1.
The trade volume between Nigeria and China has risen to $11.76 billion by the end of the third quarter of 2014, reflecting a 39.4 percent increase. Meanwhile, the bilateral relations between both countries continues to rise in various sectors especially trade, energy, agriculture, infrastructure, telecommunication, electric power, railway, aerospace, financing, science, technology and culture.
2. The
CWG Academy has successfully trained over 500 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professionals in a range of fields of the country’s technology sector within a space of four years that the academy was established in Lagos.
3. Popular telecommunications company,
Etisalat, claimed two prestigious awards for “Best Brand Campaign” and “Youth Empowerment Telecom Operator of the Year” at the 10th Nigerian Telecoms Awards last weekend. Additionally, the “Telecom Entrepreneur of the Year”, was won by the Chairman, Etisalat Nigeria, Hakeem Bello-Osagie.
4. Transcorp Plc has commenced restructuring its equity holding in Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja,
through a public offer of 800 million of its shares to raise a N8 billion.
5. The Minister of Communications Technology (ComTech),
Dr. Omobola Johnson has said total transactions achieved through the use of mobile money since it was introduced about four years ago has hit $600 million (about N98.1billion), while the total number of people that have subscribed to the initiative is about one million.
6. To fast-track their growth and provide a roadmap to highlight Africa’s ‘future growth pole’,
Microsoft yesterday announced seven new African startups to receive funding, technical support and mentorship.
7. The World Bank Group has stated that
most states across Nigeria have continued to implement regulatory business reforms, with Cross River, Ekiti, Niger, Ogun, and Rivers making the biggest stride.
8.
MTN said it is offering more value to its subscribers who use the MTN Virtual Top Up (VTU) service, adding that it is giving up to 100 per cent bonus on True Talk and Smooth Talk Plus after every recharge, for as low as N5 up to N200, between 00:30am and 1:59pm daily from Monday to Sunday.
9.
Vodacom Nigeria has introduced Cloud computing which is a leading trend in today’s world because of it limitless ability to provide solutions to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) challenges.
10. Despite selling off some public assets, the
Federal Government is considering additional investment in Transcorp Hilton Hotel Plc. The Director-General, Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), Benjamin Diki said “….we recommend Transcorp to every Nigerian, even if it is 10 shares buy it, we will see what will happen in the future, we are supporting a good deal for Nigerians.”
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This article was first published on 2nd October 2014
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1. The trade volume between Nigeria and China has risen to $11.76 billion by the end of the third quarter of 2014, reflecting a 39.4 percent increase. Meanwhile, the bilateral relations between both countries continues to rise in various sectors especially trade, energy, agriculture, infrastructure, telecommunication, electric power, railway, aerospace, financing, science, technology and culture.
2. The CWG Academy has successfully trained over 500 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) professionals in a range of fields of the country’s technology sector within a space of four years that the academy was established in Lagos.
3. Popular telecommunications company, Etisalat, claimed two prestigious awards for “Best Brand Campaign” and “Youth Empowerment Telecom Operator of the Year” at the 10th Nigerian Telecoms Awards last weekend. Additionally, the “Telecom Entrepreneur of the Year”, was won by the Chairman, Etisalat Nigeria, Hakeem Bello-Osagie.
4. Transcorp Plc has commenced restructuring its equity holding in Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, through a public offer of 800 million of its shares to raise a N8 billion.
5. The Minister of Communications Technology (ComTech), Dr. Omobola Johnson has said total transactions achieved through the use of mobile money since it was introduced about four years ago has hit $600 million (about N98.1billion), while the total number of people that have subscribed to the initiative is about one million.
6. To fast-track their growth and provide a roadmap to highlight Africa’s ‘future growth pole’, Microsoft yesterday announced seven new African startups to receive funding, technical support and mentorship.
7. The World Bank Group has stated that most states across Nigeria have continued to implement regulatory business reforms, with Cross River, Ekiti, Niger, Ogun, and Rivers making the biggest stride.
8. MTN said it is offering more value to its subscribers who use the MTN Virtual Top Up (VTU) service, adding that it is giving up to 100 per cent bonus on True Talk and Smooth Talk Plus after every recharge, for as low as N5 up to N200, between 00:30am and 1:59pm daily from Monday to Sunday.
9. Vodacom Nigeria has introduced Cloud computing which is a leading trend in today’s world because of it limitless ability to provide solutions to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) challenges.
10. Despite selling off some public assets, the Federal Government is considering additional investment in Transcorp Hilton Hotel Plc. The Director-General, Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE), Benjamin Diki said “….we recommend Transcorp to every Nigerian, even if it is 10 shares buy it, we will see what will happen in the future, we are supporting a good deal for Nigerians.”
