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- 27 Jan 2015
Somalia’s 1stIslamic Bank Now Live with iMAL Islamic Core Banking System
Premier Bank in Somalia has formally announced that it has successfully gone live with Path Solutions’ iMAL Islamic Banking & Investment System on December last year. The implementation of the…
- 22 Mar 2017
Somalia Hunger: Turkish Airlines Offers Tons of Aid
As part of its humanitarian gesture to ensure safety of lives across its countries of operations, Turkish Airlines, has granted official consent for carriage of 200-tons of aid for the next six…
- 16 Oct 2012
Tramigo Adds Somalia to African Footprints
Tramigo announces a great milestone in its coast-to-coast strategy in Africa with the opening of a Distribution and Support Office in Mogadishu. During the last twelve months Tramigo has opened…
- 25 Jul 2014
Nigeria Records more Deaths from Terrorism than Somalia, Iraq
Nigeria has the world’s highest casualty rate from terrorism -related attacks, according to Maplecroft, a UK-based risk consultancy which released its report Thursday. Nigeria ignobly…
- 16 Sept 2020
Amana Bank signs Comprehensive Software Deal with Path Solutions
Amana Bank, a leading Islamic bank in Somalia has announced that it has selected iMAL, the AAOIFI-certified core banking platform from Path Solutions to replace its legacy IT system and deploy a…
- 23 Mar 2020
Path Solutions Selected As a Strategic Technology Solutions Partner of MyBank
Path Solutions has announced that it had signed up MyBank Ltd., its second banking client for iMAL in Somalia, and indicated a stronger focus on the Somali market for Sharia-compliant software…
- 21 Apr 2017
Agritech App Brings Livestock Farmers into Digital Economy
Ari.farm, a new agritech app, is helping to bring nomadic livestock farmers into the digital economy. The idea, launched for farmers in Somali, was inspired by a relatively new concept called…
- 2 Sept 2024
Privacy Protection is Now Right of Citizens —Olatunji, NDPC Boss
Dr. Vincent Olatunji, national commissioner and chief executive officer, Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), has stated that it is now the right of citizens for their privacy to be protected.…
- 10 Mar 2023
Are there Really Cashless Economies?
By Yvonne-Faith Elaigwu, Head of Operations and Governance, OnePipe ‘Cashless’ has probably become one of the most popular words in Nigeria in the last few months. While it can be defined in…
- 15 Jul 2013
Worrying Surge in Kidnapping, Armed Robbery in Nigeria, Others
Well-armed pirates are widening their area of operations and using new strategies in a “worrying surge” of attacks, kidnappings and armed robberies in Nigeria and other West Africa’s oil-rich Gulf of…
- 31 Jul 2024
Nigerian Passport Gains Visa-Free Access to 45 Countries
The Nigerian passport has slightly improved globally, rising to 92nd among nations with visa-free access to other countries. According to a report released by Henley and Partners based on the data…
- 4 Feb 2015
Twitter Suspends B/Haram Account as Followers Hit 4,000 in Hours
Twitter has suspended an account purportedly set up by Boko Haram, the Nigerian terrorist group causing havoc in the country’s north, which it had used to post pictures of child soldiers in training.…
- 14 Apr 2014
UK Newspaper Links Samantha Lewthwaite, White Widow to Abuja Bombing
Samantha Lewthwaite, white widow, may be the terror mastermind behind a horrific attack in Abuja, capital of Nigeria yesterday which left 80 dead and hundreds wounded, according to Daily Star ,…
- 17 Jan 2021
Paradigm Initiative Opens Portal for DRIF21 Registration
Paradigm Initiative has announced the opening of registration for the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum, 2021 starting on Monday, January 18th to Thursday, February 18th, 2021. DRIF21 will run from…
- 7 Jun 2010
Sam Rogers Named CNN Multichoice African Journalist 2010
Sam Rogers, from South Africa, has been awarded the top prize at this year’s CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2010 Awards Ceremony. Sam Rogers, Executive Producer of Factuals –…
- 18 Mar 2013
Nigeria May Suffer due to Global Defence Cuts, Pirates
Nigeria’s coastline could become more vulnerable than it has ever been before as global defence budget suffer cuts. As the defence budgets of leading countries around the world are cut, anti-piracy…
- 23 Apr 2013
Eastern Africa Resurgence Reshapes Oil Landscape
Recent large and world-class gas discoveries in Mozambique and Tanzania, with potential for more to come, and commercial oil flows in Kenya, show the potential of the enormous exploration frontiers…
- 26 Mar 2013
Ship Owners Fret over Ongoing Unrest, Rise in Piracy
Egypt’s plans to raise Suez Canal tolls in May appear to be less of an issue than current unrest in the country and escalating violence along the canal. Growing concerns amongst policy makers and…
- 9 Mar 2012
NIMASA Allays Stakeholders’ Doubts on Concession
The Nigerian maritime industry is reaping bountifully from the application of ICT in coastal surveillance following the outsourcing of the specific function to a private firm. Nigeria…
- 21 Sept 2014
Half the World to Be Connected by 2017
Over 50% of the global population will have Internet access within three years’ time, with mobile broadband over smartphones and tablets now the fastest growing technology in human history, according…
- 28 Feb 2013
AfDB Commits $57.66m Towards Food Security in Horn of Africa
African Development Bank has signed a $57.66-million loan agreement for the multinational Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Programme (DRSLP) in the Horn of Africa (HoA) with the…
- 6 Feb 2012
38m Facebook Users in Africa - Report
Data from the Internet World Stats website show nearly 38 million Facebook users in Africa at the end of 2011, out of a population of about one billion. On the face of it, the numbers in Africa look…
- 1 Mar 2010
Trade Imbalance: Dark Cloud Hangs over Nigeria, SA Relations
Like a wild wind, South African companies have completely overrun Nigeria leaving the country and its nationals at the outskirt of the economy seen as one of the largest and most financially…
- 6 Sept 2014
Kwankwaso’s Presidential Ambition Gets Boost in Kano
Dr.Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Kano State governor, has been endorsed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Committee in Kano state to contest the 2015 presidential primary election on the…
- 10 Jun 2014
Revealed! How Middle Eastern Backers Fund Boko Haram
Boko Haram’s recent attacks are notable for the expensive military hardware on display. Where is it getting funds to acquire these hardware? The Independent reports on the sources of this money, from…
- 19 Apr 2014
'Super Tax' Slows Remittances, Development in Nigeria, Others
Africans face the highest remittance fees globally, regularly paying a "super tax" to send money home at a cost that hurts families and holds back development in the world's poorest continent, a…
- 11 Mar 2013
VMware Fuels African Expansion with Appointment of Redington Value
Redington Value, the value-added distribution division of Redington Gulf, has been appointed as a VMware distributor in WECA, marking a significant drive by the leader in virtualisation and cloud…
- 16 Apr 2015
Nigerians Abroad Remit $21Bn in 2014
The World Bank has disclosed that Nigeria received a total of $21 billion from its citizens living abroad as home remittance in 2014 saying that growth of remittance is expected to slow this…
- 16 Apr 2015
World Bank Says 700m Adults Opened Bank Account in 3 Years
The 2014 (World Bank’s) Global Findex Database measuring Financial Inclusion around the world reveals significant progress in expanding financial access, with 700 million adults worldwide became…
- 2 Oct 2013
AfDB Invests $70m n PTA Bank to Boost Trade in Africa
Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a financial package consisting of $20 million in additional equity and a $50-million line of credit (LOC) to finance projects in…