Danbatta, NCC boss, joins list of policy executives to speak at ITU Telecom World, 2019
Effective Monday next week, global players in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry will converge in Budapest, Hungary on September 9, 2019, when the International Communication Union (ITU) hosts its yearly telecommunications event, ‘ITU Telecom World 2019,’ at the…
Manjang, StanChart Bank MD gives insights on institution’s core value
Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria (StanChart Nigeria) and West Africa, Mr Lamin Manjang, has given fresh insights on the business policy direction of the financial institution in Nigeria as part of drives to refocus the bank after 20…
Now is Time to Make Energy Work for Africa
By Prince Arthur Eze It is long past time that we made energy work for Africa. It is past time that Africa’s natural resources benefited Africans; that every African had access to electricity; and that the wealth created by oil…
Shell steps up CSR, gives 13 N’Delta indigenes scholarship to UK varsities
At last, 13 winners of the 2019 Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Joint Venture overseas postgraduate scholarship for host communities have emerged at the award ceremony in Port Harcourt Business Hilights gathered that the latest awards bring the total number…
Approval of traffic plans delaying repair works on Third Mainland Bridge— Controller
Any moment from now, the Federal Ministry of Works and Infrastructure will begin another phase of major repair works on weak parts of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. In an interview on Monday, the Federal Controller of Works…
SIFAX Group unveils five-year business growth plan in five sectors
Leading indigenous conglomerate in the Maritime, Aviation, Oil and Gas and the Hospitality business, SIFAX Group, earlier in the week in Lagos launched a new, five-year business-growth plan to deepen investments in core areas of interest. Group Managing Director, Adekunle…
Nigeria silent as Ghana deepens efforts to tame e-waste crisis with EU
Ghanaian government has stepped up efforts to rid the country of toxic e-Waste to limit environmental health crisis as it begins consolidation of ideas on collection centres and formalizing e-waste activities in the informal sector. Business Hilights Ghana Bureau chief…
RiPAN silent on scarcity of local rice in markets hails border closure
Leadership of Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RiPAN), has hailed the policy decision of the Federal Government to shut down the Nigerian-Benin Republic border, saying the action would help curb the menace of rice smuggling and boost productivity of operators…
StanChart chief in Nigeria, Manjang gives insights on success of Kenyan M-Pesa
The Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria (StanChart Nigeria) and West Africa, Mr Lamin Manjang, has given fresh insights on the origin and growth of Africa’s most successful mobile money banking innovation, the Kenyan M-Pesa. Speaking in an interview…
TICAD 7: Japan, AfDB seal $3.5bn private sector drive in power, transport, health
Japan and the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced a joint target of $3.5 billion under the Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa initiative (EPSA4), during the during the closing remarks of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD…
