-The Africa Digital Inclusion Facility approves grants worth $1.3 million for two research efforts to enhance women’s digital access to loans and micro-insurance
-The grants, for $1 million and $300,000 respectively, will be disbursed through the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility
Kasi Insight has been collecting, analyzing, and normalizing consumer data since 2016 via consumer surveys done every month in the largest markets of Africa
By Chigoziem DIKE A confession: I happen to be one of the millions of Nigerians, who view corporate organisations, especially those with non-Nigerian origins, as being in the country for nothing other than profits. While I fully understand that a loss-making business is nothing more than a recreational activity, I still cling to the view that businesses in Nigeria, where regulatory institutions are frail, are in the game to make money and more money. Nothing else in spite of efforts by companies at “giving back to the society”, which I think are sometimes attended by obsequious publicity which makes them…
New challenge invites applications for cash grants from NPOs dedicated to the economic empowerment of women and girls
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in line with the Digital Literacy and Skills pillar of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria, has commenced the Digital Literacy and Skills Programme for States, tagged the Digital States Programme. The Digital States Programme, designed as one of the implementation strategies of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria, is aimed at equipping Nigerian youths with the necessary digital literacy skills that can facilitate Nigeria’s transition to the Digital Economy. Specific areas of focus for the programme include IT Management of Productivity Tools;…
WATRA is a consultative and collaborative body of Telecommunications Regulators in the West African sub-region that aids and advances the development of telecoms in the sub-region and ultimately in Africa…
MTN Group has announced the appointment of Chika Ekeji as Executive, Strategy and Transformation as part of plans to further bolster management capacity to accelerate the Group’s strategic ambitions. Effective 15 March 2021, Chika joins Africa’s leading mobile operator from management consultancy McKinsey & Company in Nigeria, where he led the West Africa Digital Practice and served telco, financial services, and public sector clients across Africa. “We are very pleased that Chika is joining us as we work to accelerate our strategic repositioning,” said MTN Group Chief Operating Officer Jens Schulte-Bockum. A Nigerian-American national, Chika has a Masters of Engineering…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the launch of First Global Transfer (FGT) to promote the international transfer of funds across its subsidiaries in sub-Saharan Africa. The bank said in a statement that “First Global Transfer (FGT) initiative is specifically designed to ensure safe, timely and improved efficiency in the transfer of funds across the network of First Bank subsidiaries in Africa. “The FGT is not restricted to First Bank and FBN bank customers alone but it is also open to every individual resident in the country the funds transfer is originating from. “Intending users of the initiative are…
Visit aimed at fulfilling legislative oversight requirement as well as evaluates how resources that have been allocated are being utilized
Gains from eCommerce can write the cheque to significantly assist in reviving our dying SMEs and reduce youth employment in Nigeria.
