From 5 – 7 March 2021, a leading manufacturer of home appliances, Defy, will be hosting the Hack The Normal online hackathon with the aim of exploring how technology can be leveraged for sustainable living and economic development in Africa. Supported by Defy sister company, Beko, hackathon participants will have the opportunity to develop new […]
Mr. Ayman Amin Sejiny, the CEO of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD) and Mr. Sakhi Annaklichev, the Chairman of the Management Board of Uzbek Industrial and Construction Bank (JSCB), signed a USD 25 Million Shari’ah-compliant Line of Financing Agreement which will be utilized by JSCB to local finance private
Hype will first launch in Africa, where Opera has nearly 150M MAU, with Kenya as the pilot market; With Hype, Opera reimagines the chat experience, with content sharing as a key feature; Opera Mini, with more than 100M users worldwide, becomes the world’s first mobile browser with an integrated chat service. Today, Opera the Norwegian
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, has committed to buy up to US$50,000,000 of a bond issue by Liquid Telecommunications, that is being launched on Monday 22rd February 2020. The bond (“The New Note Offering”) aims to raise US$600 million which will be used to refinance existing debt
Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd., a Pan-African telecommunications group with operations in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, announced after its board meeting held on January 15th, 2021, significant changes in the leadership of the Group’s board and management. The Group announced the retirement of Ms. Irene Charnley and Mr. Mohammed Wajih
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The Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Lamido Yuguda has urged senior bankers to mentor young professionals. In a statement obtained by The Daily, https://thedaily-ng.com, at that the re-launch of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, CIBN, Mentoring Scheme, with the theme, “Mentoring: Unlocking Career Potentials and Possibilities”, in Lagos, he said: “Let
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Atiku commends FG readiness to privatize the nation’s refineries By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s willingness to privatize the nation’s existing refineries and other assets to revamp the country’s economy. Atiku who gave the commendation, Sunday, in a statement he personally endorsed, noted that a privatized
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Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority ,NCAA, has lifted the ban placed on Boeing 737 Max Aircraft operating in the Nigerian Airspace. The ban was placed following two fatal accident involving the aircraft. A statement by the Director General, NCAA, Captain Musa Nuhu said the lifting of the ban came into effect on 12th February, 2021. Captain
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Women pivotal to socio-economic development and bridging digital divide- Danbatta The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has emphasized the important role played by women in the country’s socio-economic and political space while underscoring the need to empower them in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as
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Investors and viewers of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) stations will now be able to see the daily price information of securities trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the NSE Chief Executive Officer, Mr Oscar Onyema, said this at the digital closing gong ceremony hosted by
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