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- 27 Jun 2024
World MSME Day: Moniepoint Celebrates MSMEs as the Backbone of Global Economies and SDG champions
Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises, MSMEs have continued to demonstrate remarkable resilience and adaptability, in facilitating economic growth and development across borders in spite of…
- 8 Oct 2020
Access Bank Recommend Ways Toward Achieving SDG
Dr Gregory Jobome, the executive director, Risk Management Division, Access Bank Plc, has called for the adoption of a range of non-traditional mechanisms to raise additional funds for development…
- 21 Jan 2020
Standard Chartered says Nigeria Presents $114Bn Opportunity for the Private Sector
The Standard Chartered SDG Investment Map reveals an almost USD10 trillion (USD9.668 trillion) opportunity for private-sector investors across all emerging markets to help achieve the UN’s…
- 21 Sept 2021
GSMA Report Finds Mobile Sector Critical for Sustainable Development Goals
The sixth annual SDG impact report from the GSMA shows the mobile industry increased its contribution to all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2020. Despite the significant challenges posed…
- 24 Sept 2019
Mobile Industry Steps Up Commitment to Delivering Sustainable Development Goals
A new GSMA study shows increased contribution by the mobile industry against all 17 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) over the past year. The 2019 edition of the GSMA’s Mobile Industry…
- 19 Sept 2021
Dettol Galvanises Lagos Teachers to Bolster Curriculum With Hygiene Education
Dettol Nigeria has announced plans for the commencement of its 2021 Dettol School Hygiene Education Program, an SDG 6 initiative under the Dettol Clean Naija campaign which aims to create awareness,…
- 14 Nov 2022
Unity Bank, Kitian Training Hub Partner to Empower Over 300 Youths with Digital Skills
In a bid to promote SDG 8 for decent work and economic growth, Nigerian lender, Unity Bank Plc is collaborating with Kitian Training Hub, an Ibadan-based career advice and skills acquisition training…
- 28 Sept 2015
ITU Launches Award Recognizing Leadership in Sustainable Development through ICTs
ITU emphasized the vital role that information and communication technology (ICT) will play in meeting the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at a special award ceremony held at UN Headquarters,…
- 13 Sept 2022
AVPA, UNDP Partner to Grow Sustainable Finance in Africa
The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), a Pan-African network of social investors collaborating to mobilise and deploy capital for impact and the United Nations Development Programme…
- 21 Sept 2022
GSMA Urges Closing the Mobile ‘Usage Gap’ to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Closing the mobile internet ‘usage gap’ should be a priority for countries seeking to deliver against the ambitious UN Sustainable Development Goals, according to the GSMA’s seventh annual Mobile…
- 11 Apr 2017
How ICTs Can Fast Forward Progress On SDGs
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) now form the backbone of today’s digital economy. They also have enormous potential to fast forward progress on the United Nations’ Sustainable…
- 20 Sept 2016
GSMA Publishes Report Detailing the Mobile Industry’s Impact in Achieving SDGs
At yesterday’s United Nations Private Sector Forum, the GSMA unveiled the ‘2016 Mobile Industry Impact Report: Sustainable Development Goals’, a ground-breaking study that provides a current…
- 26 Aug 2021
Cleanbuild.africa & Creative Space to Hold First Cleantech and Climate Action Stakeholders' Forum
The historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change that went into effect in 2016, has enabled countries around the world to become more intentional about their responses to the growing threat of climate…
- 28 Oct 2021
Airtel Africa Launches its Long-term Sustainability Strategy, Building on its Corporate Purpose to Transform Lives
Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services, with a presence in 14 countries across Africa, has launched a comprehensive sustainability strategy which sets out…
- 18 Sept 2017
GSMA Highlights Mobile Industry Progress in Achieving SDGs
The GSMA yesterday published the ‘2017 Mobile Industry Impact Report: Sustainable Development Goals’, at the United Nations General Assembly Week, the second annual study assessing the mobile…
- 23 Apr 2023
AfDB, ILX sign Partnership to Mobilize European Institutional Capital for Sustainable Projects Across Africa
The African Development Bank and ILX Management B.V. (ILX) signed a partnership agreement to scale up investments and spur institutional investor capital mobilization for Sustainable Development…
- 26 Sept 2023
Union Bank Unveils Annual CSI Report: Driving Inclusive Growth; Impacting Lives, Enabling Success
Union Bank of Nigeria, a leading financial service provider, has released its 2022 Citizenship, Sustainability, and Innovation (CSI) report, outlining the bank’s efforts across three pivotal areas -…
- 24 Sept 2018
GSMA to Showcase Mobile Impact on Sustainable Development @ UNGA
The GSMA will represent the global mobile industry at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) being held in New York this week, advancing the leading role the sector is playing in meeting…
- 29 Jun 2016
Achieving UN’s SDGs Relies On ICT Innovations- Report
Innovation in new digital technologies and business models has been identified by CEOs as a critical requirement to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Sustainable…
- 28 Apr 2017
GSMA Puts Spotlight on Mobile for Girls in ICT Day
The GSMA today celebrated the annual ITU Girls in ICT Day with students from The Bridge Academy in Hackney, highlighting the exciting learning and career opportunities in science, technology,…
- 19 Sept 2016
Innovation: A Leeway Out of Recession- Omeruo
Recession is the now the buzzword globally. But the solutions are handy, only if innovators, especially where innovators are provided with adequate supports. Since the report about Nigeria’s economy…
- 27 Feb 2017
GSMA Estimates Global Mobile Subscribers to Surpass 5Bn this Year
The number of unique mobile subscribers around the world will surpass 5 billion later this year, according to a new GSMA study. The 2017 global edition of the GSMA’s ‘Mobile Economy’ report reveals…
- 26 Apr 2018
GSMA Marks International Girls in ICT Day with Events Around the World
The GSMA will celebrate the annual ITU International Girls in ICT Day this week with a series of events across its global footprint aimed at encouraging and empowering young women to explore career…
- 15 May 2025
How MTN’s ESG Strategy is Helping Fuel Nigeria’s Development Goals
MTN Nigeria’s 2024 Sustainability Report has provided a compelling case for how businesses can move from profit-centric models to purpose-led impact. As one of Africa’s leading tech companies, MTN’s…
- 14 Jul 2017
GSMA Unveils New ‘Mobile for Development’ Initiatives
At the 2017 Mobile 360 – Africa, the GSMA announced several developments in its Mobile for Development programme, all of which support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The…
- 16 Mar 2023
Nigeria's OnePipe Secures N2.25Bn Collateralized Credit Facility from TLG Capital
TLG Capital, a pan-African alternative investments firm, on Thursday announced that it has partnered with OnePipe to provide credit services to the informal sector in Nigeria. The firm provided up to…
- 10 Feb 2020
#Africa4Future Aerospace Acceleration Programme Opens
Airbus BizLab and GIZ have announced the launch of the third edition of #Africa4Future, a joint accelerator program between Airbus’ global aerospace accelerator, BizLab and Make-IT in Africa, a…
- 2 Jun 2021
Tony Elumelu Foundation, DEG Partner to Empower 200 Additional Entrepreneurs Across Africa
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, has partnered with DEG, the German development financial…
- 17 Jul 2019
GSMA Signs £38M Funding Partnership with DFID
The GSMA has announced that it has signed a thirty-eight million-pound partnership with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). The ‘Partnership for Inclusion, Innovation and Scale’…
- 14 Jun 2021
Healthcare Delivery: NITDA Trains NMA Members on Digital Transformation
The National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) believes that the integration of Information Technology into health care sector would accelerate the attainment of all the sustainable…