Africa

A new report of the International Telecommunications Uion (ITU), has ranked Nigeria very high at 71 per cent, in comparative legal, policy and governance frameworks towards G5 – advanced state of readiness for digital transformation known as G5 with Germany, Finland and Singapore leading the global chart. In the report…

By Abiodun Folarin   In a significant stride towards fostering economic growth, Access Bank PLC, sub-Saharan Africa’s largest bank by customer base, has celebrated a landmark moment in its partnership with the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO). The occasion marked the signing of a monumental syndicate Tier II Facility agreement…

Concisedaily Newsonline– With the 31st annual meetings of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) underway in Nassau, The Bahamas from June 12-15, attendees have been called to strengthen the linkages between Africa and the Caribbean, the sixth region of the African Union. According to a statement, Heads of State, Ministers, government…

The African Public Relations Association (APRA) has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Public Relations Society of Malawi (PRSM, an institutional member of APRA), the government and citizens of the Republic of Malawi over the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of the Vice President of Malawi, H.E. Dr. Saulos…

Minister of State, Defence Hon. Bello Matawalle has declared Federal Government’s commitment to integrating the operations of the Command Control Computer Communication Information System of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA and the surveillance facility of the Nigerian Navy known as the Falcon eye system for the security…

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has restated its commitment to uphold the rights of telecom consumers, saying they occupy important positions in the telecommunications ecosystem in Nigeria. Its Executive Vice-Chairman (EVC), Lawal Maida, represented by the Executive Commissioner-designate, Technical Services, Abraham Ogbadami, said this on Friday at the 2024 World…

Abiodun Folarin The International Monetary Fund’s executive board has completed the third review of Mozambique’s three-year loan programme for an immediate disbursement of $60.7 million to Maputo. The review brings total disbursements under the $456 million Extended Credit Facility programme approved in 2022 to about $273 million, IMF said. “Programme…

Ethiopia became Africa’s third default in as many years on Tuesday after it failed to make a 33-million-dollar “coupon” payment on its only international government bond. Africa’s second most populous country announced earlier this month that it intended to formally go into default, having been under severe financial strain in…

Hails Sanwo-Olu’s giant strides in Lagos Governor takes Royal Father on tour of State Museum The Oba of Benin, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, on Sunday, said God ordained Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to be President of Nigeria and called on all Nigerians to support the administration…

Gloria Ikibah, Joseph Johnson, Emeka Amakor reporting from Winneba, Ghana The Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, has commenced the Second Extraordinary Session of the fifth Legislature in Winneba, Ghana on Tuesday October 3, 2023. Hon. Mohamed Bangura and Hon. Sarah Emmerson Lamina, parliamentarians from Sierra Leone…