Business

TECHNICAL SESSION ON ‘DIGITAL RIGHTS AND POLICY’   On May 30, 2024, Spaces for Change (S4C), in partnership with Avocats Sans Frontières France and the Center for Information, Technology, and Development (CITAD), convened a high-level technical session in Abuja. This event, under the EU-funded e-Rights project, brought together over twenty-five digital rights experts from telecommunications […]

Western Digital Showcases World’s Highest Capacity 2.5” Portable HDD and Other Innovative Storage Solutions at GITEX Africa 2024   Western Digital, a global leader in data storage solutions, is currently showcasing its latest innovations at GITEX Africa, which runs from 27-31 May 2024. Among the highlights are the world’s highest storage capacity in a 2.5″

Tanker Explosions Must Stop: Operators Collaborates with Stakeholders on Mitigation   To ensure a lasting solution to incessant truck accidents, the Major Energy Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) is fostering collaboration among regulators, operators, and enforcement agencies to mitigate the increasing number of truck-related accidents on roads. The Executive Secretary of MEMAN, Mr. Clement Isong,

S4C develops Regulatory Compliance Clinic for NPOs   By Eyo Nsima Spaces for Change, S4C, has developed a Regulatory Compliance Clinic (RCC), for non-profit organizations (NPOs) in West Africa. The Clinic offers NPOs the opportunity to learn from experts, including regulators, by offering first-hand information on how to comply with various laws and regulations, duties,

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede wins African Banker Lifetime Achievement Award   •          Visits President William Ruto of Kenya By Eyo Nsima Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, CON, Chairman of Access Holdings PLC and Coronation Group, has been honoured with the prestigious African Banker Lifetime Achievement Award. This distinguished accolade was presented at the African Banker Awards gala dinner and awards

AEC Calls on Exploration & Production Companies, Technology Providers to Invest in Angola   Angola plans to maintain oil production at 1.1 million barrels per day (bpd) until 2027, thereafter increasing output to over 2 million bpd to stimulate economic growth. As the linchpin of the economy, Angola’s oil and gas industry has seen aggressive

The Shola Adefolalu Gaska Foundation launches initiative to strengthen families The Shola Adefolalu Gaska Foundation has launched a pathway to help strengthen Nigerian families through a charity known as The Adefolalu Love is a Verb (ALiVe) Initiative. The ALiVeInitiative is an informal social security system jdesigned to provide financial assistance to vulnerable women and families

Western Digital unveils World’s first 6TB HDDs   Western Digital has made a significant leap in storage technology with the introduction of its latest high-capacity portable hard drives. Announced today, the new offerings from its WD, WD_BLACK, and SanDisk Professional lines feature the world’s first six terabytes, TB, capacity in a 2.5” portable HDD format.

Economic hardship: Dangote Foundation distributes rice to host communities   …shares 40,000 bags in Ogun The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF)’s N15 billion National Food Intervention programme has landed in Yewa land as the Foundation commenced distribution of 40,000 bags of rice in Ogun state. Yesterday, the 17 host communities of the Dangote Cement, Ibese plant,