A report released by African Development Bank’s Financial Inclusion in Africa shows that 14 per cent of adults in Africa used mobile money in 2012.

Nigeria and the Federal Republic of Germany are set to partner on trade facilitation and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) development as part of efforts to strengthen the already existing economic ties between the two countries.

The Chief Executive of one of Nigeria’s frontline IT training Institutions, New Horizons, Mr Tim Akano, at the weekend set up a 7 point agenda for president Goodluck Jonathan to lift Nigeria’s economy using the powers of technology.

The Federal Government will tomorrow launch the Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company, NMRC, in its efforts to re-invigorate the nation’s housing sector.

Former national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, former minister and now the incumbent senator for Benue Northeast Senatorial District arguably would like to return to the Senate in 2015. That aspiration is increasingly being caught in the amazing plans to return the outgoing governor of Benue State, Mr. Gabriel Suswam to the Senate.

The controversy over the acquisition of GSK Nigeria Plc by its parent company, GSK UK through a special arrangement has been put to rest as an option has been given to it to buy the shares of the company through the secondary market of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE.

Although mulch-nationals companies co-exist in the country to ensure that the industry works to the best international standards, the Minister communications Technology, Mrs. Omobola Johnson, has challenged indigenous companies to set aspirational standards for their products and services in order to remain competitive.

The Newly elected President and Chairman in-Council of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Engr. Ademola Olorunfemi has described technology as the fastest way to create wealth, saying it remains the shortest route through which Nigeria would create wealth and attain greatness.
Olorunfemi stated this during his inauguration as the 29th President of the society in Abuja.

As an intervention measures to further help Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, SMEs push their products and service to their customers, Mobiz, has introduced a mobile website.
The Co-founder of the of the online portal , Mr deepankar rustagi while explaining features of the portal said that mobile site is fully optimized for all features and smart phones.

With Phantom A111 being the first TECNO android phone to come with preinstalled blackberry messenger (BBM), the smart phone maker has further deepened smartphone penetration and market share expansion in Nigeria and the rest of the African sub-region in the mobile phone ecosystem.

Insurers should be thinking about the transformational steps and technology solutions they can deploy to raise their game for long-term growth, according to two insurance-focused 2014 outlook reports released by the Deloitte Center for Financial Services.

AT last, Nigeria’s journey to digital broadcasting is finally getting clear cut. From all indications, by June 17, the country’s first switch off from analogue transmission will happen in Jos Plateau state.
This development is significant for two most important reasons; it will restore the integrity of Nigeria as a serious country, after shifting the goal post a couple of times.

THE Iyase of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam Igbe and the Solomon Edebiri Centre for Change, yesterday, called for the return of stolen Bini artifacts by the British, noting that for the injustice done to the Benin Kingdom to be addressed, the British must pay compensation to the Binis.

In the past, insurance operators are more focused on how to raise their yearly premium, abandoning the need to create expansion through good services and people tailored products.
Unfortunately, this contributed to the persistence of low financial literacy in the insurance sector and the concomitant low insurance penetration in the country.

The Federal Government and the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, yesterday, agreed that payment of severance benefits to former workers of PHCN would be completed by end of January 2014.