Airtel, one of Nigeria’s telecommunications services providers, has said it is partnering with AXA Mansard, to help deepen access, participation and enrolment in health insurance by more Nigerians. The announcement was contained in a statement by Airtel and made available to newsmen in Lagos over the weekend. Airtel stated that the partnership with AXA Mansard is in response to the Federal Government’s goal through its National Health Insurance Scheme, that easy access to healthcare should be provided for all Nigerians. It said the partnership will be done by leveraging on the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel, an easy-to-use and interactive platform.…
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The new facility which is located 20 kilometres from the centre of Accra, Ghana will expand MainOne’s already robust infrastructure and service profile in West Africa
The staff of Wema Bank, Nigeria’s leading innovative bank, in partnership with the Department of Haematology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), have volunteered to donate blood to affirm the bank’s commitment to helping save lives. The partnership is part of activities to mark the 2021 ‘World Blood Donor Day-themed “Give blood and keep the world-beating.” This voluntary blood donation, the second in three years, has seen over 50 staff members take part in the exercise. This year’s edition which took place on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at the Bank’s corporate head office in Marina, Lagos saw over 40 staff taking…
MTN Nigeria plans to invest 640 billion naira (approximately US$1.5 billion) over the next three years to expand broadband access across the country, in line with the federal government’s 2020-2025 National Broadband Plan and in support of MTN Group’s strategy, Ambition 2025: Leading digital solutions for Africa’s progress. “Nigeria is one of our most important markets. We have a proud history of partnering with Nigeria and Nigerians to drive faster and more inclusive growth through digital transformation,” said MTN Group President and Chief Executive Officer, Ralph Mupita after a three-day visit to Abuja and Lagos, in which he met a…
Telecom giant trains 50 newsmen on reporting analytics
Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated Nigeria’s digital transformation journey faster. He said that in addition, it has made transformation more dramatic and disruptive, giving opportunities for a more convenient online presence with less disturbance, greater digital innovation and an internet economy for a drive to Digital Economy. Abdullahi stated these while making his presentation at the 8th Annual Instalment of the International Data Corporation (IDC) West Africa CIO Summit 2021 themed: “Innovation Strategies Evolving on the demand of New Realities is Exciting.” He recalled…
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Access Bank Plc has rewarded serving members of the Nigeria Youth Service Corps (NYSC) with over N15 million in the third edition of the bank’s Accessprenuer, a youth business challenge competition. The competition was recently held simultaneously across five NYSC camps in Abuja, Osun, Enugu, Nassarawa and Rivers States. A statement from the bank stated that five top winners won N1 million each, while others were rewarded with consolation cash prizes totalling N10 million during the final business pitch of the contest for NYSC 2021 Batch A Stream II Orientation Course. Winners of the N1 million star prize were Easngbedo…
Only 30% of Nigerian businesses are aware of privacy laws governing their marketing activities, despite Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) being in effect since 2019. This revelation is contained in a survey conducted by WorldWideWorx and commissioned by a global technology company, Zoho. The survey also revealed that even though businesses are concerned about the privacy of customer’s data in the hands of third-party vendors, they are reliant on them for revenue generation and gathering customer insights, making it harder for them to move away. According to WorldWideWorx CEO, Arthur Goldstuck, the lack of awareness about the law is largely…
The leadership of MTN Group led by Group CEO, Ralph Mupita, and Group CFO Mrs. Tsholo Molefe, arrived in Nigeria for a three-day working visit. They will join the MTN Nigeria Chairman, Dr. Ernest Ndukwe (OFR) and MTN Nigeria CEO, Karl Toriola in meetings with select partners and key stakeholders in the country. This is Mupita’s first working visit to Nigeria since assuming office in 2020. On the visit, Ernest Ndukwe said, “This visit demonstrates MTN’s continued commitment to supporting the socio-economic development of Africa’s largest economy. We look forward to hosting the Group leadership, and working with them and…