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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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…