Category: Newsline
AfDB launches $1-billion Africa Climate Insurance Facility for Adaptation
The African Development Bank President (www.AfDB.org), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has pledged his institution’s full support to the United Nations Secretary General’s Early Warning for All initiative and the Systematic Observations’ Financing Facility. The Bank is the implementing entity for the Facility in Africa. Speaking yesterday at the United Nation’s Climate Ambition Summit session, Delivering Climate Justice: accelerating ambition and…
AfDB, ECOWAS assess regional integration strategy
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) have concluded consultations for the mid-term assessment of the West Africa Regional Integration Strategy Paper (RISP) 2020-2025. The Bank Group approved the West Africa RISP 2020-2025 in May 2020 to support regional integration efforts in West Africa. With an initial…
Seplat Energy to Lead Discussions on Energy Transition at the 2023 Africa Oil Week
Seplat Energy PLC, a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, will be leading discussions around energy transition, energy security and gas development in Africa at the 2023 edition of the Africa Oil Week (AOW) (www,Africa-OilWeek.com) at Cape Town, South Africa. Mr. Roger Brown, the company’s…
Orange DRC & Airtel Congo RDC lands 2Africa submarine cable in DRC
Muanda, September 21, 2023, brought together around Meta (formerly Facebook), the 2Africa consortium – made up of telecom operators China Mobile International, Bayobab (formerly MTN Global Connect), Orange (https://www.Orange.com), center3 (formerly stc), Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC – has laid the 2Africa cable in the Democratic Republic of Congo, off Muanda in the Kongo-Central province….
What we seek is an equally firm commitment to partnership – President Tinubu
STATEMENT DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 78TH SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 18TH SEPTEMBER 2023 Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. President, On behalf of the people of Nigeria, I congratulate…
NCC Announces Change to Fixed Lines Numbering Format
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced new numbering format for fixed lines. That is in keeping with the responsibilities of the Commission under the enabling law, the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003, to manage Nigeria’s numbering resources, the NCC stated. In the process, Nigeria’s Fixed-Lines Numbering Format has changed from eight digits to 10…
Dangote Refinery begins production in October
The long-awaited Dangote refinery — billed as a game-changer for Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa — will receive its first cargo of crude in the next two weeks and will begin producing up to 370,000 b/d of diesel and jet fuel from October, a senior company executive told S&P Global Commodity Insights. In a wide-ranging exclusive…
Nigeria needs a stable Naira – Wally Adeyemo, US Deputy Treasury Secretary
Thank you all for joining me. I want to start by thanking the Lagos Business School for graciously hosting us. I’m glad to be here today representing President Biden and the United State Government. My visit this week comes on the back of those by many other officials in the Biden Administration, including Secretary of…
CJN Pronounces NCC Worthy Telecom Regulator
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has pronounced the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), a worthy telecom regulator in Nigeria for its dedicated efforts in promoting awareness and knowledge of Information Communications Technologies (ICT), among the judiciary in particular, and the Nigerian public. The CJN who is the Chairman, Board of Governors…
NCC Opens Applications for 2023 Talent Hunt Research Through Hackathon
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has kicked off activities for the third edition of its Talent Hunt Research, inviting Tech Hubs, and Innovation-Driven Enterprises (IDEs) in Nigeria to enrol their start-ups and their solutions in the Research through a Hackathon. The Hackathon is, in part, giving expression to NCC”s Strategic Vision Plan 2023-2025, which…