IBM has announced that major financial institutions across Africa have selected hybrid cloud and AI capabilities from IBM to unlock digital innovation and continue their work to develop digital-first solutions, ultimately broadening access to financial services on the continent. COVID-19 continues to accelerate the already rapid changes that were happening across the financial services sector in Africa, fast-tracking the adoption of digital technologies to boost financial inclusion. With over 475 million Africans expected to be mobile internet users by 2025 GSMA –The mobile economy sub-Saharan Africa 2020, digital and mobile play a critical role in facilitating the delivery of digital…
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Konga, Nigeria’s leading composite e-commerce giant, has signed a partnership with the Federal Government through the Diaspora Commission to further strengthen the relationship between Nigerians abroad, their relatives and the nation. To this effect, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Konga and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Tuesday, September 14, 2021, in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Present at the signing ceremony was the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, NIDCOM, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa; Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, Co-CEO, Konga Group, Nick Imudia; Vice President, KongaPay, Isa Aliyushata as well as other senior officials of NIDCOM. The…
The initiative is a commitment for companies to employ from a talent pool of over 180,000 jobseekers
The maiden edition of the Women Entrepreneurs & Executives in Tech Summit which was held last week at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, had key stakeholders and experts drawing up 14 key recommendations. These recommendations, which formed the Communiqué of the summit, according to the experts, will alter the perception that roles of Information and Communications Technology are majorly for men, adding that when implemented by the government and private sector players, women’s ego will be boosted to take up ICT roles. The Women Entrepreneurs & Executives in Tech Summit with the theme: ‘Future Tech Trends,…
We’ve seen what The Real Housewives of Atlanta, Jersey, Durban and Melbourne get up to. Now it’s time to take a peek inside the opulent lives of some of the most affluent women in Lagos. The Real Housewives of Lagos (RHOL) will be the first Nigerian instalment of the award-winning franchise, which is distributed internationally by NBC Universal Formats, a division of Universal Studio Group. This also marks the 16th international version of The Real Housewives format and the third to be adapted in Africa. RHOL will build on the success of the first two African editions. The Real Housewives…
TD Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading tech, solutions and lifestyle distribution giant, and multinational technology company Dell EMC Technologies have stressed the benefits of leveraging cutting-edge technology in gaining a significant advantage in the 21st Century business environment. They made this known while addressing channel partners and other key stakeholders from the technology ecosystem at an event co-hosted by TD Africa and Dell EMC where the latter’s award-winning PowerStore storage solution was unveiled to participants. The event was held at the Tech Experience Centre located at the impressive Yudala Heights on Victoria Island, Lagos. Speaking at the event, TD Africa’s Head…
Nigerian women have been charged to equip themselves and take up roles and responsibilities in the country’s Information and Communications Technology space both in the public and private sectors. The charge was made last week by ICT experts at the maiden edition of the ‘Women Entrepreneurs & Executives in Tech Summit’ which was held in Lagos. Themed: ‘Future Tech Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs,’ the experts also argued that women can only take up roles by participating in ICT skill training and retraining. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Umar Danbatta charged women to…
In the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic, how do we put the women and people who have suffered the largest economic effects at the centre of recovery efforts and work toward fixing long-standing inequalities, stereotypes by leveraging technology? As a nation recovering from a global economic crisis, high unemployment, increased poverty, stagnating income growth, it is important to understand the different ways that technology is changing the world of work and how together we can stimulate inclusive economic growth through education. Hence, Wragby Business Solutions and Technologies Limited supported by its Partner, Microsoft, has recently taken the bull by…
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has called for joint knowledge events to educate all cadres of Judicial Officers in the country on developments and trending issues in the banking and finance sector in the country. The President/Chairman of Council, CIBN, Dr. Bayo Olugbemi made the call when he was received in audience by the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute, Honourable Justice Salisu Garba Abdullahi in Abuja. The CIBN President said that the essence of the visit was to discuss how The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria can deepen the existing collaboration by sustaining the National…
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, on September 16, 2021, in Abuja, joined His Excellency, Babacar Matar Ndiaye, the Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal to Nigeria, to hoist the flag of Senegal at the Secretariat of West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) in what is seen in some quarters as an event of historical significance. Danbatta, who is also the Chairman of the Executive Council of WATRA, stated that the event was of such profound significance that it transcends the physical hoisting of the flag, noting that “it symbolises the cohesion…