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- 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…
- 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…
- 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 -…
- 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…
- 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’…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 23 Feb 2020
FG to Introduce Robotics, Artificial Intelligence in School Curriculum
The Federal Ministry of Education has said that it would work on the inclusion of coding, robotics and artificial intelligence into the country’s school curricula so as to take pupils to the 21st…
- 28 Jun 2021
NIMC Registers 57.3m Nigerians for NIN
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says only 57.3 million Nigerians have been registered out of 200 million population in the country. Mr Aliyu Aziz, the Director-General, NIMC, said…
- 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,…
- 17 Feb 2019
2.3M Young Africans get Empowerment with Digital, Coding Skills
Those who still believe that African youths may be left behind in the global competitiveness with digital and coding skills should better have a rethink. With coding as a universal language that…
- 20 Nov 2020
Danbatta Charges Media Practitioners to Curb Misinformation around 5G
Professor Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has charged media practitioner both traditional and online to use their platforms to change the negative…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 19 Sept 2016
GSMA, UN, Project Everyone Collaborate to Drive Sustainable Development Goals
The GSMA has announced collaboration with the United Nations and Project Everyone, a non-profit global campaign, to increase awareness of and engagement with the United Nations Sustainable…
- 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…
- 30 Nov 2015
ITU Releases Annual global ICT Data, Development Index Country Rankings
ITU’s flagship annual Measuring the Information Society Report, has revealed that 3.2 billion people are now online, representing 43.4% of the global population, while mobile-cellular subscriptions…
- 27 Sept 2015
UN Broadband Commission Affirms Focus on Sustainable Development Goals
The power of broadband to leapfrog development roadblocks and bring access to education, healthcare and employment opportunities should put high-speed information and communication technology (ICT)…
- 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…
- 7 Apr 2021
Nigeria Volunteers Network Launches ‘17 Stories’ Campaign to Drive Progress on SDGs
The Nigeria Volunteers Network (NVN) with the support of the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) Nigeria and Ewalewa Gallery launched the 17 Stories campaign to raise awareness on the need for…
- 18 Feb 2020
Coca-Cola Tackles Maternal & Infants Mortality in Lagos
Residents of Lagos State have more reasons to smile this new year with the regional launch of Coca-Cola’s Safe Birth Initiative (SBI), a program aimed at reducing maternal and infant death rates…
- 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.…
- 23 Apr 2025
Union Bank's Edu360 Initiative Scores Big for Nigerian Football Development
Union Bank has again demonstrated its commitment to youth development and quality education by sponsoring the 11th edition of the Greensprings Football Academy. L-R: Bukola Ayeni, Lead External…
- 24 Jun 2016
Samsung Says Corporate Citizens Should Make Real Impact on Africa’s SDGs
South Africa, prepared to follow on from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the 17 Sustainable Development Goals were unveiled with the aim of taking steps towards building a better world in…
- 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,…
- 20 Feb 2017
Disruptive Expo ‘17 Centers On Smart Cities, Citizens’ Participation
Some decades ago, the internet became a world-wide sensation, as people no longer wait for a post office, telegram, fax or physical libraries to send or receive information. The society has been…
- 26 Sept 2018
Canon Celebrates Third Anniversary of the UN Sustainability Development Goals
Canon, a provider of imaging technologies and services, will celebrate the anniversary of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals along with thousands of individuals, organisations, and…