Airtel Africa Celebrates 10 Years of Operations

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigerian wireless internet service provider, Tizeti, has announced the securing of an unnamed senior debt facility from Chapel Hill Denham’s Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund that will be used to finance the rollout of its state-of-the art broadband network across 15 states in Nigeria. In a statement seen by Business Post, the company said it has been granted long-term financing by the investment company’s fund and will deploy the debt to build new internet infrastructure and purchase additional equipment to expand its services to Delta, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Abia, Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Abuja, Kano, and Kaduna. Tizeti

By Rahul Baitha In today’s digital age, where instant gratification is the norm, website performance plays a critical role in delivering a positive user experience. Visitors expect websites to load quickly and respond seamlessly to their interactions. If your website lags or stumbles, you risk losing valuable traffic and potential customers. As a web designer or business owner, optimizing your website’s performance should be a top priority. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore essential tips and techniques to boost your website’s speed and efficiency. Understanding Website Performance Before diving into optimization strategies, it’s essential to grasp the fundamentals of website

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigeria plans to increase the net contribution of the telecommunications sector to the gross domestic product (GDP) by 22 per cent by the end of 2027. This is part of efforts announced by the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Mr Bosun Tijani, in the ministry’s 31-page Strategic Blueprint document titled Accelerating our Collective Prosperity through Technical Efficiency, seen by Business Post. In the document, the ministry noted that “As telecommunications continues to evolve in line with new technology and associated opportunities, it is critical to revamp our national approach to account for changing imperatives and

By Precious Olisa A Cameroon-based company, Koree, has emerged as the winner of the 2023 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge, going home with a prize of $50,000. The firm was announced as the winner of the contest by the panel of judges during the competition’s grand finale at the bank’s headquarters at the Pan African Centre in Lomé, Togo. The organisations made it to the final from an initial pool of over 1,400 fintechs from 64 countries, underscoring the significant growth in popularity of the competition since its inception six years ago, as well as the wealth of innovation

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The warring Labour Party leaders have been advised to quickly close ranks and not allow the influence of external forces, who intend to control the political party and put it in disarray. Two persons are fighting over the control of the party described by some observers as the third force as it disrupted the political scene in the 2023 general elections. The faction led by Mr Lamidi Apapa, which has been accused of being backed by the President-elect, Mr Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is claiming to be the authentic leader of Labour

By Adedapo Adesanya Oil prices rose on Monday after the world’s top exporter, Saudi Arabia, pledged to cut production by a further 1 million barrels per day from July. Consequently, Brent crude futures traded higher by 58 cents at $76.71 a barrel, as the US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 41 cents to quote at $72.15 per barrel. The Saudi energy ministry said the kingdom’s output would drop to 9 million barrels per day in July from about 10 million barrels per day in May. The voluntary cut, Saudi Arabia’s biggest in years, is on top of a

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The immediate former Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank Mba, has been redeployed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Alkali Baba, along with six other Commissioners of Police (CPs). A statement issued on Saturday by the spokesman of the police, Mr Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed that Mr Mba is now the CP for Border Patrol Force in Abuja. The police officer left the post after he was nominated for the Senior Executive Course at the National Institute, between February and December 2022, holds a Masters’ Degree in Law and was enlisted into the security agency

By Dipo Olowookere The Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, Mr Yinka Sanni, has described the performance of the company in the 2019 financial year as impressive. Last week, the company released its audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the firm, a member of Standard Bank Group, declared a profit after tax of N75 billion, representing an increase over its year end 2018 profit after tax of N74.4 billion. Also, profit before tax for the year ended December 31, 2019 was N90.9 billion, representing a 3 percent increase over 2018 figures which stood

By Modupe Gbadeyanka In the first quarter of 2021, 99.2 per cent of service-related complaints (3,019 versus 2,854 Q1 2020) received from telecom consumers across the major network operators were resolved by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). A breakdown of the complaints within the period under review showed that 2,759 (91.4 per cent) came through the NCC Contact Centre; 188 (6.2 per cent) were received via the NCC Consumer Portal; 50 (1.7 per cent) complaints came to the commission through its various social media platforms, while 22 (0.7 per cent) were written complaints. With respect to breakdown by service providers’

By Dipo Olowookere Organisers have fixed February 8 to 10, 2017 for the second edition of the German-African Business Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. The first edition of the conference took place in Berlin in September 2015 and gave some 400 participants from the worlds of business and politics from Germany and Africa the opportunity to discuss Africa’s prospects and potential and to make new contacts. The 2017 edition will be declared open by Kenyan President, Mr Uhuru Kenyatta and German Foreign Minister, Mr Frank-Walter Steinmeier. The German-African Business Summit is being co-organised by the Sub-Saharan Africa Initiative of German Business

By Modupe Gbadeyanka On Monday, November 28, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, through its Working Group on Prevention of Online Child Sexual Exploitation and with the support of the British High Commission, hosted a workshop on the fight against online child sexual abuse and exploitation. Participants included government departments, law enforcement agencies, the judiciary, religious leaders, non-governmental organisations and international development partners. Speaking at the event, Minister of State for Internal Affairs Hon. Obiga Kania said: “The Government of Uganda is committed to addressing the growing threat to children from online sexual abuse and exploitation. Increasing access to the internet

Businesses that implement a digital marketing strategy into their company strategies, according to Google, have a 2.8x greater revenue growth expectation and a 3.3x higher possibility of expanding their business and, as a result, their staff. In other words, if you’re not using digital marketing, you’re missing out on a significant chance for lead generation, conversion, and sales growth. Lead generation and digital marketing are inextricably linked, and unlike traditional marketing, every lead created by this activity can be traced back to the digital marketing channel from which it originated. Digital marketing is also less expensive than traditional marketing, lowering