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By Modupe Gbadeyanka A seasoned media, entertainment, and technology leader, Mr Alex Okosi, has been appointed as the Managing Director for Google in Africa. The appointment of Mr Okosi was announced on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, in a statement issued by the renowned search engine platform. He would be expected to lead the operations of Google on the continent, which boasts nearly two billion people. Google has been operating in Africa for over a decade and has offices in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. The company’s products and services are used by millions of people in Africa every day.

By Adedapo Adesanya The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), a nonprofit scientific organisation committed to advancing the science of food and its application across the global food system, has announced Mr Sean Leighton as the new Board President. Mr Leighton, the global vice president of food safety, quality, and regulator at Cargill, succeeds Mr Christopher Downs at the helm of the affairs of the organisation.  A member of IFT since 1999, where he was a participant in the IFT Student Association (IFTSA) product development competition, Mr Leighton has served in several volunteer roles as a presenter, panellist, podcast thought leader,

By Aduragbemi Omiyale An economist and public affairs analyst, Mr Tope Fasua, has been appointed by President Bola Tinubu as a Special Adviser on Economic Affairs. Mr Fasua, a former presidential candidate and consultant would work in the Office of the Vice President, he disclosed in a message on his official X platform. “So, yours truly has been appointed Special Adviser to the President on Economic Affairs in the VP’s office; just what I wanted for national impact. “We thank God Almighty and those who remembered me and insisted. For God and country,” Mr Fasua, who is also an accountant

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A firm established to help fix the global trade finance gap, Finverity, has disclosed that it is repositioning its brand and product offering for its next phase of growth. To achieve this, it has hired Mr Adam Ryan as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). He has been working with the leadership team at Finverity to build a brand and product suite that better reflects this purpose, as well as Finverity’s position at the leading edge of trade and SCF technology. Before now, Mr Ryan served as the CMO of Azimo, the global payments fintech, where he led

By Dipo Olowookere The flagship mobile money product of Comviva, the mobility solutions firm, mobiquity® Money, now has 100 million customers using the product. Users of the mobile money product cut across 45 countries with 3.6 billion mobile money transactions already processed, valuing over $60 billion annually. On the occasion of completing a decade of mobiquity® Money, the company unveiled a  coffee table book, chronicling the role the product has played in empowering customers and societies globally. The coffee table book provides a selection of human interest stories from mobile money deployments in Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America.

By Nneka Okumazie What if Justinian the Great did not just build the then Church of Hagia Sophia [532–37CE] in Constantinople, but instead drove massive evangelistic drive – through the East and beyond? What if the move was to ensure that translations of the Scriptures were further made available in many other places, with teachings and apostles of the time, re-emphasising the word across? There may have been some difference in how some history went if aggressive evangelism was prioritised. The past can be a window into the future, looking at emerging trends and possible parallels. Though Christianity was used

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The treasury bills market was flat yesterday as a result of tight liquidity in the market with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) auctioning $195 million at the foreign exchange market. It was gathered that the average yields of treasury bills slightly dropped on Monday by 5 basis points to 17.93 percent. This was also mainly influence by the tight liquidity in the market, which clipped the buying interests of traders. At the close of business yesterday, a total of N27.665 billion worth of treasury bills were sold by the apex bank via the open market operations

By Chubi Eze In a surprise move, Nigeria’s President, Mr Muhammadu Buhari, has announced that he will attend a meeting to be convened today, Thursday, June 25, 2020, by Mr Victor Giadom, one of the two men laying claim to the leadership of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), which controls the presidency and both houses of parliament. In a series of Tweets, the president’s spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu, said that: “The president has received very convincing advice on the position of the law as far as the situation in the party is concerned and has determined that the law is

By Adedapo Adesanya Oil futures rose to their highest levels in five months on Wednesday after a large decline in the United States crude inventories and a weak dollar supported prices. The Brent crude was up by 79 cents or 1.78 per cent at $45.17 per barrel, while the US West Texas Intermediate oil gained 50 cents or 1.2 per cent to sell at $42.20 per barrel. Both futures rose by almost four per cent in the day but mounting coronavirus infections had investors worried at a point about the demand outlook, cutting down gains. The market had reacted positively

By Adedapo Adesanya The Oyo/Osun Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has met 32 percent of its annual revenue target in the first four months of the year. This was disclosed by Customs Area Controller, Mrs Uche Ngozi, noting that the command generated revenue of over N20 billion into the coffers of the federal government in the period. As a revenue generating agency, the federal government gave the command an annual revenue target of N62.8 billion for 2020. The Customs boss, speaking at the Command’s headquarters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital recently, said apart from ensuring that government

By Omaga Daniel Across the country, news of impeachments and faceoff between political leaders and security personnel have become the order of the day. Just last week, Nigerians watched with dismay, the Gestapo tactics with which men of the Nigerian police force attempted to prevent the nation’s number three and four men from going to the red chambers to discharge their duties. This was occasioned by the defection of legislators in what appears to be a show down between the major political parties like that of the royal rumble wrestling bouts. While we were still basking in the euphoria that

By Dipo Olowookere A Naira-dominated loan of N200 billion has secured by MTN from a consortium of 12 Nigerian banks to enable it expand its operations in the country. The 12 Nigerian lenders are Citibank, Diamond Bank, Ecobank, Fidelity Bank, First Bank, FCMB, Standard Chartered, Stanbic IBTC Bank, UBA, Union Bank, Rand Merchant Bank and FSDH Merchant Bank. According to a statement issued by the telecommunications company, the loan is to fund capital expenditure and working capital. The seven-year facility will enable MTN expand its voice network and data service, the company said in a statement. It said the naira-denominated