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- 21 Sept 2012
MasterCard, UN Join Hands to Deliver “digital food”
MasterCard and the World Food Programme (WFP) have announced a global partnership that will use digital innovation to help people around the world to break the cycle of hunger and poverty. The…
- 7 Aug 2020
GSMA, UN Use Mobile Money in Digital Assistance Drive
Industry body for mobile operators, the GSMA, and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are accelerating the use of mobile money in times of global emergencies, including pandemics and…
- 16 Oct 2019
#WorldFoodDay: Leveraging Digital Solutions to Tackle Hunger in Africa
By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke, PR Associate | Jumia Travel & Food One of the biggest challenges facing the world today is global hunger. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) backs this up by…
- 3 Sept 2025
US Approves $32.5m for Nigeria to Help Address Hunger
United States has approved $32.5 million in assistance to Nigeria to help address hunger, in a rare shift in U.S. foreign policy since former President Donald Trump suspended most aid through the…
- 25 Sept 2024
Four African Presidents, Others Grace UBA 75th Anniversary @ UNGA79
His Excellency Carlos Vila Nova; President of São Tomé and Principe; His Excellency Julius Maada Bio President of Sierra Leone; Brice Oligui Nguema President of Gabon; His Excellency; His Excellency…
- 24 Sept 2018
GSMA to Showcase Mobile Impact on Sustainable Development @ UNGA
The GSMA will represent the global mobile industry at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) being held in New York this week, advancing the leading role the sector is playing in meeting…
- 25 May 2015
WSIS Forum Welcomes Largest-ever Gathering of ‘ICT for development’ Community
Ten years after the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), participants from government, civil society, the private sector and international organizations are meeting in Geneva to…
- 19 Feb 2015
Airtel, UNAIDS Partner to Tackle Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission in Nigeria
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, have partnered to support the National Agency for the Control of AIDS in an initiative…
- 9 May 2022
ITU Appoints Pantami to Chair World Summit on WSIS Forum 2022
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has appointed Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, as chairman of the World Summit on Information Society…
- 27 May 2016
Humanitarian Aid is as Close as Your Phone
The need for connectivity in crises hasn’t gone unnoticed by aid workers There are more than 60 million people in the world today who have been forced to flee their homes due to violence and armed…
- 27 Nov 2025
CBN’s 303rd MPC Meeting: A Technocratic Victory, an Economic Setback, and a Missed Opportunity on Nigeria’s Real Crisis
By Blaise Udunze The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) 303rd Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting arrived at a time of unprecedented tension within the Nigerian economy. The country has not faced a…
- 8 Nov 2016
AfDB Approves $1m toRreduce Malnutrition in Borno
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Board has approved one million dollars to support the fight against malnutrition in Borno State. The bank announced this in a statement by Mrs Fatimah…