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Month: September 2022

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Cybersafe Founder, Staveley, Inducted Into Forbes Technology Council

Nigeria’s Digital entrepreneur, Confidence Staveley, has become the first Nigerian female to be inducted into the famed Forbes Technology Council. In a letter communicating the decision to Staveley, the Founder of Forbes Technology Council, Scott Gerber said: “We are honoured…

Iwuanyanwu@80, Escalates Peter Obi’s Character

Former Presidential aspirant during the botched 1993 elections and Chairman of Champion Newspapers Group, Chief Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, at the celebration of his 80th birthday Colloquium in Owerri last week, exhumed his rare experience with Mr. Peter Obi and the…

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African fund managers at Oxford’s Saïd to support tech innovation boom

From 12 – 16 September 2022, the Boost Africa Technical Assistance Facility and AfricaGrow Technical Assistance Facility will host 40 leading fund managers from select African investment funds for an in-person programme held at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business…

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IFFs Hackathon: Three Innovators Emerge Winners

E-procure, IFFMER, and E-xpose emerged first, second third positions respectively among  seven shortlisted  innovations that pitched at  innovations and ideas for the Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) Hackathon Demo Day organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC)…

NIMASA Donates Medical Equipment to Hospitals in FCT

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has donated medical equipment to some hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Presenting the items, the Director General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh who was represented by the Director Special…

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HP Introduces Quality, Low-Cost Laser Tank Printer in Nigeria

HP Inc. has launched the HP LaserJet Tank Printer series, created for Nigerian entrepreneurs and small business owners looking for reliable, cost-efficient resources in all facets of their business. Given the significant growth of small and medium-sizes businesses in recent…

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NITDA, ACM Team up to train Content Creators

As part drive to build and develop the teeming talents in Nigeria’s creative industry, the Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, has said that Federal Government will partner with Africa Creative Market to train them on…

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More Than 50,000 Telecom Infrastructure Destruction Occurred in 5 Years—Regulator

Over 50,000 cases of major destruction to telecom infrastructure and facilities have been reported across the country in the past five years, raising alarm over the implication of these incidents to the quality of telecommunications services in Nigeria. Executive Vice…

NCDMB Leads other MDAs in top performing MDAs – Presidential adviser

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), has beaten all the ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, of the federal government to clinch the first position in the newly released 2021/2022 Executive Order 001 (EO1) Compliance report. The report was…