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- 3 Oct 2019
Facebook Partners, Teleperformance to Open SBG Operations Centre in Lagos
Facebook, in partnership with Teleperformance, has announced the opening of its first Small Business Group (SBG) Operations Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, which will provide outsourced support to all…
- 24 Mar 2014
NSN Restrategises Nigeria Operations, Opens New Office
Nokia Solutions and Networks has announced the inauguration of a new office in Lagos, the commercial hub of West Africa, to expand its operations in the country. The company has also renovated its…
- 12 Jul 2015
Capital Market Operators Get September Deadline for FIX Software
Stock brokering firms and investment banks in the country have up to September this year to adopt Financial Information Exchange (FIX) protocol software, Nigeria Communicationsweek has learnt. The…
- 16 Jan 2022
Periculum, Canadian Fintech Opens Operation in Nigeria, Sets to Build Credit Assessment Infrastructure for Africa
Periculum, Canadian fintech startup and credit assessment company, has launched in Nigeria to tackle the challenge of domestic credit to the underserved markets. Focused on improving financial…
- 29 Dec 2017
NNPC To Complete Automation of Crude Oil Marketing Operations in 2018
By peter oluka The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has indicated that the automation of all transactions involving the supply, marketing and sale of the various grades and blends of…
- 9 Nov 2014
Capital Market Operators Trek Lazily to FIX Software Upgrade
Stock brokering firms and investment banks in the country are lazily marching to adopt Financial Information Exchange (FIX) protocol software, even as the deadline for the completion has…
- 2 Jul 2021
Wow!lotto Opens Operation in Nigeria, Dangles ₦300m for Winners
Wow!lotto, first interactive online lottery game platform in Nigeria, has unveiled operation with an offering of a unique combination of lottery game mechanics with online casino visualization for…
- 12 Apr 2022
Wardchat Opens Operation in Nigeria, Pledges to Strengthen & Empower Electoral Community
Wardchat, a Nigerian non-partisan social network connecting voters from the same polling unit, ward, local government and state across the country has been launched in the country. L-R: Kunle Lawal-…
- 10 Mar 2021
How Ecommerce Market leader Opened up Food Delivery Service in Nigeria
By Adedoyin Giwa If there's any industry that has witnessed tremendous growth, impact and success in recent years, it is the online food delivery sector. Thriving on technology and digitalization,…
- 5 Jun 2026
FG Targets Alleged N3tn Capital Flight, Opens Airtime Credit Market to Nigerian Fintechs
The Federal Government has backed moves to deregulate Nigeria’s airtime credit and data advance market, a step aimed at increasing indigenous participation, promoting competition and reducing capital…
- 19 May 2016
Orange Business Expands African Enterprises, Opens Nigeria Sales Operations
Orange Business Services, the B2B division of the Orange Group, is reaffirming its commitment to support enterprises in Africa with the expansion of its Lagos, Nigeria presence. It has…
- 10 Mar 2020
Paga Partners Visa to Expand Operations to Global Market
Paga, Nigerian payment platform, has announced partnership with global payments technology company, Visa, in a bid to offer secure and convenient mobile payments solutions and expand its range of…
- 6 Jul 2016
Ericsson Embraces New GSMA Initiative for VoLTE Services
Ericsson has embraced the GSMA's initiative for Open Market Devices aiming to support faster operator launches of VoLTE and Wi Fi calling services. By adopting the new GSMA initiative for Open Market…
- 24 Apr 2026
Summit Factory Opens in Ogun, Targets Hygiene Market Expansion
Summit Household Solutions Limited has opened its ultra-modern manufacturing facility in Ota, Ogun State, as part of its efforts to scale production of home and personal care products in Nigeria. The…
- 25 Oct 2019
CBN Bars Individuals, Domestic Firms from OMO Auction
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has completely prohibited individuals and local firms from investing in both its primary and secondary Open Market Operations (OMO) auctions. The central bank’s…
- 15 Jan 2014
OTT, Smart Device Penetration Will Shape MEA Consumer Telecoms Scene in 2014-IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) on Wednesday announced its annual predictions for the Middle East and Africa consumer telecommunications and media services market in 2014. IDC predicts that…
- 17 Jan 2014
Mobile Data Remains Africa’s Cash Cow for Telcos
International Data Corporation Insight has found that mobile data will remain the operators’ cash cow in 2014, aside the exponential increase in mobile data forcing telecommunications operators in…
- 9 Jan 2014
SA Telcos Rue Shrinking Revenue, Eye Enterprise Market Elsewhere
Operators in South Africa telecoms market are seeking opportunities in enterprise market for long-term growth after recent trading result saw revenue tumbling to record lows. Business Monitor, the…
- 24 Mar 2026
CBN Directs IMTOs to Open Naira Settlement Accounts
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs) operating in the country to open and maintain naira settlement accounts with authorised dealer banks, as…
- 11 May 2020
COVID-19: SEC Boosts Regulation With Fintech Platform
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC has said that it is leveraging the various opportunities available in the Fintech space to ensure proper regulation of the Capital market in the face of…
- 1 Apr 2018
Banks Borrow N27.5tn from CBN in Six Months
The Deposit Money Banks in the country borrowed the sum of N27.5tn from the Central Bank of Nigeria through the Standing Lending Facility window of the regulator during the first six months of 2017,…
- 27 Jul 2016
GSMA Launches Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund
The GSMA has launched the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund, which will support innovative start-ups in emerging markets and is open to start-ups from and operating in Africa and selected…
- 8 Dec 2022
SEC Targets N5trn Capitalization for Shariah Products by 2025
Mr. Lamido Yuguda, the Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in Abuja said that the revised edition of the Capital Market Master plan (2021 – 2025) that was recently launched…
- 29 Jan 2021
No MVNO Licensing Yet – NCC
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it has yet to conclude licence framework that will open telecoms market for the launch of Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs). Prof Umar…
- 8 Aug 2013
Android Surges, Windows Phone Gains @ Smartphone OpS Market
Android and Windows Phone both managed slight increases in the worldwide smartphone operating system market for the second quarter of 2013. Despite beating some expectations in terms of shipment…
- 3 Oct 2025
How Policy Missteps Weigh Down Nigeria’s Fragile Banking Giants
By Blaise Udunze Nigeria’s banking sector has always stood at the center of the nation’s economic hopes. Yet, instead of fueling growth and wealth creation, the sector finds itself trapped in a cycle…
- 22 Aug 2012
Nigeria on Brink of China Device Explosion
The forecast early in the year didn’t particularly look robust; unlike the previous year (2010) the Nigerian mobile market recorded a 19.4 per cent growth, coming into 2012 with a misery 9 per cent…
- 8 Apr 2020
SEC Introduces Investor’s Data, Consent Form to Curb Identity Theft
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has developed a standardized Investor’s Data and Consent Form to be adopted by all Capital Market Operators, in a bid to address challenges associated with…
- 9 Aug 2022
Retailer Recounts Impact of Technology on Her Well-being
It truly takes time and energy in moving around an open market to source for goods in order to restock, which brings about body aches and fatigue most retailers have shared. These experiences are…
- 9 Jun 2015
Bosch Opens Regional Subsidiary in Nigeria, Eyes Four Business Sectors
Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, officially opened a new sales, marketing and service subsidiary in Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria, on Tuesday. The Company which views…