Some of Fintech’s biggest names – including Credit Karma, Monzo and Varo – have joined a new coalition to fight racial inequality in the industry, according to a report by Finextra. With the Black Lives Matter movement gathering momentum in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in May, the Fintech sector, like many others, has been reflecting on its own failings when it comes to race. Spearheaded by Betterment, the new Fintech Equality Coalition is vowing to actively fight inequality within the industry and wider society. Specifically, the group acknowledges that the black community is underserved by financial services. In…
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MTN Group Wednesday announced that the current group CFO of MTN Group, Ralph Mupita, has been appointed as the new group president and CEO with effect from 1 September 2020. Ralph has served as the MTN Group CFO since April 2017 and has played a critical role in the development and execution of the group’s strategy, capital allocation processes, financial performance as well as in the resolution of a number of complex regulatory matters. MTN Group chairman Mr Mcebisi Jonas said: “After a rigorous and extensive search process, we are pleased to have appointed someone of Ralph’s calibre, experience and…
Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has disclosed that the Agency has identified the university as a key stakeholder in achieving the nation’s digital economy. Abdullahi made this known while receiving a delegation from Yusuf Maitama Sule North-West University, Kano, led by the Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Aliyu Musa. The delegation was on a courtesy visit to NITDA’s Corporate Headquarters to seek for the Agency’s intervention in the area of IT deployment and training. Abdullahi stated that the greatest resources needed in achieving a developed country in terms of technology, innovations and entrepreneurship is human capital,…
Access Bank Plc, Nigeria’s largest retail bank, has urged its customers to be on the lookout for fraudsters who are using new scam methods to rip people off by preying on the distress that comes with the nation-wide lockdown. Access Bank said fraudsters contact their potential victim either via mail, phone call or text to request for their bank details with the promise of crediting their account, after which they proceed to withdraw the money in the victim’s bank account. “They often come under the guise of government officials, social advocates and false NGOs allocated to share the relief fund…
Airtel TV, Nigeria’s leading Video on Demand and live TV streaming platform has added popular channels, African Movie Channel (AMC Movies), AMC Series and Nolly Africa to its robust catalogue. With this latest development, lovers of Nollywood and other African movies can now enjoy unlimited access to premium content on the platform. Fans looking to consume movie content from both within and outside the Nollywood spectrum on Airtel TV can enjoy AMC Movies, a deluxe African movies channel, offering a wide variety of rich content to viewers, consisting primarily of Nollywood movies, and also movies from other flourishing movie industries…
Findings from a recent HP survey in EMEA found that over 97% of customers see HP’s Customer Delivery Inspections (CDIs) as a valuable service for their business, and 96% feel they protect them from falling victim to fraudsters. Customer Delivery Inspections, which are a free and effective feature of HP’s Anti-Counterfeit and Fraud (ACF) programme, offer customers a reliable way to confirm the authenticity of their stock. They involve on-site checks of suspicious large or mid-sized cartridge deliveries in response to reports initiated by HP customers. “If dubious deliveries are found, the HP ACF team are proactively alerted and can follow up with appropriate…
By Hashim SULEIMAN Let me refer to my September 16, 2019 article tagged ‘Pantami, Kashifu and the beauty of vision,” where I had identified Kashifu Inuwa as an individual who had understood clearly the vision of Dr Isa Ali Pantami and had equally chosen to fly with it to fruition. It is also a practical knowledge that people could actually be good carriers of vision and supportive but may not make good leaders, however, Mr Kashifu has today proven to be good in both fronts having stayed a year in office as the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development…
In what looks like an affirmation of the saying that “a goldfish has no hiding place,” more laurels have continued to come the way of the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta. The latest came from the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), who Wednesday, August 19, 2020, honoured him with a Distinguished Award. The Award was presented to the EVC in his office in Abuja by ATCON President, Olusola Teniola in the company of the association’s Executive Secretary, Ajibola Olude. Making the presentation, Teniola said the award was in appreciation of…
Zedvance Finance Limited, a leading consumer and SME finance company, has revealed plans to empower small and medium-sized businesses with interest-free credit to catalyze their growth against the backdrop of the global economic downturn occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. A statement by the company said that driven by a need to create a support system for SMEs at this uncertain time, it will be running a 3-week virtual campaign with the theme: “Keeping SMEs Alive”. Acting Chief Executive Officer, Zedvance Finance, Ever Obi said the objective of the initiative is to help SMEs stay afloat at this crucial time and to promote economic enterprise in line…
A former National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) acting Director-General (DG), Mr. Bayo Atoyebi, has declared that the National Broadcasting Code has contained provisions on exclusivity since 2003. Atoyebi, a member of the NBC Board, stated this in Abuja last week while responding to questions at a press conference held by the Board. The press conference was addressed by the Board Chairman, Alhaji Ikra Aliyu Bilbis, who declared the revision of the code as illegality carried out by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture. While responding to a question on the claim of acting NBC DG, Armstrong Idachaba, that the proposed…