Fidelity Bank Plc, Nigeria’s tier-2 lender has announced the appointment of Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe as its managing director/chief executive officer-designate. The bank announced on Monday in a notice on the NSE website, signed by Ezinwa Unuigboje, its company secretary that Onyeali-Ikpe will formally assume duties on January 1, 2021. The notice said the appointment followed the impending retirement of Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, managing director/chief executive officer, from the Board of Directors of the bank, with effect from Dec. 31, 2020, upon completion of his contract tenure. “In compliance with the succession policy of the Bank, the Board has approved the appointment of Mrs…
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By Comrade Mustapha Ya’u GUMEL On the 20th August 2019, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, CCIE, assumed duty as Director-General/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), at a relatively young age of 39. He is one of the few young Nigerians to have that privilege in recent history. I was opportune to pass through the same Secondary School with Kashifu, between 1995 and 1997, having joined the School a year earlier than I did. Science Secondary School Kafin Hausa was and is still ranked as one of the best Science Schools in Jigawa State. The School’s admission process was and still is…
…….Say It Has Potential To Accelerate SME Growth In The Country Technology experts have called for fresh investments to drive the adoption of Cloud Computing in Nigeria, even as they stressed that the technology has the potential to accelerate the growth of the about 41 million small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in the country, and even enable rapid governance on the part of the government. The experts who gathered virtually at a webinar hosted by CyberCloud, an indigenous service provider, with the theme: “The New Normal: Future of Cloud Computing in Nigeria post-COVID19,” submitted that with coronavirus pandemic still…
All is now set for the confirmation by the Senate, of the reappointment of the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, by President Muhammadu Buhari, for another five-year term in office as the country’s chief telecoms regulator. The development followed the acknowledgement of Prof. Danbatta’s outstanding performance in the last five years when he appeared before the Senate Screening Committee recently in Abuja. A prominent member of the committee, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, who represented the Chairman of the Senate Screening Committee, Mrs Oluremi Tinubu, during the screening,…
MTN Nigeria Plc Wednesday announced the trial of e-SIM services on their network based on approvals received from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The services are coming as MTN’s continued drive to lead digital transformation, foster inclusion, improve customer experience and maintain the highest quality of service for its customers. The next step in the evolution of Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM cards), e-SIMs are designed to deliver unprecedented freedom and flexibility. Unlike the physical SIMs, e-SIMs are built into smartphones, devices and wearables. They support multiple profiles and allow customers to connect multiple numbers to their e-SIM devices. Notwithstanding the…
By Andrew BOURNE Companies around the globe have had to adopt remote working in a short period of time. Some have thrived and won’t go back to the office model, with the likes of Twitter, Quora, and Slack all indicating that they’ll either be fully remote or remote-first for the foreseeable future. Others, however, have struggled with the transition and are hankering to get their teams back into the office. The ideal solution is probably somewhere in between these two extremes with employees able to work remotely when it is suitable and returning to the office as needed. Here’s how…
Chief Executive Officer of CWG Plc, MR. ADEWALE ADEYIPO believes that though the negativity in the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have beclouded its potentials and treasures, the multiple award-winning ICT solutions provider has seen the avalanche of opportunities therein and had already deployed resources to reap the benefits. In the following interview, via Zoom, he talks about the impact of COVID-19 on businesses, the future of work in the post-pandemic era, and how CWG Plc has been coping with the challenges posed by the pandemic……. What are your thoughts about Covid-19 in the last five months? COVID-19 has taught us…
Globacom subscribers have been assured that whoever purchases mobile phones from any Gloworld outlet pan Nigeria will enjoy bundled data along with their devices of choice. Globacom, the grandmasters of data, announced over the weekend that customers will enjoy this in the on-going Glo Smartphone Festival designed to offer more value to customers and consolidate its leadership in Nigeria’s telecommunications market. Customers who purchase devices during the festival will have access to bundled data from 500 MB per month to 2GB per month for six months. This will, however, depend on which model they choose from a wide collection of…
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has lent his voice to the criticisms trailing the 6th National Broadcast Code recently released by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Soyinka made his position known in a statement issued on Tuesday. In the statement titled “That NBC Regulatory Code!” Soyinka accused the Federal Government of declaring war against the Arts and producers of artworks. “I think it is about time the government comes out openly and admit that it has declared war against the Arts and its producers, instead of its present tactics of piecemeal attrition. “Just when we were reeling from the action of the…
Pay-Tv operator, StarTimes Nigeria has been slammed by Nigerians for increasing the prices of their various packages, despite promising not to do so earlier in the year. StarTimes had in a post on Twitter on Friday announced that effective 1 August, the price of its Basic Bouquet will increase from N1,300 to N1,700, while its Classic Bouquet has been reviewed upwards from N1,900 to N2,500. The company in a statement accompanying the announcement disclosed that it increased its rates because of the depreciation of the Naira in recent times, adding that it is affecting the cost of purchase for foreign…