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- 20 Aug 2013
UN Lights-Up ISPON National Software Conference
Professor Emeritus Tapio Varis, United Nations (UN) chair on e-Learning has accepted to deliver the keynote at the 2013 National Software Conference and Competition organized by the Institute of…
- 15 Jul 2013
Nigeria Records $7Bn FDI, Says Minister
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has rated Nigeria as the biggest beneficiary of foreign direct investment in Africa with over $7billion worth of foreign investments…
- 27 Jan 2017
IATA, UNCTAD Collaborate to Boost Cargo Messaging Standards Global Adoption
In a renewed drive to ensure global adoption of its Cargo-XML messaging standard, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…
- 19 Dec 2018
21m Africans Shopped Online in 2017 - Report
According to recent figures from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) approximately 21 million shoppers in Africa in 2017 helped drive a market valued at US$5.7 billion in…
- 21 Oct 2017
AfDB, OpenOil Launch Report on How African Governments Manage Extractive Resources.
African Development Bank (AfDB) and OpenOil, a Berlin-based financial analysis firm, have jointly produced a report on how African governments use financial models to manage oil & gas and mining…
- 6 Feb 2013
FDI in Nigeria Hits N800Bn
Direct investments in productive assets by foreign firms on local companies’ otherwise foreign direct investments (FDI) in Nigeria have reached a record N800 billion in January this year. This comes…
- 29 Nov 2023
AFEX Launches FETC Product on New Digital Trading Platform
Africa’s commodities player, AFEX, has launched Africa Exchange, a digital platform for trading commodities. The platform follows AFEX’s first foray into digital commodities trading with the launch…
- 16 Jun 2024
AfDB Appoints Dr. Eric Kehinde Ogunleye as Director of African Development Institute
African Development Bank has appointed Dr. Eric Kehinde Ogunleye, a seasoned macroeconomist, as Director of the African Development Institute, effective June 1, 2024. Ogunleye, a Nigerian national,…
- 2 Aug 2010
Forum to Organize Export Promotion Enlightenment
Airfreight Stakeholders Forum is set to organize an export promotion enlightenment programme, to educate operators in the industry on new innovations and increase cargo movement in the export…
- 15 Feb 2021
WTO: LCCI Tasks Africa on Global Trade Opportunities Under Okonjo-Iweala
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged African governments to shore up their capacity for international competitiveness to fully harness the opportunities offered by the World…
- 24 May 2010
NEPC, NFC, Others Team up to Export Entertainment Industry
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), World Bank, National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Nigeria Film Corporation (NFC) and Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have joined forces to…
- 28 Feb 2019
Universal Postal Union Urges African Post Offices to go Digital
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) has urged Africa's postal system to tap into e-commerce and leverage related revenue streams. The UPU said it will work with 21,000 African post offices and 138,000…
- 18 May 2018
FG launches iGuide, Online Portal for Investors
Federal government has launched an up-to-date online portal, iGuide Nigeria, containing necessary information and relevant data for willing investors, according to Okechukwu Enelamah, minister of…
- 18 Jan 2017
World Data Forum to Advance Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development
The ongoing United Nations World Data Forum, taking place from January 15-18, 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa, will spur the exchange of innovative ideas and data solutions through a range of keynote…
- 29 Jun 2019
Afreximbank Launches Pan-African Payment & Settlement Platform
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will launch its new Pan-African Payment and Settlement (PAPS) Platform at the African Union (AU) Extraordinary Summit on July 7, 2019 in Niamey, Niger…
- 18 Jul 2016
Chief of Defence Space Agency to Speak at #NCSAbuja2016
Air Vice Marshal T.V. Udoh, chief of Defence Space Agency will be speaking at the 26th National Conference of Nigeria Computer Society holding under the theme: "Information Technology for National…
- 6 May 2025
How Emerging Technologies Are Reshaping Trade – NITDA DG
Kashifu Inuwa, director general of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has said that the transformative potential of emerging technologies is vital in revolutionising trade…
- 29 Aug 2021
Adesina Commend Singapore’s Investment in Africa at ASBF
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina the President of the Africa Development Bank, has commended Singapore for its huge investment in Africa. Adesina who spoke at a panel discussion at this year virtual edition of…
- 3 Dec 2019
Africans to Leverage on NOTAP, SPRU Collaboration
In order to bridge the gap between developed and developing countries like Nigeria, there is need for a strategic and sustained collaboration between the developed and developing countries so as not…
- 3 Nov 2008
Nigeria Spent N74 billion on ICT
Mr. A. M. Lawal, acting executive director of Nigeria Export promotion council said that government has spent over N74 billion ($560m) so far on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in…
- 27 Oct 2021
E-commerce Report: Lagos Tops List of Cities With Most Orders on Jumia
Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, Jumia, has published its first Africa e-commerce report, Jumia Africa e-Commerce Index 2021 with a Nigerian section, which leveraged data from the company’s…
- 11 Aug 2008
Prof. Arzac, Others Join Starcomms Board
In the wake of its listing as a public quoted company on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, two eminent Professors and Economists have joined the Board of Directors of Starcomms Plc as the…
- 29 Nov 2024
AfriTECH 4.0: QNET's Biram Fall Advocates for Financial Inclusion in Africa
Mr. Biram Fall, the Regional General Manager, QNET Sub-Saharan Africa, has said that with over 350 million unbanked adults, there is a significant potential of financial inclusion and digital…
- 21 Nov 2024
QNET Regional Manager: eCommerce Key to Expanding Financial Security in Africa
Mr. Biram Fall, the Regional General Manager, QNET Sub-Saharan Africa, has said that with over 350 million unbanked adults, there is a significant potential of financial inclusion and digital…
- 30 Mar 2017
AFC Appoints Nnanna as Chairman
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a leading Pan-African multilateral development finance institution and project developer, has announced that Dr Sarah Alade, its Chairman, representing the…
- 18 Jan 2019
How Konga is Bridging E-Commerce Gap for Millions of Unreached, Under-Served Nigerians
For a population of over 190 million, it is perhaps shocking to countenance the fact that about 70% of Nigerians - a whopping 130 million - are still skeptical of shopping online and yet to be…
- 10 Nov 2014
CWG Boss Commends Nigeria’s Business Competitiveness at CBS
Austin Okere, founder, CWG Plc and Entrepreneur in Residence at Columbia Business School, thumbed up Nigeria’s business competitiveness at the CBS annual Entrepreneurs in Residence Week in New York…
- 1 Jul 2021
Jumia’s Seed and Growth of Today's Entrepreneurs
By Ayomide Oriade Decades after the internet and its accompanying digital offerings redefined world information dissemination, business operation and transaction model, the comfort and ease of online…
- 9 Jan 2026
KPMG Identifies ‘Flaws, Inconsistencies, and Omission’ in New Tax Law
KPMG Nigeria has identified what’s described as “errors, inconsistencies, gaps and omissions” in Nigeria’s tax laws that came into force at the beginning of this year. The professional services…
- Business2 Sept 2026
WIOCC Group Secures Strategic Investment from AFC, Vision Invest to Accelerate its Digital Infrastructure Expansion Across Africa
WIOCC Group, Africa's leading carrier-neutral digital infrastructure platform, today announced the signing of a Shareholder Subscription Agreement (SSA) with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Vision International Investment Company (Vision Invest), through which the two investors will make a combined US $300 million investment in the company.