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- 12 Nov 2024
Odemwingie Crowned National PachiPanda Champion by MTN Nigeria and WWF/NC
MTN Nigeria, in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) through its local partner Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Nigeria…
- 26 Aug 2024
MTN Nigeria, WWF Kickoff 2024 Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge
MTN Nigeria and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) through its local partner Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF), have announced the kick-off of the Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge. This initiative…
- 27 Feb 2024
Nokia Commits to Net Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2040
Nokia has announced that it has committed to reducing its total global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to net zero by 2040, accelerating its previous target by ten years, and putting it ahead of the…
- 10 Jun 2025
Nigeria Leads the Charge in Green Innovation @MTN’s Africa PachiPanda Challenge
In an era where climate change, youth unemployment, and food insecurity loom large over the continent, a powerful new force is rising — young African innovators building a green future from the…
- 18 Jul 2021
Women to Lead Corporate Nigeria from 2026 As Predicted By Ekeh, Zinox Boss
By Hilary Audu, In a world that is predominantly patriarchal in nature, it is refreshing to see the women-folk doing great things and giving the men-folk a good run for their money. Leo Stan Ekeh,…
- 22 Jul 2016
WeChat Takes on WhatsApp in Africa
WeChat, China's biggest Internet-based mobile messaging platform – is scrambling to gain from African markets. The move is leading the South Africa-China joint venture down a fiercely competitive…
- 12 Jun 2022
Techpreneurs Must Avoid Jumia, Konga Strategies to Survive
By Prof. Evans Stevenson E-commerce in Nigeria has often been touted as a difficult terrain and not for the faint-hearted. This position is backed up by concrete facts and verifiable evidence,…
- 2 Aug 2021
Zenith Bank GMD Seeks Impact Investment for Africa's Development
Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, Group Managing Director/Chief Executive of Zenith Bank plc, has called for increased impact investing in Africa to enable it attain its full potential. He made the call during…
- 11 Jun 2018
MRA Inducts Onu’s Science and Tech Ministry into‘FOI Hall of Shame’
The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology under the leadership of Dr. Christopher Ogbonnaya Onu has been inducted into the ‘FOI Hall of Shame’ by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) for alleged blatant…
- 19 Jul 2026
Heritage Bank and Dangerous Politics of Corporate Survival in Nigeria
By Blaise Udunze The Heritage Bank’s banking license was revoked and it was ordered into liquidation on June 3, 2024. This remains one of the most controversial and widely debated events in Nigeria's…
- 15 Sept 2021
Redefining Education in the Developing World
By Nelson Tosin Ajulo PhD Education has been identified as the ultimate route to escape poverty. It is widely held that if you attend school, graduate, and get a lucrative job, your economic status…
- 4 Jun 2020
11 Interesting Things You Should Know About Africa
Africa Day was celebrated on 25 May, and YouTube and ViacomCBS Networks Africa organized the “Africa Day Benefit Concert At Home”, which was streamed on the MTV Base Africa YouTube channel . …
- 18 Dec 2019
Internet Society Foundation Announces $300,000 in Grants for Internet Projects
The new Internet Society Foundation has issued its first set of medium and large grants (ranging from $12,000 to USD $30,000 each) to 13 ground-breaking projects that seek to spread the benefits of…
- 8 Dec 2023
Nigerians Consumed N2.18 Trillion Worth of Alcohol in 2022
Nigerians consumed alcohol worth about N2.18 trillion in 2022, according to a report titled the {Nigerian Alcoholic Beverages Industry Report, 2022”. This represents 13.3 per cent of the country’s…
- 14 May 2020
Facebook, Telcos Unveil A Transformative Submarine Cable for Future Internet Connectivity in Africa
Facebook, China Mobile International, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC announced that they will partner to build 2Africa, which will be the most comprehensive subsea…
- 24 May 2020
2Africa, New Subsea Cable for Internet Connectivity in Africa Debuts
2Africa, touted as the most comprehensive subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East region is expected to go live between 2023 and 2024. The cable system is product joint effort by…
- 11 Aug 2013
Lagos, Largest City of Millionaires in Africa
Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre currently ranks third in the league of cities with the highest number of millionaires in Africa, according to a report by the Oxford-based wealth consulting…
- 13 Apr 2022
LAPO MFB’s Confirmation as one of Nigeria’s Top Employers
LAPO Microfinance Bank (MFB), the country’s largest microfinance bank is an ubiquitous presence across the country especially consistently accounting for over 20 percent of the MFB sector while…
- 20 Aug 2025
JustMarkets Trading App: One of the Fastest Growing Trading Apps in Nigeria
Interest in trading in financial markets is growing at an unprecedented rate in Nigeria. As more Nigerians seek to diversify their income sources, trading across a wide range of financial markets is…
- 15 May 2022
B2B e-Commerce: Fostering Sales, Distribution with Data Analytics
The informal sector is a major source of economic growth and productivity globally. According to both the World Bank and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) statistics, more than 2 billion…