Mobile Devices, Social Media, Advanced Business Analytics, and More Stringent Regulation are part of the strategies Financial institutions across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) will adopt, if they must survive in 2012 business year.

For more than seven decades, they have been lining up for travel and immigrant visas in the dead of the night. In their millions, they traveled by air, sea and on land, through the deadliest deserts of the world.

Local computer manufacturer, Omatek Computers, has announced plans to build a multi billion naira factory in the country. The company said the new factory is aimed at consolidating on its achievements and its extensive presence in Nigeria.

When released last year, Nokia CEO Mr Stephen Elop described the Nokia Lumia 800 as “the first real Windows phone”.
Since the debut of the phone, the operating system now boasts over 40,000 apps, making the deal between the two companies superb.

With its application for e-banking, First Bank of Nigeria Plc is retooling to be among the leading players driving the cash-lite initiative of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) through its alternative channels including FirstCards, FirstMobile and FirstOnline.