, inclusive…
- 7 Oct 2025
Stakeholders Say AgriTech, Open Data, Critical to Nigeria’s Digital Economy
Stakeholders in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector have identified agricultural technology (AgriTech) and open data platforms as essential tools for advancing Nigeria’s digital…
- 27 Mar 2023
Time for Nigeria’s MNOs to Empower Mobile Digital Ecosystem with their Subscriber Data
By Martin Effiong, Senior Operator Partnerships Lead at Infobip We are at a point where Nigeria’s financial inclusion drive is at its highest, digital commerce is growing in leaps and bounds and the…
- 22 May 2023
NITDA DG says Digital Economy has Created Pathway for Emerging Technologies
Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, the Director General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), said that digital economy has created a pathway for emerging technologies, providing…
- 29 Oct 2024
MTN Group Chairman, Togolese Minister Cena Lawson, and GSMA's John Giusti Address Digital Access Inequalities at Semafor's UNGA Event
At the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, key stakeholders gathered at Semafor's "The Next 3 Billion" summit to address pressing digital access inequalities affecting millions…
- 19 Jan 2026
NCC Unveils Spectrum Roadmap to Power Nigeria’s $1tr Digital Economy
As part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s digital infrastructure and accelerate the country’s push towards a $1 trillion digital economy, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has unveiled a…
- 30 Jul 2018
Exploring the Potential of Digital Transformation on the Nigerian Economy
The concept of a digital economy is essentially a new economy stream that brings with it new momentum. As ICT technologies develop rapidly and become integrated into more and more verticals,…
- 7 Apr 2025
Unlocking Nigeria’s Digital Economy: What 2025 Means for Investors by Reuben Kalu
In recent years, Nigeria has made considerable strides in embracing the digital revolution. As 2025 unfolds, the nation's digital landscape reveals a mix of tremendous growth, evolving technologies,…
- 21 Apr 2017
Agritech App Brings Livestock Farmers into Digital Economy
Ari.farm, a new agritech app, is helping to bring nomadic livestock farmers into the digital economy. The idea, launched for farmers in Somali, was inspired by a relatively new concept called…
- 24 Dec 2020
Jumia Seeks Business Friendly Policies for a Digital Economy
Jumia Group has urged African governments to implement the right policies that will support the realization of a digital economy. At the Group’s 2020 closing remarks, Juliet Anammah, Chairwoman,…
- 7 Jan 2021
Digital inclusion: What Equal Access to Education Mean in the Digital Age
By Zohra Yermeche The COVID-19 crisis, and the impact which it has had on learning across the world, has highlighted many of the digital disparities which exist in today’s world. At a time when many…
- 16 Apr 2019
Nigeria, Others’ Mobile Economy Valued at Over $50Bn in 2018 – GSMA
West Africa’s mobile ecosystem generated more than $50 billion in economic value last year – equivalent to 8.7 per cent of the region’s GDP1, according to a new GSMA study. The 2019 West Africa…
- 12 Apr 2026
WATRA Positions West Africa’s $216bn Digital Economy for Growth
The West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing a secure, inclusive, and resilient digital ecosystem in West Africa following the successful…
- 10 Jun 2025
Innovation Will Shape Nigeria’s Digital Economy - A’isha Mumuni
MTN Nigeria has convened alumni of its Media Innovation Programme (MIP) for an interactive training session on digital monetisation in Nigeria’s Value-Added Services (VAS) sector. The hybrid event,…
- 9 Mar 2021
AfDB Approves $1.3 million Grants to Enhance Women’s Digital Access to Loans and Micro-insurance
The African Development Bank, AfDB, has approved two grants for research that will increase African women’s access to a range of digital financial services including loans and micro-insurance. The…
- 28 Jan 2021
Data: A Critical Tool in Entrenching Digital Economy – DG NITDA
Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director General National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) has hinted that Data plays a critical role in a digital economy. This he said while…