The African Development Bank has welcomed $150 million investment in its Desert to Power G5 Financing Facility from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The GCF approved the amount at its 30th Board meeting this week. Desert-to-Power is a flagship renewable energy and economic development initiative led by the African Development Bank. Its objective is to […]
The Africa Investment Forum held a roundtable event to preview two agribusiness deals worth nearly $400 million as part of the lead-in to its upcoming 2021 Market Days. The investment opportunities, drawn from the Africa Investment Forum’s pipeline, will be presented in full during the Market Days, to be held from December 1-3 in Abidjan.
Cybersecurity: NCC inaugurates incident response facility – Minister, ONSA, Lawmakers, others commend the initiative– Project will strengthen telecoms infrastructure protection– DanbattaThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has inaugurated an incidence response facility aimed at addressing incidences of cybercrimes, protecting telecoms infrastructure, and encouraging increased participation in the nation’s digital economy.The NCC Center for Computer Security Incident
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NCC committed to facilitating the growth of e-Government, others – Danbatta The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has highlighted the various regulatory measures of the Commission toward deepening the adoption of e-Government and other Internet-driven services in the country.The EVC listed the measures in a presentation
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By Quentyn Taylor With remote and hybrid working a new ‘normal’ and cybercrime escalating at a rapid rate, more businesses are at risk than ever before. Quentyn Taylor, Director of Information Security at Canon Europe, Middle East and Africa, says implementing cybersecurity basics is key to reducing risk and building cyber-resilience. Recent rapid digital transformation
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NIN-SIM Integration: NCC Sensitises Telecom Consumers on October 31 Deadline By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged telecoms consumers to link their National Identity Numbers (NINs) with their Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) before the expiration of the deadline of October 31, 2021, set by the Federal Government. The Commission gave the admonition
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Protect your ideas before applying to IoT Code Camp and Hackathon 2021 — NCC By Eyo Nsima The Nigerian Communication Commission, NCC, has admonished candidates indicating interest in its Internet of Things, IoT Code Camp, and Hackathon 2021, to ensure their ideas are well-protected to guide against theft. According to NCC, it would not be
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UBA’s LEO exceeds the 3 million user mark By Eyo Nsima The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc’s banking chatbot, LEO, has emerged as the smartest chatbot in Nigeria with over three million customers and counting, In a statement obtained by The Daily- https://thedaily-ng.com,, the bank stated: ‘‘the chatbot has continued to evolve with plenty to offer its teeming customer, winning several
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Heritage Bank MD, others urge govt to develop infrastructure By Eyo Nsima The Managing Director, Heritage Bank Plc, Ifie Sekibo, has tasked all levels of governments to provide enabling policy environment for infrastructural development in Nigeria. He made this known at the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria’s (FICAN) 30th-anniversary conference and award, which had, “Financing
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AfCFTA: Afreximbank launches pan-African payment platform By Eyo Nsima with Agency Report The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched the pan-African payment and settlement system (PAPSS) to ease cross-border payments in local currencies across different markets in the continent. In a statement obtained by The Daily, https://thedaily-ng.com, Afreximbank stated that aid
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