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- 18 Jul 2024
WiDEF Launches Round of Technical Assistance to help Close the Gender Digital Divide
The Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF) announced today the launch of its second competitive round, this time inviting applications from large private sector enterprises seeking technical…
- 14 Aug 2020
Danbatta, NCC Boss Says RoW Reforms Will Deepen Broadband Penetration
The technical assistance on Right of Way (RoW) reforms will assist in our quest for deepening broadband penetration in Nigeria, according to Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigeria…
- 16 May 2021
StarTimes Pledges Technical Support for DSO
StarTimes Nigeria has said it will assist Lagos with technical support as well as improved content offerings on its lowest bouquet as the state transitions from analogue to digital TV. The pay-TV…
- 25 Sept 2018
NDIC Hosts IADI Africa Regional Committee Workshop
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is hosting the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) Africa Regional Committee (ARC) Annual General Meeting and Technical Assistance…
- 8 Feb 2010
IHS Secures $162,000 Grant To Promote Clean Energy
The US government, through The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) signed an agreement with IHS Nigeria Plc, Africa’s leading telecommunications Infrastructure Company, to provide a grant…
- 4 Dec 2014
AfDB Grants ABN Microfinance $5m to Empower Entrepreneurs
African Development Bank (AfDB) said that it had approved five million dollars Line of Credit (LoC) to ABN Microfinance Bank Nigeria (ABN) to create 2,500 jobs and empower 1,500 entrepreneurs. The…
- 20 Aug 2016
EFInA & 7 Lessons On Providing Financial Products to Unbanked, Under-banked
Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) is notably the financial sector development organization that promotes financial inclusion in Nigeria and currently has Innovation Fund that is…
- 17 Nov 2020
FG Says Broadband Penetration Rose to 45.43% by October
Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy has said that broadband penetration in Nigeria increased to 45.43 per cent in October. Femi Adeluyi, technical assistant on Information Technology to…
- 22 Jul 2016
EFInA Supports LOTUS Capital with $250,000 Grant
Lotus Capital Limited has received a Technical Assistance Grant of $250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand Dollars only) from Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) to support the…
- 8 Sept 2021
FG Okays 5G Deployment in Nigeria
The Federal Executive Council has approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks for Nigeria’s Digital Economy. Dr Femi Adeluyi, technical assistant on Information Technology to the…
- 29 May 2008
Cost of Production Must Make Business Sense-Ekuwem
Cost of Production Must Make Business Sense-Ekuwem Dr. Emmanuel Ekuwem is a thorough bred engineer with an undiluted passion for ICT. Ekuwem was once assistant director (Technical Services) in the…
- 21 Nov 2016
AfDB, EIB Launch Initiative to boost Innovative Entrepreneurs Across Africa
Boost Africa Initiative, a unique partnership in support of innovation and entrepreneurship across Africa has been launched on Monday, in Abidjan by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African…
- 16 May 2016
SE4All Africa Hub to Provide Assistance to Green Mini-Grids Developers
The Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Africa Hub, hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), recently signed a service contract with a consortium of GVEP International and INENSUS GmbH to…
- 27 Jan 2017
Danbatta, NCC Boss in Enugu, Says Telcos Must Observe KPIs
Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, the executive vice chairman and chief executive officer of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday paid a visit to the South East Zonal Office of the…
- 11 Apr 2022
Nigeria’s Financial Markets Receive Boost from UK-aid via FSD Africa
Nigeria’s financial markets have been boosted by a series of announcements and commitments by Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Africa, a specialist development agency working to strengthen financial…
- 17 May 2026
AfDB Approves $200m for BoI to Support MSMEs
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $200 million financing facility for the Bank of Industry (BoI) to expand access to long-term funding for businesses operating in key sectors…
- 29 Feb 2016
Shittu Pledges Commitment to NIPOST Reform
Mr Adebayo Shittu, minister of Communications and Technology, has said that the Federal Government has no plan to hand over the operations of the Nigerian Poster Service, (NIPOST), to foreigners. He…
- 21 Jun 2014
FG Promises IMO N24m to Fight Piracy
Federal Government has pledged to provide N24m to the International Maritime Organisation to boost its campaign against piracy and illicit maritime activities in Africa. This is contained in a…
- 18 Dec 2023
UBA Secures $175m Facility from AfDB to Support Private Sector, Infrastructure Development
United Bank for Africa(UBA) has received a $175 million financial package from Africa Development Bank (AfDB) Group, towards enhancing its support to the private sector and financing of…
- 13 Oct 2025
EU Grants Nigeria N320.5Bn to Boost Agriculture
European Union’s development cooperation with Nigeria has received a boost with a N320.5 billion (€190 million) credit line allocated to Nigerian commercial banks to broaden their lending to the…
- 14 Feb 2020
Africa's Female Fund Managers Receive Boost with Launch of a Multi-Million Dollar Fund
African leaders are putting women front and center of efforts to drive the continent’s economic growth through a game-changing fund that invests in women fund managers and also provides technical…
- 18 Sept 2017
NIRSAL Partners Stanbic IBTC On N50Bn Agricfinancing Scheme
Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) has entered into N50Billion agriculture financing partnership with Stanbic IBTC Bank for the 2017/2018 dry and wet…
- 19 May 2017
FG Urges Islamic Bank to Support Implementation of ERGP
The Federal Government has appealed to the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to help fund the current administration’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). Of particular interest in this regard,…
- 24 Jun 2024
ITU, WATRA Join Forces to Enhance ICT Infrastructure Mapping in West Africa
In a landmark initiative, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) have announced a joint declaration aimed at strengthening…
- 6 Apr 2009
IMF Earmarks over $31 million to Fight money laundering
Money Launderers and Terrorism financiers in African countries are in for a big confrontation as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has packaged for launching a donor-supported trust fund worth…
- 13 Oct 2016
EFInA Boosts Agency Banking with $100,015 Grant to FINCA MFB
In a bid to expand convenient, low cost and secure financial services to the unbanked women in South Eastern Nigeria, Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA), a financial sector…
- 28 Jul 2025
InfraCredit, AMDA Sign Partnership to Unlock Local Financing for Africa’s Mini-grid Sector
InfraCredit, a specialised infrastructure credit guarantee institution, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Africa Minigrid Developers Association (AMDA) to boost access to long-term…
- 3 Mar 2020
NITDA Plans Review of Nigeria's Digital Transformation Plan
Mr Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, new Director-General/CEO of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has unfolded plans for the digital transformation of the Nigerian government on his…
- 18 Jul 2022
AfDB grants SEC $460,000 Facility to Boost Automation Project
In an effort to modernise Nigeria’s capital markets and support its economic transformation driven by private sector investment, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has signed a grant valued at…
- 29 Sept 2023
Proparco Marks 15 Years in Nigeria with $1Bn Worth of Investments
Proparco, a French development finance institution, is proud to mark 15 years of operations in Nigeria with a total of USD 1B invested over the period. Since its inception in Nigeria in 2008,…