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- 14 Apr 2017
FXTM: Trump U-Turns Dollar Weakness Fails to Support Rand, Lira
FXTM Vice President of Market Research, Jameel Ahmad comments on the US President Donald Trump’s latest comments and escalating geopolitical risks. The recent escalation of geopolitical risks…
- 12 Nov 2013
IDC Welcomes Rajeev Agarwal to CIO Agenda Team
On Tuesday, IDC welcomed Rajeev Agarwal as a new Research Vice President, supporting the CIO Agenda and Technology Professional’s program. In this new role, Mr. Agarwal’s research will focus…
- 12 Jun 2017
FXTM Analysis: Markets Behaving Calmly as UK Election Aftermath Begins
FXTM Vice President of Market Research, Jameel Ahmad comments on the financial markets following the UK general election result. All major headlines and attention are still surrounding the United…
- 26 May 2017
Comment: Nigeria to Welcome OPEC Extension Confirmation
FXTM Vice President of Market Research, Jameel Ahmad comments on the announcement by OPEC after its meeting. The Naira should be in line to welcome the news that OPEC has confirmed that it will…
- 9 May 2017
FXTM Analysis: Time to Focus On OPEC Now That France is ‘Out of Sight’
FXTM Vice President of Market Research, Jameel Ahmad comments on the upcoming OPEC meeting. Investors have arrived in full force to exploit the opportunity to sell the Euro at its highest level since…
- 10 Jun 2017
FXTM Analysis: UK Election Results in Further Questions Than Answers
FXTM Vice President of Market Research, Jameel Ahmad comments on the UK election result and what this means for global markets. The eyes of the world are on the United Kingdom once again following…
- 31 May 2017
FER, Man-PMI Data, Others Will Keep Nigerian Market This Week- FXTM
FXTM Vice President of Market Research, Jameel Ahmad writes on how busy the Nigerian market will be this week. It is going to be a busy week for the Nigerian economy with a mixture of different…
- 6 Jul 2015
Appinions Lists IDC Among Top 3 Influencers of IoTs
Internet of Things (IoT) continues to gain momentum as vendors and enterprises begin to embrace the opportunities this market presents. Amidst providing back to back, high quality research for its…
- 12 Jul 2024
Holiday Shopping Season to Look Different for Retailers this Year as Shoppers Take on more Debt
By Zuko Mdwaba, Salesforce Area Vice President & Africa Leader New Salesforce research shows that 37% of indebted consumers are using their credit cards more today than they were a year ago,…
- 30 Mar 2026
FG Launches Cross-Border Digital Payments Report
Federal government has launched the “Cross-Border Digital Payments and Identity in Nigeria under the AfCFTA” report, urging stakeholders to unlock trade opportunities for Micro, Small and Medium…
- 23 Sept 2016
Our Members Are Ready to Help Govt Succeed - Unilag Alumni
As part of its contribution to national development, the University of Lagos (Unilag) Alumni Association has offered to make available to the Federal Government the abundant skills and talents in its…
- 21 Mar 2014
IDC IT Executive Programs Launches Vendor & Sourcing Management Practice
The International Data Corporation (IDC's) IT Executive Programs (IEP) on Thursday announced the launch of the Vendor and Sourcing Management (VSM) practice, under the leadership of Rajeev Agarwal,…
- 31 Oct 2013
IDC Predictions 2014 as 3rd Platform Battle for Dominance Heats Up
International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced a series of complimentary Web conferences to present IDC's Top 10 Predictions for 2014. Beginning December 3, 2013 and continuing through February…
- 30 Mar 2026
FG Urges Stakeholders to Unlock Trade Opportunities for MSMEs To $3.5trn AfCFTA Market
The Federal Government has launched the ‘Cross-Border Digital Payments and Identity in Nigeria under the AfCFTA’ report, urging stakeholders to unlock trade opportunities for Micro, Small and Medium…
- 25 Nov 2015
VP Osinbajo to Address AYESA Conference on Job Creation
Vice president Yemi Osibanjo has been scheduled to address young people at the Africa’s Young Entrepreneurs Student Association (AYESA) conference holding in Lagos. The initiative developed by A.Y.E…
- 30 Jul 2025
Google Announces $37m Funding in Africa
Google has outlined a wave of AI support across Africa, representing $37 million in cumulative funding — including previously committed but unannounced funding — to research, talent development, and…
- 24 Jul 2025
Google Invests $37m to Power Africa’s AI Future with New Accra Hub
Google has outlined a wave of AI support across Africa, representing $37 million in cumulative funding — including previously committed but unannounced funding — to research, talent development, and…
- 15 Jan 2015
PwC, KPMG, IBM, & EY Lead Global Business Consulting Services in Banking, others
International Data Corporation (IDC) has released a new series of 2014 MarketScape reports that provide an assessment of a number of providers participating in the worldwide banking business…
- 4 May 2015
Over 20 Top IDC Leaders to Attend 2nd W/Africa CIOs Summit
Stephen Elliot, Vice-President of IT Infrastructure and Cloud practice, Mark Walker, vertical market and Insights research and consulting practice at MEA and Lise Hagen, research manager for software…
- 1 Apr 2013
Atiku, el-Rufai Trade Words over Killing of Nitel
Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, former director general, Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) under whose watch the controversial contractual agreement with Pentascope, a Dutch firm to manage Nitel , Nigeria’s…
- 5 Feb 2018
Gartner says Organizations are Slow to Advance in Data & Analytics
A worldwide survey of 196 organizations by Gartner, Inc. showed that 91 percent of organizations have not yet reached a "transformational" level of maturity in data and analytics, despite this area…
- 2 Feb 2016
Gartner Says Cloud Email is Gaining Traction Among Enterprises Worldwide
The cloud email market is still in the early stages of adoption with 13 percent of identified publicly listed companies globally using one of the two main cloud email vendors, according to Gartner,…
- 18 Oct 2023
FG Aims at Leveraging on Ties with China to Improve Digital Space
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday said Nigeria would leverage its relationship with China to adopt programmes that would improve the country’s digital space, among other benefits. This is…
- 18 Jul 2018
Cloud Service Providers to Witness 19% Increase in Revenue in 2018 - IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) new survey found that cloud service providers have a high degree of confidence in their business outlook as a result of very strong customer demand for cloud…
- 22 Dec 2014
Cloud IT Infrastructure Accounted for Nearly 1/3 Global Server, Others Switch Spending 3Q2014
New data for the third quarter of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, 2014 (3Q14) shows that almost a third of combined worldwide…
- 27 Nov 2023
Maida Urges Nokia to Invest in Nigeria's ICT Research and Development
Dr. Aminu Maida, executive vice chairman and chief executive officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has requested Nokia Networks to increase its investments in Research and…
- 15 Apr 2021
FG Promises Continued Democratisation of Internet Access
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, vice president, has assured that the federal government will continue to do all within its reach to democratise access to the internet in the country. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo…
- 31 May 2013
Intelligent System Market to Hit 5Bn Units By 2017
Among the billions of user-driven and machine-driven systems that will connect to the Internet and conduct transactions in the Internet of everything market over the next five years, the real value…
- 21 May 2015
Osinbajo Says Buhari will Inherit $60Bn Debt from Jonathan
Prof. Yomi Osinbajo, Vice President-elect, has said the Muhammadu Buhari-led government will inherit the worst economy ever in the history of the nation. This is coming as Mr. Tony Blair, former…
- 9 Jan 2014
IBM Mulls $1Bn New Business Unit
The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), usually referred to as IBM, said it will invest more than $1 billion to establish a new business unit for Watson, according to Reuters.…