Ladesope Ladelokun LG Electronics, a global electronics producing company has said that it is committed to creating a consumer-centric smart home an ecosystem with the ultimate aim of allowing homeowners to control all their appliances and devices from one spot. Speaking in Lagos on how tomorrow’s homes could be smarter and more personal, Head of […]
Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo One of Nigeria’s foremost logistics providers, Red Star Express Plc, will be expanding its operations to Benin Republic, August 2nd, 2019, in a bid to provide logistics solutions for businesses across West Africa. The opening of the company’s office in Cotonou, the capital of Benin Republic falls in line with an expansion drive […]
Ladesope Ladelokun The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged telecom consumers to go all out to get informed and enlightened on how to protect themselves from cybercriminals while making use of the internet, stating cybercrimes get more sophisticated the more people to get connected to the internet. The Commission says it is important to know the […]
The European Union claims it has contributed 50 million Euros to the fight against drug use and illicit drug trafficking in West Africa. The Head of Cooperation of the European Union Delegation to ECOWAS, Kurt Cornelis stated this in an interview with journalists at the launch of the 2014-2017 West African report on drugs in […]
Isaac Oguntoye The Vice-President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osibajo reiterated that the one of the major focus of the present administration is to make the country more investment-friendly to potential investors across the globe. Osinbajo stated this at a two-day event in Lagos, tagged “Nordic-Nigeria Connect – Innovating for Change.” Nigeria is gradually emerging as […]
Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has decried the inadequate space at the apron side of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, saying that it affects other users. This is as DHL, which uses Lagos Airport as its hub in West Africa has threatened to relocate its operations away from the […]
As part of its strategy of giving customers the best, Thomson Reuters has launched its new brand identity, renamed its financial and risk business unit, ‘Refinitiv’. This was disclosed at the West Africa Excellence Awards recently organised in Lagos to appreciate its existing customers who have in no small measure patronised and contributed to the […]
The organised Private sector in West Africa has stated their resolve to collaborate with government agencies involved in data regulation and control to curb all forms of cyber crimes as well as sensitizing the citizens on the need for personal data protection. Speaking at a High level policy round table on general data protection regulation […]
Nigerian and Ghanaian Consumer Confidence up by 1 point in each country in Quarter 3, 2017 The release of Nielsen’s latest Consumer Confidence Index figures for Quarter 3, 2017 has been marked by small increases and a relatively stable performance in both Ghana and Nigeria, with the latter climbing one point to 117, while Ghana’s […]
Thousands of voodoo followers on January 10th converged at the beach in Ouidah, Benin where they worship spirits and pay homage to the millions of slaves who have passed by this road, when Ouidah was a key location for slave trade in West Africa. Born in the kingdom of Dahomey (present-day Togo and Benin), voodoo […]
Uber today announced a powerful set of new features on the app that will make it even easier for driver-partners across Nigeria to choose when, where, and how they drive. Driver-partners in Nigeria choose to drive with Uber because they can use the app on their own terms. With these new features, Uber is doubling […]
The African Union Commission, AUC and the International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) has unveiled some of the exciting programme of activities and performers billed for the AFRIMA 2017 main events to hold in the Official Host City, Lagos State between Friday, November 10 and Sunday, November 12 at various premium locations […]
As part of its ongoing Cybercriminal Underground Economy Series (CUES),Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in cyber security solutions, in collaboration with INTERPOL, recently released research on cybercriminal activity in West Africa, tagged: “Cybercrime in West Africa: Poised for an Underground Economy.” Currently, West African cybercriminal activity is driven by two types of threat actors: […]
The Managing Director, National Engineering Technical Company (NETCO), SikyAliyu, stated that collaboration among service companies in the country will help to bring down the cost of doing business. It can reduce cost of doing business if investors start establishing companies and also will bring about employment generation. Aliyu stated this at the recent West African […]
Pan African banking Group, UBA has emerged the best institution in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in West Africa. Its CSR arm; UBA Foundation won the best CSR/Sustainability, West Africa Award at the 10thSERAs (Social Enterprise Report Awards) ceremony which held at the Muson Centre in Lagos Nigeria on Friday November 11, 2016. UBA Foundation, beat other […]
International Data Corporation (IDC) today formally announced the latest installment of its groundbreaking West Africa CIO Summit, confirming that the event will take place on May 13–14 at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos. This year’s edition will run under the theme ‘ Where IT Meets Business’ will attract more than 150 CIOs, technology decision makers, […]
Arik Air suspends service to Dubai Arik Air, West Africa’s largest airline currently serving 18 destinations across Nigeria as well 12 international routes including London’s Heathrow Airport and New York’s JFK Airport announced today that its Executive Board has taken the decision to temporarily suspend its Dubai service operating from Lagos via Abuja with effect from April 28, 2015. A challenging wider economic environment in Nigeria as […]
West Africa’s foremost Information Technology Company, Resourcery Plc; with the vision of providing innovative solutions that optimize service delivery and business performance is set to host stakeholders and key decision makers across the major economic sectors of Ghana in a forum dubbed “Designed to Impact Ghana”. Resourcery Plc which goes by the slogan “Solutions, not […]
Former Head of State and one of the major founding fathers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), General Yakubu Gowon, has advocated the creation of a common government for West Africa States. According to him, this will work for the common good of the 15-nation Community estimated at 300 million people as […]
Sierra Leone’s eastern district of Kailahun, once a hotbed of Ebola, has recorded its first case in nearly four months, threatening progress made to stamp out the disease, officials said Saturday. A 9-month-old boy tested positive for Ebola after dying in Kailahun, the district on Guinea’s border that recorded Sierra Leone’s first Ebola case […]