Pan-African digital payment company, Interswitch Group, said it’s making a new offering in partnership with its technical partner, SKIDATA for flexible payment options to provide parking solution for vehicles and people at public places. (more…)
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The federal government has commissioned a 60 kilowatts (KW) grid connected solar power plant in Torankawa community of Sokoto state worth N146 million. The Acting Director, Department of Renewable Energy and Rural Power Access at the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, Engr. Faruk Yabo Yusuf, said the Solar plant
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Jumia, Konga, major players in the e-Commerce market are creating visible excitement in the space with eye-catching listing of their shares on the international market. Jumia is planning an initial public offering (IPO) in New York this year which will reportedly see the business valued at $1.5 billion. Elsewhere, Konga, Nigeria’s biggest
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The lower house of Russia’s parliament has passed the first reading of a bill to create a self-standing Russian segment of the internet. Supporters say the proposal is necessary in case Russia was to be cut off from the global internet, but opponents fear the measure would lead to widespread censorship. The
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Plaqad.com, the social platform connecting individuals and brands to top content creators released Africa’s first ever Influencer Compensation Report. The report provides key insights into the influencer marketing industry and analyzes some of the common trends regarding the remuneration of influencers. There has been an increasing adoption of influencer marketing by marketers
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The operator of Frankfurt’s international airport says it is developing a concept for electric air taxi services. Fraport AG is working with Volocopter GmbH, which makes two-seat, multi-rotor electric aircraft that can fly with a pilot or autonomously. Actually operating such taxis to bring people to and from the airport will have
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The federal government yesterday disclosed that it may no longer provide financial bailouts for power generation companies (Gencos) in Nigeria, stating that the companies must now go out of their way to get customers and sell power generated to them directly under the new eligible customers’ scheme. The government further added
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OIL giant Shell’s Bonga South West/Aparo (BSWA) deepwater project, located in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 118 in the Niger Delta, is set for development, it was learnt yesterday. This is coming on the heels of the output of 200,000 barrels per day from Egina field operated by Total, which began production
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The Technical Committee meeting on environmental testing draft standards held recently at Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Laboratory Complex, Ogba, Lagos where a total of 35 of the drafts were adopted to be considered for the status of Nigerian Industrial Standards. The IEC 60068 series contains fundamental information on the
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Mankind will be headed for Mars sooner or later, but planning an executing the first manned mission to another planet is obviously a complex and expensive endeavor. Mars One was one of the first and most ambitious attempts at getting a manned Mars mission off the ground. It was also
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