***Presidents of Rwanda and Senegal to Join Over 5,000 African Entrepreneurs The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s foremost champion of entrepreneurship, will host its 5th Annual Forum — the largest annual gathering of African entrepreneurs – on July 26 – 27, 2019. The two-day event will take place at the iconic Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.…
EcobankPay, the lifestyle digital payments and collections service of Ecobank Nigeria has formally unveiled its partnership with Terra Kulture following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Terra Kulture Theatre in Lagos. The ceremony also featured the exclusive screening of “Queen Moremi: The Musical” which was supported by Ecobank Nigeria. Speaking on…
Fuji lengend, Alhaji Abass Akande, was recently honoured with a chieftaincy title in Osun State alongside his wife. The husband and wife were conferred with chieftaincy titles by the Olowu of Kuta, Oba Hammeed Oyelude. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akande, popularly known as Obesere was conferred as Agbaakin of Yorubaland while…
The Managing Director of Jumia’s food marketplace, Guy Futi has announced an on-demand pizza delivery partnership between Jumia’s food marketplace and Pizza Hut. The partnership is expected to boost operational performance and last mile delivery in Nigeria. Futi made this disclosure at a press conference held at Pizza Hut, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Giving more details about…
Over one thousand children will be participating in the 2019 Alaka Children’s Day programme. Scheduled for May 27, 2019 at Alaka Community Recreation Centre, Surulere, this year’s programme has been designed as a series of plenary and parallel sessions focusing on children’s welfare, with speakers chosen to lead discussions on definite action and steps to…
The recent decision of the Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, and the former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to mend fences in the interest of their party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the development of the country has been lauded as exceptional. A chieftain of the APC in the South-South…
Iké Udé, Nigerian-born, New York based photographer will break new ground this June when he holds his first photography exhibition in Nigeria. The exhibition will take place at Alliance Française at Mike Adenuga Centre, 9, Osborne Road, Ikoyi, Lagos from June 1 – 16, 2019. Titled ‘Nollywood Portraits: A Radical Beauty’, Udé will be offering…
The Women Arise for Change Initiative on Monday, 29th April 2019 in Osogbo, Osun State, protested against the illegal detention of a nursing mother, Mrs Rofiat Oladepo and her nine months old son by the Zone 11 of the Nigeria Police Force. The protest which was led by the President of Women Arise and the…
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc with operations in 20 African countries and in the United Kingdom, the USA and Paris, over the weekend, celebrated 70 years of operations in an event that was as exciting as it was nostalgic. Clients, friends and well-wishers from all works of life joined the…
Digital payment is no doubt the future as more and more Nigerians embrace it. This is because whether we like it or not, the era of carrying or paying cash will soon come to an end. The interesting thing here is that even in the rural areas, fintechs are setting up small shops where rural…