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Month: February 2017

Helicopter Service providers to become key gainers during NAIA closure

Investigations by Business Hilights have shown that operators of Helicopter services will be the highest gainers in the approaching closure of Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja. The closure is to enable government repair part of the failed portions of…

FG plans to close Marine Beach Bridge in Apapa for repairs from March 4

Barely few months after the closure of Apapa port exit Highway Bridge for repairs which had been delivered, Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has announced the preparedness of the government to effect similar repairs on the…

Ministry explains targets of emerging e-governance platform in Nigeria

The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu has announced that federal government will next two months launch e-governance, a platform to support and simplify governance for government, citizens and businesses. Speaking in Lagos, he said the scheme also known as G2G,…

SMEs

FCMB gives support to SMEs with free banking services

As part of its efforts to grow startups, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited has introduced a three-month free banking service for prospective customers of the bank operating in the Small and Medium-scale Enterprises. The scheme began on February 1,…

SMEs

Nobel Carpets begins collaboration with Vconnect to grow SMEs in Nigeria

Leading investor in interior decoration with rugs and carpets, Nobel Carpets and floors has stepped up its commitment to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria with new partnership with VConnect Global Services. According to the group, the target…

WFE releases statistics on global SME financing, equity markets

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has published a report into exchanged-based financing of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), aimed at identifying globally-consistent barriers and opportunities for enhancing SME access to equity finance. The report noted that the sub sector…

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ICT

Innjoo, TD unwrap slimmest ‘Leap’ power bank charging laptop in Lagos

The trending crusade of the federal government to grow ‘Buy Nigeria’ seems to be spurring more indigenous Original Equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to develop and mass production innovative devices. In Lagos Wednesday, leading ICT Company and mobile devices manufacturer, Innjoo Technology…

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ICT

We’ve missed 2 deadlines on DSO, can’t afford to miss this year, NBC tells stakeholders

The Director General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mallam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu has assured Nigerians and Digital Switch Over (DSO) stakeholders the even though Nigeria has two deadlines in transiting from analogue to digital terrestrial TV transmission, the country cannot…

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ICT

NASS, stakeholders’ list 3 factors capable of hanging nationwide DSO in June

Anxiety is building up within the stakeholders circle and concerned members of the National Assembly over the possibility of missing another chance of transiting from analogue to digital TV broadcasting in Nigeria. Accordingly, observers have listed three factors that can…

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ICT

Glo advances service delivery in Ghana with data borrowing window

Emerging telecoms conglomerate in Africa, Globacom has raised the bar of service delivery in Ghana with the introduction of ‘Three Minutes To Free’, a feature that allows subscribers to borrow data when in tight corner or sudden run out of…