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- 28 Jul 2021
Field Intelligence Expands into Eleven New Cities Across East & West Africa
Field Intelligence, the health tech startup that is digitising the supply chain and transforming access to essential, life-saving medicine, has announced its expansion into Rivers, Edo, Kaduna, Kano,…
- 31 Mar 2017
$500,000 Rockefeller Foundation ‘Cassava Innovation’ Grant to NRI, FUNAAB
The Rockefeller Foundation, Dalberg and IITA have announced the results of the Cassava Innovation Challenge, launched last year to uncover novel solutions for increasing cassava shelf life in Nigeria…
- 27 Dec 2019
Smartmetric Extends Battery Life of Biometric Card to 9 years
Smartmetric Inc., a manufacturer of biometric, fingertip-based credit cards, said that its biometric credit and debit card — slated for release in early 2020 — now has a battery shelf life of over…
- 12 Dec 2021
Europe Ships 1m Near-Expired Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Nigeria
As many as 1 million doses of AstraZeneca’s covid-19 vaccine reportedly expired before they could be used in Nigeria, a country of more than 200 million where less than 2% of the population is fully…
- 8 May 2024
6 Ways Agritech can Revolutionise Grocery Aisles
By Diana Tenebe, Chief Operating Officer, FoodStuff Store Forget grocery drudgery. Imagine vibrant shelves overflowing with fresh produce, thanks to a digital revolution on the farm. Agritech tackles…
- 22 Dec 2021
FG Destroys 1m Expired Donated COVID-19 Vaccines
Nigeria destroyed more than 1 million expired doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday after authorities said they could not be used before their expiration date. Faisal Shuaib, head of…
- 6 Apr 2010
BankPHB Launches Import Finance Programme
BankPHB has launched an Integrated Import Finance programme that will help ease the importation of semi-processed goods finished goods, raw materials among others. According to a statement by the…
- 21 Jan 2015
MTN, Ericsson Partner on e-Waste Disposal, Recycling in Benin
MTN Benin, has partnered with Ericsson under their Ecology Management Program, to launch the first electrical and electronic equipment waste (e-waste) collection and awareness drive in Benin. This…
- 16 Jun 2017
Arla Foods Global Innovation Centre Unveiled
Arla Foods has restated its commitment to addressing the growing need of people around the world, including Nigerians, for nutritious, tasty, safe and affordable food products. The company also…
- 13 Jul 2026
DataPro Upgrades Dangote Cement’s Credit Rating to AA+
DataPro Rating Agency has upgraded the long-term credit rating of Dangote Cement Plc to AA+ from AA, citing the company’s strong financial performance, market leadership and ability to meet its…
- 22 Jun 2022
African Health Tech Start-ups Prompting Launch of $7M Innovator Support Program
Healthcare consulting firm Salient Advisory has launched its latest market intelligence report highlighting promising African healthtech start-ups in supply chain. Spurred by these findings, a…
- 25 Aug 2022
DataPro Affirms Nova Merchant Bank ‘A+’ Rating
DataPro, the Technology-driven credit rating agency, says it has in its latest report affirmed Nova Merchant Bank Limited’s long-term rating to “A+” with a stable outlook for the year 2021/2022. The…
- 26 Oct 2022
Banker, Regulator Agree Chat Commerce can Radically Shift Financial Inclusion in Nigeria
Clickatell, the Chat Commerce and business messaging leader, discussed with attendees at Clickatell’s Connect Interact and Transact (CIT) annual event earlier this month how they could drive…
- 29 Nov 2022
Sterling Bank Retains “BBB+” Rating with Positive Outlook
Sterling Bank Plc has been given a long-term rating of “BBB+” with a Positive Outlook for the year 2021/2022 by DataPro, the Technology-Driven Credit Rating Agency, in its latest report. According to…
- 24 Jan 2023
Abbey Mortgage Bank Receives “A-” Rating
Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc has been assigned “A-” rating with an evolving outlook for the year 2022/2023, by DataPro, a technology-driven Clcredit rating agency (CRA). In a statement, the agency’s…
- 2 Apr 2023
DataPro Trains Journalists on Credit Rating Outcomes
Journalists covering business and economic beats have been charged to be diligent in data handling in the course of their assignments in the overall interest of the Nigerian economy. Mr. Oladele…
- 4 Oct 2023
DataPro Assigns FBNQuest ‘A+’ Rating
Credit rating agency, DataPro, has assigned a rating of ‘A+’ to FBNQuest Asset Management Limited for the year 2023/2024. This was disclosed in the latest rating report from the agency. An ‘A+’…
- 10 Sept 2024
Field Launches Service to Tackle Maternal Mortality Crisis in Africa with $11M Backing
Field, African healthtech company, has today announced the launch of a route-to-market service that will introduce emerging therapies to tackle the urgency of maternal mortality, newborn and child…
- 22 Sept 2016
IFC Supports Expansion of Promasidor Nigeria Limited with $25m Loan
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, will lend $25 million to support the expansion and modernization of Promasidor Nigeria Limited (PNL), a leading Nigerian dairy and seasoning products company…
- 14 Jun 2019
Google Marks World Blood Donor Day with LifeBank
Google recently hosted crème de la crème of Nigeria’s ICT journalists and bloggers to Temie Giwa-Tubuson's LifeBank Video Watch Party. This is in commemoration of this year’s World Blood Donor Day…
- 18 Apr 2019
Murtala Sani Emerges Winner of N12m ARM’s DAAYTA 2019 Award
The Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) by Asset & Resource Management Holding Company Limited (ARM) during an event, over the weekend, held at Four Points by Sheraton Hotels Victoria…
- 16 Feb 2016
Samsung Showcases Consumer Innovations at 2016 Africa Forum
Samsung Electronics Co., limited unveiled its product line-up for 2016 at its annual Samsung Africa Forum event. The company underlined the importance of innovation that makes a meaningful difference…
- 20 Aug 2020
Lagos Empowers Tech Start-ups, Innovators with N100m Innovation Grant
The Lagos State Government has awarded grants to start-ups and science research initiatives from various universities within the state. The total grant of N100 million is part of the six pillars of…
- 22 Oct 2020
Airtel, Ericsson Partner to Drive Responsible E-waste Disposal & Recycling in Zambia
Airtel Networks Zambia Plc has partnered with Ericsson on a ‘Product Take-Back’ program to minimize the potential environmental impact associated with the disposal of decommissioned electrical…
- 25 Oct 2020
NAFDAC Blacklists India’s Mars Remedies for Manufacturing Falsified Medicines
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has blacklisted Mars Remedies PVT Limited, India for the manufacture of falsified Ciprofloxacin Tablets BP 500mg (NAFDAC REG. NO…
- 18 May 2021
Report Seeks Support to Enable African Healthtech Innovators to Accelerate Impact
Healthcare consulting firm, Salient Advisory, has launched a health care report calling on donor agencies, governments and impact investors to accelerate the impact and scale of African health-tech…
- 13 Oct 2021
Honeywell Flour Mills Plc: A 12 Month Glance Into The Nigerian Food Manufacturing Sector
By Arike Willoughby Nigeria’s 200 million estimated population provides huge opportunities for food supply. However, the supply is limited by low productivity in the agriculture sector despite the…
- 6 Jan 2022
Buhari Says Nigeria is Working on COVID-19 Vaccine
Nigeria is working to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, President Muhammadu Buhari said in a televised interview on Thursday, as the country battles growing cases of the virus. Health experts say Nigeria…
- 28 Feb 2022
VFD Group Plc Gets “A” Rating
DataPro, the technology-driven credit rating agency has assigned VFD Group Plc a long-term rating of “A” with a Stable outlook for the year 2022/2023. The rating company, in a statement issued at the…
- 3 Apr 2022
DataPro Assigns FHA Mortgage Bank “BBB” Rating
DataPro, a technology-driven credit rating agency has assigned FHA Mortgage Bank Limited a long-term rating of “BBB” with a stable outlook for the year 2021/2022. A statement by Mr. Kehinde Rasheed,…