While electric vehicles are gaining the lion's share of the attention for carbon-neutral technology at CES 2024, hydrogen energy has snuck its way back into the conversation thanks to two automotive giants. Hyundai spotlighted its plans for utilizing hydrogen energy at the sprawling tech and gadget show in Las Vegas. Beyond
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Kaduna Electricity Distribution Plc has appointed Mr Umar Hashidu as its new chief executive officer. In a statement, the company’s Head of Corporate Communications, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, noted that a brief handover ceremony that took place at the firm’s corporate headquarters in Kaduna on Monday and presided over by the Commissioner for
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Boeing’s CEO, Dave Calhoun, took a proactive stance in addressing the scary mid-air panel blowout incident on an Alaska Airlines flight. He stood before Boeing staff, acknowledging the seriousness of the situation and clearly stating the paramount importance of preventing such accidents from occurring again. Calhoun’s assurance to employees included a resounding
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A multi-institutional research team, led by Osaka University, successfully converts biomass-derived long-chain fatty acids into fatty amines, opening the door to greener catalyst processes From alleviating your allergy symptoms to optimizing herbicide performance, alkylamines are molecules that have many uses. Unfortunately, common methods of producing alkylamines result in harmful waste byproducts.
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The fintech and eCommerce sectors are booming. By 2026, the global eCommerce market is expected to be worth more than $8.1 trillion annually. Meanwhile, a recent study by McKinsey revealed there are now more than 272 fintech unicorns, with a combined market cap of $936 billion – a sevenfold increase
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The President of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES), Prof. Adeola Adenikinju, has urged President Bola Tinubu to address crises plaguing the oil industry and privatize the nation’s refineries in order to optimize the benefits inherent in the sector. The don also called on the Tinubu government to give the nation’s refineries
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The government has confirmed it will invest £300m in a new programme to produce advanced nuclear fuel suitable for next-generation reactors. The money will go towards boosting domestic production of high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) as part of the UK’s efforts to deliver up to 24GW of nuclear power by 2050
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The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC says it will soon bar Globacom customers from making calls to MTN lines soon due to alleged non-settlement of interconnect charges. The NCC disclosed this on Monday in a public notice signed by the Director, Public Affairs Department, Reuben Muoka. It stated that it granted partial
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The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced the dissolution of the board of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company plc (KAEDC) over its failure to offset a debt of N110 billion owed the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) and the Market Operator (MO). The final sack of the KAEDC board is
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The Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Halilu has stated that investing in human capital development and staff motivation remain the best ways of repositioning the agency into a power-house of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) at the global scene. In his
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