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CYBERSECURITY: Why identity fraud is on the rise in Africa —Olisa-Ashar

CYBERSECURITY: Why identity fraud is on the rise in Africa —Olisa-Ashar

Gerrard Olisa–Ashar is the CEO of DigiSign Technologies Limited and co-founder of Diaspora Investment Partners Africa. In this interview, he speaks on how well to safeguard e-business through cybersecurity.

He is a technology enthusiast with an interest in the role of technology in entrepreneurship and economic empowerment in Africa.

Why we use technology to manage risk – Visa boss

Why we use technology to manage risk – Visa boss

Head of Risk, Visa Sub-Saharan Africa, Irene Auma, in this interview, speaks on how Visa manages risks in the evolving digital payments landscape and how it is securing the future of payments in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Top celebrity fashion designers in Nigeria

Top celebrity fashion designers in Nigeria

This article explores the unique styles of this fashion designers as well as their contributions to the industry in Nigeria By Joy Ndubueze Nigeria’s fashion industry scene stands a vibrant canvas woven with creativity, talent, culture and their flair for the extraordinary.  At the heart of this industry are the visionary minds of celebrity fashion […]

Solid minerals plant for S/East abandoned – Onyia, Ebonyi Commissioner

Solid minerals plant for S/East abandoned – Onyia, Ebonyi Commissioner

Mr. Chidi Onyia Emmanuel is the Ebonyi State Commissioner for Solid Mineral Development. In this interview with Kennedy Mbele, Onyia, who assumed office barely six months ago, discloses plans by the state government to drag construction giant, Julius Berger, to court for failing to reclaim their mining site, contrary to a contract agreement, Mining Act and Mining Regulations of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and, indeed, global best practice. The Commissioner identifies the Federal Government’s total control of the mining sector as a major factor affecting the industry and reiterates the need for mutual respect amongst investors, host communities and states. Excerpts:

BETTAGATE:At least five other high profile officials complicit — Adeniyi Kunnu, researcher

BETTAGATE:At least five other high profile officials complicit — Adeniyi Kunnu, researcher

Adeniyi Kunnu, a researcher and public affairs analyst, was a lecturer at Lagos State University, LASU. In this interview, Kunnu is of the view that there is no way the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu, would have paid N585 million government money into a private account without the paperwork carrying the signatures of at least five other top officials of the ministry, saying they too have questions to answer on the scandal roiling the ministry.

Inside Story of Plateau Killings

Inside Story of Plateau Killings

The latest attacks in Jos, which claimed scores of lives, were just another of the bloody protracted conflicts that have defied solution in Plateau State. With about 54 ethnic groups, the state comprises Christian groups – among them, Afizere, Anaguta, Berom, Irigwe, Ngas, Tarok and Ywom — on one hand, and on the other hand, Muslim Hausa/Fulani, whom the former commonly regard as “settlers” and “usurpers.” Stoked by political standing and religious sentiments, clashes between these heterogeneous groups often had to do with mutual animosity, manipulation of information and struggles for self-determination, control over land resources and chieftaincy affairs. As the arid lands across northern Nigeria, as is in most parts of northern Africa, continue to creep outwards, coupled with the shrinking of the Lake Chad basin, the abundance of fertile green land keeps diminishing, pushing Fulani pastoralists down south for forage and into clashes with farmers over grazing rights.