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March 15, 2022 No Responses

Auto Finance: Nigerian Startup Firm Secures $105m For Expansion

A Nigerian startup, Moove Africa BV, that provides vehicle financing to Uber Technologies drivers among others, has raised $105 million to expand operations in new markets including in Asia and the Middle East. The company in a statement issued on...

December 7, 2021 No Responses

SHACMAN Nigeria Gets Truck Of The Year Award

The Nigerian Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) has pronounced SHACMAN truck, through its representative, Transit Support Services Limited (TSS) as the Truck of the year in Nigeria. The annual awards celebrate the achievements of the industry and ...

December 1, 2021 No Responses

Osinbajo Harps On Capital Market Innovations Through Technology

Nigeria is in a better position to advance its capital market locally and globally through technology and young people. This was the view expressed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, in his keynote speech on Tuesday in Abuja at first Capital Market ...

November 4, 2021 No Responses

NCC Awards N20m Grants To Four Innovative Tech Startups

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has awarded N20 million grant to four deserving Nigerian tech startups for their novel digital solutions aimed at curbing insecurity and advancing Internet of Things (IoT) frontier in Nigeria. The Executive Vi...

October 21, 2021 No Responses

INEC Seeks Unrestrictive Power For Technological Innovation

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to the National Assembly to grant it the power to determine the kind of technology to be deployed during elections. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman, made the appeal at a retreat organised....

October 7, 2021 No Responses

FirstBank Pledges Support For Startups, Innovators In Fintech Ecosystem

First Bank of Nigeria Ltd. has pledged support for startups and innovators in the fintech ecosystem by providing relevant data and infrastructure that would enable them to succeed. FirstBank’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Dr Adesola Adedu...

September 27, 2021 No Responses

Innovation, Quality Service Earned TAJBank Industry Award – Customers, Others

Scores of TAJBank Limited’s customers and other industry analysts from across the geo-political zones of the country have linked the award conferred on TAJBank Limited, Nigeria’s most innovative non-interest bank, by the Leadership Media Group as well...

August 8, 2021 No Responses

Danbatta Harps on Innovative Museums for Sustainable Development

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has called for ingenious ways of collecting antiquities relevant to operations of various organisations in the country...

July 31, 2021 No Responses

Danbatta Harps On Innovative Museums For Sustainable Development

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has called for ingenious ways of collecting antiquities relevant to operations of various organizations in the country ...

January 15, 2021 No Responses

First Bank Unveils Innovative, Convenient Virtual Payment Card

First of Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider has launched the Virtual Payment card, a Naira denominated debit card and digital representation of the plastic debit card. The card is designed to be linked to ei...

December 29, 2020 No Responses

Hyundai Unveils 2nd Innovation Program

Hyundai Motor India Foundation (HMIF), the philanthropic arm of the Hyundai Motor India Limited on Monday announced the second edition of ‘H-Social Creator’, a youth contact CSR Program.A statement explained that the platform encourages graduate or post...

December 12, 2020 No Responses

Etisalat Names Hyundai Urban Air Mobility Vision Concept “Best Innovations in 2020”

Etisalat, a leading telecommunications company in Africa and the Middle East, and GITEX host, has named Hyundai S-A1 to its “Best Innovations in 2020” list and invited Hyundai Motor Group to its 2020 game-changing technology. I...

December 1, 2020 No Responses

GOWON Seeks Innovative Ways To Reposition Transportation

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), has called for partnership between the public and private sectors in order to come up with innovative ways of resolving the transportation challenge in the country. Gowon spoke on Tuesday in Abuja.....

September 20, 2020 No Responses

Ecobank MD: Innovations, Disruptions Will Continue To Define Future Of Banking In Nigeria

The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Patrick Akinwuntan has reiterated that the future of Nigerian banking would continue to be shaped by innovations and technology disruptions, stressing that only financial institutions that are amenable to such transforma...