Network coverage technology in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and other parts of Africa, is still 3G, with 79 per cent penetration. The International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which revealed this in its 2019 ICT Facts and Figures report, said more than 95 per cent of the population in Asia and the Pacific,
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Aero Contractors has expanded its routes to Abuja-Kano, Lagos-Asaba, Abuja-Asaba and Warri-Port Harcourt. The services began on January 20, 2020. According to the Head of Commercial of the airline, Rogers Cookey, the routes will be operated as follows: Abuja-Kano, 11:10 am; Kano-Abuja, 12:20 pm; Lagos-Asaba, 8:30 am; Asaba-Lagos, 15:10 pm. Others include
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The modern workplace sees work and home life co-existing through new technology that diversifies the work environment. When employees’ workplace is anywhere, staff can enjoy more benefits and flexibility, and can even improve productivity, but it also can put the security of the organisation at risk if there are no proper
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Senegal’s national oil company, has opened the country’s first offshore licensing round at the MSGBC Basin Summit & Exhibition in Dakar. PETROSEN, Senegal’s national oil company, has opened the country’s first offshore licensing round at the MSGBC Basin Summit & Exhibition in Dakar. On offer are 12 offshore blocks on offer in
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The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has commenced moves to remove historical tariff-related liabilities from the financial records of electricity distribution companies (Discos) NERC in an order No NERC/196/2020 issued thursday, said would resolve the continued accumulation of future tariff- related shortfalls during the transition to cost-reflective tariffs and to prevent
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Global oil and gas giant, Royal Dutch Shell, has said its total production in Nigeria increased in 2019 to 176,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, the highest level in five years. Shell, which announced its fourth quarter 2019 results on Thursday, said its profit fell by 23 per cent to
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Fejiro Hanu Agbodje looks every inch your next-door, 24-year-old lad who loves Afrobeat music, and all the wild things bristling young men of his age should indulge in. But this is no ordinary youth President Muhammadu Buhari once labelled “Lazy Nigerian youth.” At 22 he formed an E-commerce company, Patrica Technologies
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Earlier this month, Nigeria’s Finance Act 2019 was signed into law, drawing net positive commentary from key stakeholders. I believe the Finance Act is the best thing to happen for Nigerian startups in a long time. It is a bold attempt at fashioning fiscal policy while updating and clarifying problematic provisions
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In a bid to tackle drought and an economic crisis that has left millions needing food aid in Zimbabwe, a 50-year-old mother of two, Venencia Mukarati is using hydroponics to grow vegetables which she supplies to restaurants in Harare. Mukarati, who is also an accountant, always had a passion for farming.
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Huawei is set to open its first Experience Store in Kenya on Saturday, 1 February 2020. Launching at the Sarit Center in Nairobi, the Experience Store is said to give consumers the chance to experience Huawei’s latest gadgets, smartphones, fitness bands and smartwatches. “The Chinese tech giant has had a phenomenal
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