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- 7 Mar 2022
Nigeria, Egypt Others Drive Africa’s Mobile Commerce Boom
Mobile is driving Africa’s digital economy, with Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya and South Africa leading the continent’s mobile commerce boom. This is one of the findings highlighted in the white paper…
- 20 Nov 2014
MasterCard Says Nigeria, 3 Others on Digital Evolution Threshold
A new Digital Evolution Index from MasterCard shows that South Africa, Egypt, Kenya and Nigeria are quickly moving towards digital evolution. However, South Africa’s digital economy is the most…
- 26 May 2013
Investors Shun Nigeria, Prefer SA & Egypt
Nigeria is behind South Africa and Egypt as the leading destination in Africa for foreign direct investment (FDI) according to the FDI report released by Global Greenfield Investment Trends. The…
- 12 Oct 2021
How Kaspersky Blocked Over 30,000 Mobile Malware Attacks in Nigeria, Kenya & South Africa
Over 30,000 out of the more than 206,000 mobile malware attacks blocked by Kaspersky solutions for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region in just 6-months measured, between January to June…
- 13 Jan 2026
Nigeria, Others Lag Behind as Egypt Tops Africa in AI Readiness
Nigeria and other Sub-Saharan Africa countries rank ninth out of nine global regions as Egypt has emerged as Africa’s leading country in artificial intelligence readiness, ranking first on the…
- 20 Nov 2016
Women Entrepreneurs: Driving Force Behind Economic Growth in Africa
With focus on supporting the growth and development of women entrepreneurs in Africa, Mastercard has committed to three partnerships that will impact women in Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa. This…
- 24 May 2021
Africa Day Concert 2021: MTV Base, YouTube and Idris Elba to Feature Star-studded Appearances from Angelique Kidjo, Fally Ipupa, Others
The Africa Day Concert 2021, brought to you by MTV Base, YouTube and Idris Elba have announced a star-studded line-up of guest appearances from some of the most well-known faces on the continent and…
- 18 Jul 2016
CNN MultiChoice Announces African Journalist 2016 Finalists
Finalists in the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2016 Competition were announced today by Ferial Haffajee, Chair of the independent judging panel. This year, the competition received…
- 22 Sept 2016
IBM Joins U.S. President's Advisory Council on 'Doing Business in Africa'
IBM on Wednesday announced that U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has appointed Takreem El Tohamy, IBM’s General Manager for the Middle East and Africa, to the U.S. President's Advisory…
- 4 May 2014
Nigeria, Others Account for half of Africa’s Economy — World Bank
Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt account for about half of the African economy says new data released by the World Bank Group last week. The report which ranked global economies on the basis of…
- 30 Jun 2025
Nigeria Ranks 3rd in Africa for Ransomware Threats –INTERPOL
Nigeria recorded 3,459 ransomware threat detections in 2024, placing it third on the continent behind Egypt and South Africa, according to INTERPOL’s newly released 2025 Africa Cyberthreat Assessment…
- 19 May 2022
OPay Partners Mastercard to ‘Open up e-commerce to Millions’ in Africa
Merchants and consumers from Nigeria, Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, and South Africa now have another option to make payments worldwide through a Mastercard virtual payment solution powered by…
- 11 Sept 2013
Nigeria Inch into ‘Africa Country of Future’ Top 10
Despite a well articulated policy designed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, to see Nigeria among the 20 leading global economies in 2020, the country continues to titer in development strides.…
- 5 Mar 2012
Affordable Smartphones, Tablets Answer to Broadband Penetration
Two recent polls by independent international ICT agencies have confirmed long held views that Nigerians are very resilient and are moving towards meeting global competitiveness inspite of…
- 5 Mar 2012
Affordable Smartphones, Tablets Answer to Broadband Penetration
Two recent polls by independent international ICT agencies have confirmed long held views that Nigerians are very resilient and are moving towards meeting global competitiveness inspite of…
- 20 Dec 2021
SweepSouth Acquires Egyptian Start-up, Filkhedma
South African-born SweepSouth, which currently operates in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria, has announced its acquisition of Egyptian start-up, Filkhedma. Aisha Pandor, CEO and Co-founder of…
- 28 Jun 2013
Africa’s Richest Men and their Mantras
Power and drive are two things business leaders seem to have in common. Add an uncommon determination to succeed, and the extraordinary that pushes them to surpass expectations and do things others…
- 27 Aug 2019
FIRS Imposes VAT on Online Transactions Jan 1
Babatunde Fowler, chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said that Nigerian banks would start charging Value Added Tax (VAT) on local and foreign online transactions from January 2020.…
- 6 Sept 2013
Microsoft Rated Among Top Employers in Africa
Microsoft has been certified for the second year running as one of Africa’s Top Employers in 2013/2014 for its operations in Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa. This makes the…
- 24 Dec 2018
Organised Crime Syndicates Harvest Human Organs in Nigeria, Others
Human organ harvesting is one of the most profitable black market operations around the world. According to Business Insider, across the globe, it is coordinated by an organized crime…
- 31 Mar 2020
ADC Ranks Africa Data Centres, As Nigeria Shows Growth Potentials
Africa Data Centres, the pan-African network of vendor-and carrier-neutral datacentres, has ranked Kenya in second place just behind South Africa in terms of the growth and development of its…
- 27 Jun 2025
INTERPOL Report Shows Cybercrime is West, East African Most Dominant Security Concern
Cybercrime has emerged as a dominant security concern across Africa, with more than 30 percent of all reported crimes in Western and Eastern regions linked to cyber activity, according to the newly…
- 29 Aug 2019
Nigeria Remains Africa's Largest Smartphone Market
The Africa mobile phone market declined 1.8% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in Q2 2019, according to the latest figures announced by International Data Corporation (IDC). According to the global technology…
- 29 Jun 2022
New Report Reveals Preference for Ease of Use, Reliability and Speed in B2B Payments by African Businesses
A new report that includes the surveyed opinions of more than 1,000 business owners from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt has revealed ease of use, reliability and speed as the preferred…
- 1 Oct 2024
ALX Africa Leads Tech Innovation with New Batch of Pioneer African Data Scientists
ALX, Africa’s leading tech career accelerator, a few weeks ago announced the successful graduation of over 2,800 learners across Africa. The countries include Ghana, South Africa, Rwanda, Ethiopia,…
- 17 Nov 2021
IHS Inks Deal to Acquire MTN’s 5709 Telecom Towers for $412m
IHS Holding Limited (“IHS Towers”), one of the largest independent owners, operators, and developers of shared telecommunications infrastructure in the world by tower count, has signed agreements to…
- 24 Nov 2014
Africa Becoming Magnet for Foreign Investment, But- Deloitte
Rising consumer demand, aligned with annual growth of around eight per cent, is likely to add around $1.1 trillion to African GDP by 2019, with Ethiopia, Uganda and Mozambique among the fastest…
- 23 Feb 2023
Nigerians Overpay for their Internet - Study
Surfshark recently released the Global Internet Value Index (IVi), which uncovers countries that are overpaying for their internet connection plan. Nigeria is in 109th place in the world with an…
- 20 Feb 2022
Nigeria, 5 Others Get WHO Technology to Produce mRNA Vaccines
World Health Organisation (WHO),has name Nigeria among five other African countries that will receive its needed technology to establish mRNA vaccine production in Africa. The global health body…
- 26 Nov 2016
Nigeria Retains Largest Mobile Market in Africa - Ovum
Nigeria has retained the position of the largest mobile market in Africa in terms of subscriptions, with 150.22 million mobile subscriptions at end-2Q 2016, up from 147.94 million a year earlier…