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Month: August 2018

CyberSecurity 99
ICT

‘Cyber thieves’ becoming more creative, innovative in their approaches—Ademiluyi

For systems managers who are working with the illusion that cyber threats will soon fade away, the Cyber Security manager at Inlaks Group, Mr. Adeyemi Ademiluyi has a shocker for them. Explaining issues in a joint presentation with the General…

Google FG 2018
ICT

Google, FB partner AIMS to unveil African Master’s in Machine Intelligence

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 announced the launch of a one-year intensive African Master’s in Machine Intelligence (AMMI) in partnership with Facebook and Google. The master’s will begin this September at the AIMS-Rwanda…

Creating more agencies in transport sector’ll clash roles, weaken service—NIMASA

The Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside has picked holes on brewing plans to create additional agencies in the nation’s transportation industry. Speaking at the 2018 Half Year Maritime Forecast Review in Lagos, he…

Flare Gas Reduction Regulation 2018 to drive massive investment, sanity in industry

July 2018 can be said to be the best month ever in the history of Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, considering the signing into law, the new legal framework targeted at ending gas flaring. The Flare Gas Reduction (Prevention of…

Niger Delta leaders’ complacency caused flagrant abuse of environmental rights—Activist

Leading environmental right activist working with Environmental Rights Action (ERA), Rev. Nnimmo Bassey has traced the observed cold feet of the federal government in enforcing environmental discipline amongst International Oil Companies (IOCs) to the negative body language of leaders of…

Nigerian insurers move to contain risks associated with ICT, telecoms

Contrary to earlier fears that Nigerian insurance firms do not know much on issues concerning risks in the ICT and telecoms industry, participants at a recent seminar organised by WAPIC Insurance Plc have raised the confidence level of mitigating risks…

Emerging Nutrition Africa Investor Forum to review business opportunities

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) – an international organisation founded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and driven by the mission of a world without malnutrition- is hosting the first-ever Nutrition Africa Investor Forum (NAIF) in Nairobi,…