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- 20 Jul 2023
ASEA, ECA Sign MOU for Africa Financial Market Development, Integration
The African Securities Exchange Association (ASEA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have announced the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which aims…
- 26 Feb 2023
UN Empowers 100 Nigerian Girls with ICT Skills
About 100 Nigerian girls aged between 12 and 25 are participating in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), coding camp in Niamey. A statement issued on the UNECA’s website said…
- 21 Dec 2009
Intermarc Partners NITDA, Announces Upcoming Events
Intermarc Consulting Limited, an integrated consulting firm with focus on e-business but with particular emphasis on e-banking and e-payment intermediation services has been appointed by the National…
- 17 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…
- 6 Sept 2019
Visa Launches Champions Women Entrepreneurs @ the World Economic Forum on Africa
Visa is launching She’s Next, Empowered by Visa, in Africa, to encourage female micro-and small-business owners as they fund, run and grow their businesses across the continent. The global expansion…
- 24 Sept 2025
Ould Tah, AfDB President Presses for Scaled-Up Financing and Stronger Partnerships to Realize Africa’s Development Goals @ UNGA80
Sidi Ould Tah, President, African Development Bank Group is attending the United Nations’ 80th General Assembly this week to push the continent’s development priorities and mobilise support for the…
- 9 May 2013
MasterCard Powers Nigerian Identity Card Programme
Nigerian National IdentityManagement Commission (NIMC) and MasterCard have announced at the World Economic Forum on Africa the roll-out of 13 million MasterCard-branded National Identity Smart Cards…
- 7 Mar 2024
African Finance Ministers Urge Govts to Bridge Tech Gap
African finance ministers have urged governments to develop instruments and institutions that can bridge the technology gap, as well as new funding structures that, with the correct governance…
- 27 Jul 2020
Ojobo, Former NCC Spokesman, Others Make 2020 List of 100 Most Reputable Africans
Reputation Poll International, a leading global reputation-management firm, has released the 2020 list of 100 Most Reputable Africans. The list features 47 women and 53 men from diverse sectors…
- 15 Nov 2021
DrugStoc Secures $4.4M in Series A Funding to Expand Access to Quality Pharmaceuticals in Africa
Healthtech startup, DrugStoc has raised USD 4.4 million in Series A funding to expand access to quality medicines while providing sustainable supply chain financing for healthcare providers in…
- 18 Jan 2010
NCC Leadership: Big Wigs Race to Occupy Ndukwe’s Seat
Less than three months to the end of the legendary two term 10-year tenure of Ernest Ndukwe, executive vice chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), about 10 distinguished Nigerians are…
- 27 Dec 2023
UNECA Identifies 11 Priorities for Digital ID Use in Kaduna State
A blueprint that highlights key areas in which digital identity can deliver high value for the development efforts of Kaduna state has been published. The 31-page report titled “Enhancing the…
- 7 Dec 2017
Nigerian Scoop Top Prize for Labour Market Research @ UN-ECA
A Nigerian economist has emerged at the top from a selection of 36 academic papers presented at the 12th African Economic Conference for proposing reforms, including the de-regulation of the labour…
- 11 Jul 2022
Togo Closer to Full Digital Modernisation with New e-Visa Platform ‘Togo VOYAGE’
The Togolese Republic has announced the completion and re-launch of its electronic visa issuance system (e-Visa), Togo VOYAGE. The fully-digitized website marks an important milestone in the…
- 29 Jan 2018
AfDB Targets 29.3 million Africans with Electricity by 2020
In line with its High 5 development priorities and, in particular, its agenda to Light up and power Africa, the African Development Bank plans to reach 29.3 million people in African with electricity…
- 17 Nov 2009
Agu, Adegbola to Speak at Cyber Nigeria Forum 2009
Anayo Agu, the senior business specialist at the US Embassy Nigeria, and Dr. Tunde Adegbola executive director of African Languages Technology Initiative, and lecturer at the University of Ibadan…
- 27 Jan 2016
Aderounmu to Chair Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum 2016
Prof. Adesola Aderounmu, national president of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS), will preside over the two-day 2016 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) and…
- 4 Oct 2021
BOI’s Disbursement to SMEs, Large Enterprises Hits Over N1trn in 6 Years
The Bank of Industry (BoI) has revealed that its disbursement to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and large enterprises has reached over N1trillion in six years. According to the…
- 27 Sept 2023
FG Calls For Open, Secure Internet @Africa Internet Governance Forum
Nigerian government has subscribed to a free and secure Internet for Africa, which is capable of bridging the digital divide and creating innovative opportunities within the continent. Dr. Bosun…
- 4 May 2023
Fidelity Bank Plans Five Acquisitions in Africa after UK Purchase
Fidelity Bank Plc, Nigeria’s best-performing bank share this year, plans to expand in at least five African countries after finalizing the acquisition of the London unit of rival Union Bank of…
- 24 Oct 2025
FG Welcomes Nigeria’s Delisting from FATF Grey List
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed Nigeria’s delisting from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. The FATF, which announced the delisting at its plenary in Paris, France, on Friday, is…
- 16 Jul 2020
Nigeria, Others to Reach UN Affordable Broadband Target
Nigeria, Botswana and Seychelles are likely to reach the United Nations Broadband Commission’s target of affordable broadband services of less than 2% of Gross National Income (GNI) per capita by…
- 6 Dec 2016
African Economic Conference Opens in Abuja Focusing on Industrialization
The 11th African Economic Conference (AEC) kicked off in Abuja, Nigeria, yesterday with a consensus on the need to scale up the continent’s agricultural transformation to spur…
- 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…
- 11 May 2023
Visa, African Women Impact Fund Initiative (AWIF) Unveil Recipients of Funding to Empower African women
Three women fund managers from Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa have been selected to receive Visa’s grant funding from the African Women Impact Fund Initiative (AWIF), a collaboration between…
- 20 Sept 2020
NAVSA: NITDA Changes Existing Reality in Agricultural Sector
By Lukman Oladokun “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete” —Buckminster Fuller We live in a time of…
- 31 Aug 2015
Adesina Commences Tenure as AfDB President Today
Akinwumi Adesina, the former Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, will be sworn in as president of the African Development Bank today September 1, 2015. August 31 was the last full…
- 26 Oct 2017
Reps seek Harmonisation of Biometric Data of Nigerians
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to initiate measures for the harmonisation of the biometric data of Nigerians that have been captured by different agencies. The call was…
- 26 Oct 2009
ICT Necessary for Vision 2020
Prof. Cleopas Angaye, director-general, National Information and Technology Development (Nitda) has said that for Nigerian to actualize the set goals of making the country one of the largest…
- 6 Jul 2021
IXP are Critical to Improving Internet Access and Lowering Connectivity Costs in Africa - Report
A new report published by the Internet Society outlines the state of Internet interconnection in Africa and the critical role Internet Exchange Points (IXP) play in improving access and lowering…