ICT:
Nigeria leads African tech start-ups in DEMO Programme
Fourteen Nigerian technology start-ups are
among 40 that have qualified to launch products on the DEMO Africa stage in
September 2014.
Published in The Niche
Newspaper on Sunday, 3rd August 2014
Philanthropy:
X3M Ideas donates ICT equipment to schools
X3M Ideas marks its second year anniversary
on Friday, August 1 by donating information communication technology (ICT)
equipment to two secondary schools in Ikeja, Lagos.
Published in The Niche
Newspaper on Sunday, 3rd August 2014
Industry
Pulse: FMDO gets New Board as 6 Pioneer Directors retire
The newly appointed board members
of the FMDO Plc have pledged to further pursue the institution’s GOLD agenda
initiative.
Published in
BusinessDay Newspaper on Monday, 4thAugust 2014
Industry Pulse: Alade Elected
AFC Chairperson
The Board of Directors of Africa
Finance Corporation has elected the Deputy Governor, Economic Policy, Central
Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Sarah Alade, as its new Chairperson.
Published in ThisDay Newspaper on Monday, 4thAugust 2014
Empowerment: Cross
River empowers 13,000 Youths through MSMEs
The
Central Bank of Nigeria has granted one year waiver on withdrawal charges for
both individual and corporate accounts in 30 out of the country’s 36 states,
following the take-off of cashless policy.
Published
in Daily Sun Newspaper on Tuesday, 5thAugust 2014
Grants: UI
Foundation grants funds to 7 Research Groups
Seven
research groups at the University of Ibadan have been offered at least N10
million by the Research Foundation Collaborative Grants.
Published
in Daily Sun Newspaper on Tuesday, 5thAugust 2014
Economic Growth:
Fords to build new factories in African markets
Unites States manufacturing giant,
Ford Motor Company sees Africa emerging as the world’s next big growth market
and it’s pushing to expand in the continent.
Published
in The Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 6th August 2014
Financial
Involvement: Economists sees greater role for central banks as risks shift
Central banks may have to address
different episodes of financial instability as risks shift from the banking
sector to the balance sheets.
Published
in The Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 6th August 2014
CBN
unveils guidelines for Development Finance Institutions
The
Central Bank of Nigeria has unveiled guidelines for establishing Development
Finance Institutions in the country.
Published in The
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 6th August 2014
MDGs:
Youths decry exclusion from post-MDGs’ agenda
Some
Nigerian youths have decried the absence of issues that address challenges
confronting them in their formative age in the proposed development agenda will
replace the current Millenium Development Goals in 2015.
Published in The
Nation Newspaper on Wednesday, 6th August 2014
Health: Be proactive in handling health sector, NMA urges governments
The Edo State chapter of the
Nigerian Medical Association on Wednesday, harped on the need for governments
at all levels to be proactive and not be reactive in handling matters relating
to the health sector.
Published in Daily
Independent on Thursday, 7th August 2014
Energy: Power Africa initiative receives boost
Standard Bank Group has renewed its commitment to the Power
Africa Initiative, a multi-stakeholder project driven by US president Barack
Obama.
Published in Daily
Independent on Thursday, 7th August 2014
Health: $400b lost globally to product counterfeiting
International Chambers of Commerce
in its latest findings estimates that global international trade loses an
estimated $400 annually to the activities of producy counterfeiters.
Published in Daily
Independent on Thursday, 7th August 2014
Agriculture: Dominates Coca-Cola’s N800bn planned investment in
Nigeria
Investments in agriculture will
dominate the Coca-Cola Company’s planned $5 billion, (about N800 billion)
investments in Nigeria and other African countries over the next six years.
Published in Daily
Independent on Thursday, 7th August 2014
Philanthropy: UNICEF aids Gombe IDP Camp with materials
Following the increasing number of internally displaced persons, the
United Nations International Children Fund, UNICEF, has donated relief
materials worth millions of naira to the camp.
Published in National
Mirror Newspaper on Friday, 8th August 2014.
Aid and Assistance:
FG Donates $3.5m to Guinea, Liberia, S’Leone
He
also expressed appreciation to the Nigerian government for its donation to help
tackle the virus.
Published in National
Mirror Newspaper on Friday, 8th August 2014.
FG, Lagos State,
Tolaram Group Fight over Lekki Deep Sea Port
The three main promoters of the
multibillion naira Lekki deep seaport are at each other's throat over the
ownership and operations of the project.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Friday, 8th August 2014.
Citibank Commits
$390,000 to Empower SMEs
The
Managing Director, Citibank Nigeria Limited, Mr. Omar Hafeez, has disclosed
that the bank and Citi Foundation has committed over $390,000 to improve the
lives of micro-entrepreneurs and small scale farmers in rural areas in the last
six years.
Published in ThisDay
Newspaper on Friday, 8th August 2014.
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