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By Modupe Gbadeyanka To achieve sustainable development in Africa, efforts must be made to have an enabling policy environment and collaboration between the government and the private sector. This was the submission of the chief executive of Airtel Africa, Mr Segun Ogunsanya, at a COP28 side event co-hosted by the telecommunications giant and the African Business Leaders Coalition (ABLC). Mr Ogunsanya, who is a member of the United Nations Global Compact’s ABLC, stressed that African business leaders and governments to join forces to advance sustainable growth, development, and prosperity across the continent. “We stress the importance of an enabling policy

By Adedapo Adesanya Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered illicit substances bound for Europe, the United Arab Emirates and Asia. Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said the illicit substances intercepted included various quantities of methamphetamine and opioids concealed in hems of new jeans trousers, dolls, buttons, local soap and tins of milo beverage. He noted that the operation was carried out by operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) at courier houses in Lagos, he said some of the items seized included tramadol 225mg concealed

By Modupe Gbadeyanka An award has been presented to Airtel Nigeria by the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) for its significant contribution towards fostering opportunities for women and girls in the tech sector. WTEC, a notable beneficiary of Airtel’s corporate social responsibility initiative, Touching Lives Season 6, honoured the leading telecommunications firm in Nigeria at its 15th anniversary dinner on Sunday, December 3, 2023, at La Chaumiere Restaurant in Lagos. The organisation said it was impressed with Airtel Nigeria’s dedication towards the advancement of technology in the country. Highlighting the positive influence of Airtel Nigeria’s intervention, the chief executive of

By Adedapo Adesanya A three-member panel of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has ordered the Government of the Republic of Benin to pay Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Igboho, 20 million CFA for unlawful detention. The court ordered that the money should be paid within three months. Igboho had on February 10, applied to the court challenging his arrest and detention in the French-speaking country. The ECOWAS court also directed the country to comply with its order and revert to the court with evidence of payment. Igboho was arrested alongside his wife, Ropo, in

By Adedapo Adesanya Ministers at the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and Conference in New Delhi, India, have lauded the investment pledges amounting to nearly $14 billion that were committed by private Indian companies. The Ministers, alongside the President, Mr Bola Tinubu, are in the South Asian country, seeking to woo investors before the commencement of the G20 Summit starting later this week. Some of the investments range from fertilizer production to steel production to telecommunications, to power generation. On his part, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, who addressed the roundtable themed Building Partnerships

The Coronavirus pandemic, in the last few months since it hit the shores of Nigeria, has been bravely fought by the medical profession in the country.  The bravery and resilience of health workers, most especially the frontline personnel, has put them at great risk as many have tested positive. Worse still, some have been isolated. Majority of these isolated healthcare workers have recovered while some deaths have been recorded. Despite the limiting factors such as limited availability of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), especially at the point when local infection rate began to soar, the health workers which include doctors, nurses,

By Aduragbemi Omiyale The Best Bank in Nigeria is Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) Limited, a leading authority for global banking and financial markets, Euromoney, has declared. The company made this declaration at the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2023. “We are honoured to be named the Best Bank in Nigeria by Euromoney. “This recognition reflects our unwavering commitment to the values of excellence and innovation, which form the bedrock of our value proposition as an institution and has guided the mother brand to achieve remarkable success for over 30 years. “As part of a thriving financial holding company, we will continue

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A move to enable northbound connectors to workload orchestrators like Kubernetes (K8s) and OpenStack software has been taken by Western Digital and LINBIT. This partnership aims to bridge the gap between Kubernetes/OpenStack and managing volumes on the NVMe-oF capable storage hardware. Through disaggregating compute, storage, and network into virtual resource pools, IT managers can easily provision those resources on the fly, enabling better asset utilisation and simplified operations. For example, when compared to hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), the OpenFlex platform can eliminate underutilized resources and reduce TCO by up to 40 per cent. Fully automated volume management will

By Dipo Olowookere Renewed interests in banking and industrial goods stocks rejuvenated the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited by 0.39 per cent on Monday. The equity market witnessed the first uptick in the last four trading sessions. The gains recorded yesterday were majorly driven by buying interests in GTCO, Zenith Bank, Union Bank, BUA Cement and eight others. Business Post reports that the banking and industrial goods sectors closed higher during the session by 0.52 per cent and 1.89 per cent, respectively. However, the insurance space lost 2.61 per cent, the energy index fell by 0.34 per cent, and the consumer

By Modupe Gbadeyanka South Africa’s deodorant brand, Shield, has announced a partnership with Chelsea Football Club. To kick-off the partnership, Shield is offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – the chance for one lucky person to spend a day training with Chelsea FC coaches at the team’s training ground in Cobham to see what it takes to play like a champion. In addition, one lucky superfan will win a Chelsea FC dream trip to watch the first team training and meet the team at the Cobham Training Centre. It is believed that the new partnership will inspire young, aspiring South Africans who

By Hyther Nizam Over the last few years, businesses have been racing to digitise their processes and offerings. Whether you’re working from home, banking online, or doing a quick grocery order, you’ve likely noticed a significant rate of transformation. Given that every aspect of a consumer’s daily life is connected to the digital world, the challenge of digital transformation may be daunting. Traditional ways of developing consumer and internal applications are time-consuming and usually require a large number of development resources. Fortunately, low-code/no-code (LCNC) development platforms empower businesses to quickly create cross-platform applications without writing thousands of lines of code.