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Nigeria-Russia Trade Volume Stands at $250m

The Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Nikolay Udovichenko has announced that trade volume between Russia and Nigeria has hit $250 million. He made this known at the Nigeria-Russia Business Forum, titled Nigeria-Russia Cooperation: New opportunities. He said, “In terms of statistics,

Nigerian Industrialist Dangote Ranked 64th on Forbes World’s Most Powerful People List for 2013

Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote has been ranked by Forbes Magazine as the World’s 64th most powerful person in its 2013 World’s Powerful People Ranking. He is the only Nigerian on the list, and qualifies by virtue of being the richest

5 Minutes with Google

During the 2013 e-Business Fair held at the Orchid Hall, Eko Hotel & Suites, Connect Nigeria caught up with Kaosiso Anaekwe, a representative of Google Business Group in Nigeria. He shares insights on how businesses can benefit from using Google

Dangote Group Among Top 10 Most Valuable Brands in Africa

African Business Magazine has named Dangote Group as the eighth most valuable brand in Africa in its “The Brand Africa 100” survey for 2013. It placed the group as the most valuable in consumer goods sector with a brand value

Classified Vehicles Platform Carmudi Launched in Nigeria

Technology giant, Rocket Internet has launched Carmudi in Nigeria. Carmudi is a platform that allows people to find commercial vehicles and motorcycles online. The website allows vehicle dealers and agents to post and buyers to find cars, motorcycles or commercial

Samsung Brings Smart Africa Tour to Lagos

Samsung will be holding its Smart Africa exhibition in Lagos, November 2, to showcase its innovative products and technologies. According to Samsung, the exhibition will assist with rewarding and inspiring consumers in communities they operate around Africa. At a press

Ecobank Opens First Branch in Ethiopia

Ecobank has announced it has opened a representative branch in Ethiopia after it obtained a license in July. The branch, located in Addis Ababa, will have local Ethiopian banks’ access Ecobank’s correspondent banking and trade finance activities across Africa and

Zinox to Launch First Tablet PC, the Z-Pad

About a week after the introduction of iPad Air by Apple Inc., Nigeria’s leading computer manufacturer, Zinox technologies has announced its new line of tablet PCs, the Z-PAD. This includes Z-PAD v 5, v6 and v7, with 7-inch, 10-inch and

Apple Targets Microsoft Office

Apple has aimed at one of the biggest and seemingly unassailable businesses of its rival Microsoft, its Office software for tasks like word processing and spreadsheets. Apple said iWork, a set of applications for Macs, iPads and iPhones that

Meet The Boss: Adekunle Jinadu, JaraMall

  Kunle Jinadu, a Computer Science graduate from Covenant University with experience in Telecoms, Banking and Publishing, is the CEO of JaraMall, an online grocery store. He talks to Connect Nigeria about doing business online. CN: What is the story

Events This Weekend, October 24th — 27th

Connect Nigeria e-Business Fair This year’s business fair, convened by Connect Nigeria, is aimed at promoting the use of electronic technologies in business operations across Nigeria. Businesses, no matter how small they are, contribute to national economic development. The last

Gidimall dot com Offers Products via Facebook

Gidimall.com now offers products and services for sale through its Facebook platform, the mall owners have said. This move by Medessy Enterprises Limited is in celebration of one year of the mall’s operations, and is intended to make life more

AfDB Supports African SME Development Fund

African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced that its Board of Directors have approved a US $12.5-million equity investment in the Kibo Fund II, to allow the Fund provide access to finance and capacity building to an under-served market of outward-looking

FXTM Inaugurates Forex Demo Contest

Forex trading is about to take on an exciting competitive edge as global broker Forex Time Ltd (FXTM) has announced yet another step in the company’s international expansion with the launch of the company’s first forex demo competition, The Forex

TFA: Bella Naija’s Uche Pedro Wins Young Media Entrepreneur Award

The Future Awards Africa, in conjunction with the British Council, has announced Uche Pedro (formerly Uche Eze) as winner of the Young Media Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The award aims to celebrate young people working in the media, with

Mobile Monday Recap: The Impact of the Internet in Nigeria

It was a great time with the momo community on Monday 30th September, between 6pm and 8pm. We had folks from Google Nigeria, Konga, Iroko, Lagos Business school, a few others and of course, Dalberg who provided the report on

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