One hopes that the Bureau of Public Enterprises/Ministry of Finance Incorporated would be able to tell the public what dividends have been earned from the Federal Government’s 49per cent stake in Geregu Power Plc. We would see from the above example that the reports and accounts of a company can provide useful information to the company’s shareholders and to others. The idea that the reports and accounts are meant solely for the purposes of the AGM is mistaken.

Shareholders of Skye Bank Plc have unanimously endorsed the acquisition of Mainstreet Bank Limited at the court ordered extra ordinary general meeting held immediately after the bank’s 9th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos. During the consideration of the bank’s proposed scheme of external restructuring which deals with the acquisition and how to consolidate the operations of both banks, the Chairman of the bank, Mr. Tunde Ayeni, disclosed that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), had given its clearance to the scheme.

Experts have proved that in Nigeria, and indeed across the world, Small and Medium scale Enterprises, SMEs, are the lifeblood of any economy. What is even a more obvious fact is that the world today is a global village powered by Information and Communications Technologies, ICTs. In this era of web 2.0, ICT is no longer just an independent phenomenon in itself; it permeates every aspect of human life.

Girls run the world. Even before singer Beyonce’s hit song, this phrase already enjoyed worldwide attention. Across Nigeria, it is synonymous with another popular phrase: “What a man can do, a woman can do better.” As great these might seem for the advancement of the fairer sex, the figures in education, economic empowerment and even access to Information and Communication Technology prove that it would take a lot more effort for women to truly run the world.

With the participation of more women in the Nigerian Information Technology ecosystem, the game is changing, closing the existing gender gap. Although recent report by the Broadband Commission Working Group on Broadband and Gender report has indicated that women account for fewer than 20% of ICT specialists in developing economies, the participation of more women in the 2015 Nigerian Computer Society international conference to elect new leadership will be a game changer.