Flutterwave Expands Remittance Offering to India
Flutterwave has entered the Indian market by collaborating with IndusInd Bank, the sixth-largest bank in India in terms of assets. This strategic partnership allows Flutterwave, Africa’s most valuable startup, to introduce its remittance product, Send App, to India, leveraging IndusInd’s vast customer base of around 35 million. The expansion facilitates the transfer of funds […]
Upward Mobility: 3 Things Nigerian Tech Industry Can Learn From India
Another nation that will astonish the world is India. India has drawn the world’s attention to itself as a leading technological and innovative hub. The Asian country has earned the reputation of leading global brands in the technological sector. Read more about Tech Here are major examples: Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet (Google), Satya Nadella, […]
3 Places to Travel on a Student Budget
We all know that students don’t have much money. Students should pay for the study, rent a room, search for the writing services when they don’t have time to write it on his or her own. They have lots of other expenses as well. However, each student wants to travel to rest from difficult studies, […]
Top 10 Indian Restaurants in Lagos
With the influx of the Indian community in Nigeria, it is therefore not shocking to see the rise of Indian restaurants. Indian food is becoming quite trendy because of its perfect blend of Indian spices. It is preposterous to deliberate on the deliciousness of Indian food. If there is nothing to take from all the […]
Nigeria’s Ahmed Adamu Elected Chairperson of the Commonwealth Youth Council
A Nigerian, Ahmed Adamu, has emerged the Chairperson of the Commonwealth Youth Council. Little-known Ahmed beat several other delegates from twenty one countries to emerge the winner at an election held Tuesday 12th November 2013, in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. Ahmed Adamu, a native of Katsina State holds a B.Sc from Bayero University Kano and a […]
Maternal and Infant Mortality in Nigeria is Grim, Says International Report
Nigeria ranks low in a list of countries for maternal and infant mortality, so says a London-based charity — State of the World’s Mothers — research. It states that, “While 43 percent of under-5 deaths are newborns, only 6 percent of aid dollars for maternal, newborn and child health go to newborn-sensitive activities, and only 0.1 percent of […]
Google Transparency Report for 2012: Nigeria, Africa Missing
Google has released its transparency report for the second half of 2012, reporting requests it regularly receives from governments and courts around the world to hand over user data – for certain purposes. Google releases the report twice yearly, over a period of six months, to show to the public, how much authorities are requesting […]
Putting an End to Rape and Sexual Assault: the Indian Rape Case
By Pamela Agboga When I heard the comments about the Indian rape case I decided to check for the whole story online. There is a long Wikipedia page dedicated to the case. I read it and wept. Then a couple of days ago I read an article by someone who obviously hadn’t got the full […]
By 2050, Nigeria will be 13th, on World Economic Rankings, PWC Says
One of the big four global accounting firms, Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC), has released its extended 2013 study, titled – World in 2050 The BRICs and Beyond: Prospects, challenges and opportunities – which also includes projection on Vietnam, Nigeria, South Africa, Malaysia, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Argentina. BRIC is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India […]
Samsung is the Biggest Mobile Brand of 2012
Samsung is the biggest mobile brand of 2012, having the highest unit of device sales globally — according to an intelligence firm that tracks mobile handset sales, IHS iSuppli. They have a report that projects the fourth quarter of this year and what results will look like. It submitted in its report that, “Mobile handset revenue is […]
CESC Power Company Gets Distribution Rights For Port Harcourt
Weeks after Nigeria announced the sale of its power generating plants; it has given the rights to power distribution – in Port Harcourt, Rivers State – to an Indian firm, CESC, a subsidiary of RP Sanjiv Goenka Group and the leader of a consortium of five companies. Its distribution area covers 48,000 sq km […]