Month: December 2021

Huawei Releases Sustainability Report, ‘Tech for Good’

Huawei has released its 2020 Sustainability Report explaining the major progress the tech giant has made over the year in its four strategies for sustainability: digital inclusion, security and trustworthiness, environmental protection, and a healthy and harmonious ecosystem. The company has been publishing the sustainability report over the last 13 consecutive years. One of the…

Now That PIA Has Eliminated Subsidy; Nigerians Must Face the Reality

By Adewole Kehinde On November 23, the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Limited Mallam Mele Kyari projected that petrol would sell for between N320 and N340 per litre from February 2022. He stressed that Nigeria would be out of the subsidy regime in the first quarter of 2022. Mallam Kyari explained that the…

Huawei Ranks No. 1 in Global Modular Data Center Market Share

Research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has released its Global Modular Data Center Market Report. According to the report, market share for Huawei’s Smart Modular Data Center Solution has grown rapidly in recent years, increasing from 12.7% in 2017 to 20.5% in 2020, demonstrating the solution’s leadership position worldwide. The report also notes that…

SBI Media Emerges Nigeria’s Fastest Growing, Largest Independent Media Agency

The worlds’ only independent publisher of agency notation reports on a global scale, RECMA, in its 2021 reports has named SBI Media as Nigeria’s fastest-growing agency for a consecutive second year. In the latest report, SBI Media grew by 25% between 2019 versus 2020. The scale of the growth rate becomes more glaring when compared…

Huawei wins ‘Future Digital Awards for Fintech & Payments’

Huawei recently won two Future Digital Awards in Fintech & Payments from Juniper Research. Huawei’s FinTech Platform was awarded as the platinum winner for Best Mobile Money Offering 2021 and Huawei Overdraft Solution was awarded as the gold winner for Financial Platform 2021. Juniper Research’s Future Digital Awards for Fintech & Payments recognises the most…

Emir of Kano, Gov., Others Hail Dangote’s Contributions to Nigeria’s Economy through Investments

The Dangote Industries Limited over the weekend buoyed its catalogue of approval rating with the commendations from Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero and the Kano state governor, Abdulahi Umar Ganduje, both of whom lauded the contributions of the pan-African conglomerate to the economic well-being of Nigeria. Emir Bayero, who visited the Dangote pavilion at…

Campari, MTV Base and 2Baba Join Forces to Launch ‘Passion Project’ Campaign

Africa is a cultural mega-force inspiring global trends with its unique flavours of music, fashion, film, art, and design. It’s also one of the biggest and most important growth markets in the world for Campari, an iconic global brand born from passion and the pursuit of celebrating and inspiring creativity, and with a long history…

Digital Inclusiveness Key for Africa’s Growth – Huawei

Global Vice President of Huawei, Hou Tao, has emphasised the importance of digital inclusiveness for Africa’s development. Tao noted that digital economy is outperforming all other sectors in terms of speed of growth, the dynamics of innovation, and the scope of influence. He expressed delight that 40 per cent of the African population have been…

Gozem Raises $5million in Series A Funding to Accelerate its Expansion

Gozem, the leading multi-vertical super app platform in West & Central Africa, on Thursday 2nd December announced the closing of a $5 million Series A round raised from corporate and institutional investors spread across four continents with specialties in health tech, fintech, and mobility. The main investors of the round include: AAIC, Thunes (TransferTo), Momentum…