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- 10 Aug 2021
Google Cloud Appoints Niral Patel as Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa
Google Cloud announced the appointment of Niral Patel as Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa. Niral Patel, Google Cloud's Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa Based in Johannesburg, Niral will be…
- 3 Apr 2023
Ad Dynamo by Aleph Taps Carl Jordan Regional Sales Director, Sub Saharan Africa
Ad Dynamo by Aleph, a subsidiary of Aleph Group, has appointed Carl Jordan to the position of Regional Sales Director. Jordan will be in charge of Ad Dynamo by Aleph's business strategy for…
- 13 Feb 2014
M-NET Appoints Mba-Uzoukwu Regional Director
M-Net, Africa’s leading television content provider, has appointed Mrs. Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu as its first regional director, West Africa. Mrs. Patricia van Rooyen, chief executive officer of M-Net…
- 22 May 2022
Freddy Hirsch and Symrise Partnership Continues to Drive Innovation in Authentic Local West African Flavors
The Partnership between Symrise and Freddy Hirsch Nigeria is enabling the use of state-of-the-art technology and a global flavor library. Sofiane Berrahmoune, Sub Regional Director Flavor, Africa…
- 9 Mar 2026
Education Priorities to Help Young People Shape Africa's Future
By: Juan Visser, Regional Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, International Education, Today’s young people are navigating a world that is changing fast. From advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and…
- 1 Feb 2023
Nigeria Hosts Maiden Edition of Digital Economy Regional Conference
Nigeria has recorded another landmark achievement by hosting the maiden edition of the digital economic regional conference (DERC). a convergence of all the ministers of digital economy in the…
- 28 Sept 2015
DHL Express Appoints new MD for Sub-Saharan Africa
Hennie Heymans, currently Managing Director of DHL Express South Africa, has been appointed as Managing Director of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), effective from 1 October 2015. In his new…
- 24 Mar 2024
Nigeria Seeks Joint West Africa Regional Protection of Undersea Cables
Following recent undersea cable cuts that challenged connectivities in many countries in the West African region, Nigeria has called for a coordinated and multilateral approach by the region to…
- 21 Jun 2016
TD Names Etukudoh MD, Announces Other Appointments
The Board of Directors of Technology Distributions Ltd., (TD), foremost ICT distributors in the West African sub-region, has announced the appointment of Etiene Etukudoh as managing director…
- 25 Feb 2026
Nigeria, Google Chart Path for AI, Digital Partnership
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, has met with Charles Murito, Google’s Regional Director for Government Affairs and Public Policy (Sub-Saharan Africa), to advance a…
- 22 Jul 2019
NAMA Divides Lagos Area Control Centre
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has successfully split the Lagos Sub-Flight Information Region (Sub-FIR) airspace into two sectors to improve the quality of air traffic services in the…
- 4 Jun 2013
Minister Seeks Regional Cooperation in Disaster Management
Hajiya Hadiza Mailafia, minister of Environment, has urged ECOWAS member countries to integrate disaster risk prevention and mitigation in policies and programmes of their governments. Mailafia made…
- 20 May 2019
SEC Says WASRA Guidelines on Cross-border Issuance Ready
The draft guidelines on cross border issuance of fixed incomes and Mutual Recognition Agreement drawn up by the West African Securities Regulatory Authorities (WASRA) for the sub-region is ready, Ms.…
- 28 Oct 2021
Sierra Leone's Telecoms Regulator Visits NCC for Benchmarking
Nigeria's global ranking as a model in telecom regulation, and her status as a leading light of operational efficiency, solidarity and collaborative partnering in sub-regional and Continental…
- 10 May 2017
IMF Predicts 2.6% Growth for Africa
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its 2017 Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook, predicting a 2.6 per cent growth. Mr. Abebe Selassie, head of the African Region, who…
- 23 Feb 2009
Nigeria Acquires Space Technology for Disaster Management
Nigeria has acquired and deployed Space Technology as part of efforts towards facilitating Disaster Management in the country. According to Mohammed Audu-Bida (Rtd), the director general of National…
- 17 Feb 2020
British Council, CcHUB Launches New Narrative Programme
Co-creation (CcHUB), the leading technology innovation centre in Africa in partnership with British Council and Beetfreeks Collective have announced the launch of New Narratives Pilot, a…
- 26 Jun 2013
AfDB Supports Development of ECOWAS Common Migration Policy
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that any migration policy that will be meaningful to the lives of West Africans needs to have a West African outlook. The bank spoke at a brainstorming…
- 22 Oct 2014
Sub Saharan African Equity Issuance Triples to $ 6.4Bn
Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has released the quarterly investment banking analysis for the Sub Saharan Africa region and…
- 8 Nov 2018
Visa Appoints Aida Diarra as Senior Vice President
Visa announced that Aida Diarra has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Group Country Manager for Visa SSA, effective 1 November 2018. Diarra will oversee all Visa operations in…
- 10 Sept 2017
Nigeria, Ghana Move to Localize Internet Content
Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has provided link with Ghana Internet Exchange Point thereby making it the first of such interconnection in the sub-region, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek has…
- 8 Feb 2026
NCC Committed to Regional Digital Integration – Maida
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in line with its commitment to collaboration and regional integration, has reaffirmed its dedication to strengthening partnerships among telecommunications…
- 29 Jun 2010
Low Insurance Penetration; Micro Insurance to the Rescue
The low penetration of insurance in Nigeria and the African sub region appears ready for a sustainable change. Feelers emanating from the African Insurance Organization indicate that the adoption of…
- 2 Sept 2022
George Asamani appointed MD, Sub-Saharan Africa, Project Management Institute
Project Management Institute (PMI), the world's leading association for project professionals, announced today that George Asamani has been appointed as the Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa.…
- 3 May 2023
You Can Digitally Supercharge Yourself as an Entrepreneur: Here’s How
By Stephen Newton, Managing Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Ad Dynamo by Aleph There is no doubt that Africa is an entrepreneurial continent. As far back as 2017, an African Development Bank report…
- 16 Nov 2015
CWG Academy Produces First Oracle Summer Boot-Camp Graduates
The CWG Academy in partnership with Oracle, has organized the first Oracle Summer boot camp in the entire Sub-Sahara African region. The boot camp aimed at equipping participants from tertiary…
- 22 Apr 2016
Ericsson Appoints Geha, New President for Sub-Saharan Africa
Ericsson on Friday announced the appointment of Jean-Claude Geha as Head of the sub-Saharan Africa Region effective from July 1, 2016. Jean-Claude replaces Fredrik Jejdling who will take up a new…
- 15 Sept 2022
MTN Foundation: Investing in Youth Development to Bridge Employment
Odunayo Sanya, Executive Secretary, MTN Foundation, says the Foundation is committed to youth development and building entrepreneurial skills, in order to bridge employment gaps in Nigeria. She…
- 27 Oct 2021
NCC, other Telecom Regulators Set to Combat e-Fraud, Standardise Regional Roaming Tariffs
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and other telecoms regulators under the auspices of West African Telecoms Regulators Assembly (WATRA) are set to develop technical and regulatory…
- 12 Jun 2017
Comms Minister, TD Mobile’s Ijogun for Girls in ICT Event
Mrs. Gozy Ijogun, managing director of TD Mobile, Sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest mobile devices distributors, has been confirmed as one of the headline speakers for the 2017 International Girls in ICT…