Employees of leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, have donated the sum of N20m to the Lagos State Government in support of the fight against the COVID-19 global pandemic currently ravaging communities and nations the world over, making them the…
OrderPaper Nigeria has said the Managing Director of Arise TV, Ms. Ijeoma Nwogwugwu; founder of Global Analytics Consulting Limited, Mr. Tope Fasua and a petroleum industry expert, Mr. Joe Nwakwue, among others, will discuss post-COVID-19 petroleum reforms in its augural…
Google has announced plans to train 20,000 women across Africa this year in honour of the International Women’s Day (IWD), aiming to achieve this through a number of training initiatives. The company in a statement following an IWD event in Lagos yesterday,…
NIPCO Plc, has appointed Suresh Kumar as Managing Director of the organisation. The appointment takes effect from February 1, 2020 as he replaced Sanjay Teotia who is now the managing director, NIPCO Gas Ltd. NIPCO announced that Kumar will be…
Rand Merchant Bank’s ninth edition of Where to Invest in Africa has returned to their roots, the sectors they believe are key to unlocking the continent’s growth potential. For 2019, co-authors Celeste Fauconnier, Neville Mandimika and Nema Ramkhelawan-Bhana delve deeper…
The annual Africa Startup Summit took place in Kigali last week, with six of the continent’s most prolific investors taking to the stage for the keynote panel discussion around creating a generation of funded African startups. Here are seven things…
In several news reports, World Bank President David Malpass was recently quoted as saying some Multilateral Development Banks, including the African Development Bank, have a tendency to lend too quickly and in the process, add to the continent’s debt problems.…
The African Development Bank’s 2020 African Economic Outlook (AEO) has said that the economy of Africa is on course to pick up to 3.9 percent in 2020 and 4.1 percent in 2021. The bank also said that though the economic…
By Ijeoma Ukazu | In a bid to expand telecommunication services to boost U-Report communities’ engagement, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has signed an agreement with AIRTEL Nigeria to support young people. The U-Report is UNICEF’s unique social media…
Rapper, entrepreneur, and all-around ambitious dude Akon has finally officially signed off on the creation of his own city. Yes, you read that right. He’s creating his own city in the African nation of Senegal. The rapper, famous for hits such as Smack That and Lonely, has…
