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- 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…
- 5 Nov 2024
Standard Chartered, BII Renew $350 million Commitment to Support Trade Finance in Emerging Markets
Standard Chartered, a leading international cross-border bank, and British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, announce the signing of…
- 13 Nov 2019
Enyo Reiterates Commitment to Create Shared Value
According to the UN, over 3 billion people rely on wood, coal and charcoal for energy. Also, indoor air pollution from using combustible fuels for household energy caused 4.3 million deaths in 2012,…
- 17 Oct 2022
AFEX Launches 100,000MT/ year Grain Quality Enhancement Centre to Mark World Food Day
AFEX, Africa’s leading private commodities market player, on Friday, marked World Food Day 2022, with the launch of a new 100,000MT/ year Grain Quality Enhancement Centre and 30,000 MT storage…
- 22 Jul 2022
Treepz Wins GSA Award For Best Industrial Tech Company In Africa
Treepz Inc records another major 2022 win for its company. In the just concluded Global Startup Awards which took place in Cape Town, South Africa, Treepz bagged the award for Best Industrial Tech…
- 18 Sept 2018
UNICEF Says More Nigerians Have Access to Cell Phones Than Toilets
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that more people have access to cell phones in Nigeria than they have access to toilets. Quoting a 2018 report by the Nigerian Communications…
- 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…
- 11 Nov 2018
Aziz, NIMC Boss Seeks to Unlock Nigeria’s Digital Market Opportunities
Engr. Aliyu Aziz, director-general, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has identified seven key conditions necessary to unlock opportunities and potentials in Nigeria’s digital market.…
- 30 Nov 2023
COP28: NASENI EVC, Halilu To Speak On Homegrown Technologies For Rural Electrification In Dubai
Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu, executive vice chairman/chief executive officer (EVC/CEO), National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), is set to detail the Agency's plans and…
- 8 Dec 2016
TechDev 2016: First Software Academy Set To Open In Enugu
As part of take homes from the TechDev Summit 2016, states are encouraged to support the moves for the establishment of a Software Academy in Enugu by Q1 2017’ and in all state capitals of the south…
- 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 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,…
- 21 Dec 2021
Pipit Global, Cellulant Extend Payment Services Footprint to 12 New African Markets
Pipit Global, international cash payments platform and Cellulant, pan-African payments company have extended their partnership agreement to now include eighteen countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The…
- 31 May 2017
UN Study: How Digitization of Kenyan Farmer Payments Helps Tackle Poverty
A new case study by the United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance shows how agriculture nonprofit organization One Acre Fund, in partnership with Citi Inclusive Finance, successfully digitized…
- 22 Aug 2019
Softcom Harps on the Use of Technology to Meet SDGs 2030
Softcom, an indigenous technology company and technical partners to the Federal Government of Nigeria on the N-Power project, hosted a conference with the theme: Combating Poverty: Role of Technology…
- 13 Jun 2021
Nigeria among Top 3 Countries with Electricity Deficits in the World
The World Bank has listed Nigeria among the three countries with the largest electricity deficits in the world. It said during the last decade, a greater share of the global population gained access…
- 24 Jun 2021
Winners Emerge in Zedvance-Sponsored Bookville Reading Competition
Winners have emerged in the fourth edition of the Bookville Reading Competition, organized by one of the foremost bookstores in Nigeria, Bookville World and sponsored by leading consumer finance…
- 17 Mar 2017
Unesco, GSMA Champion Women's Online Participation
The Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development's Working Group on the Digital Gender Divide, co-chaired by the GSMA and Unesco, has released a report that sets specific recommendations to…
- 23 Mar 2017
Internet Society Hosts Africa Regional Internet, Dev Dialogue
Aimed at gathering various organizations working on Internet and development across African region to identify synergies and create opportunities for coordination and collaboration, the …
- 25 Jul 2018
UNN Strengthens Economic Transformation Through Science Park
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) says it is deepening economic transformation in West Africa through its newly established Lion Science Park (LSP). Prof. Benjamin Ozumba, UNN Vice Chancellor,…