Nigeria enjoys uptick in internet subscriptions
Nigeria internet service providers from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – NIGERIA, Africa’s largest economy, has recorded a yearly growth of 14 percent in internet subscriptions. The figure stands at 108,5 million subscribers as of November, according to the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), the industry regulator. The numbers More...
US, India, Australia combine to push clean fossil fuel
Fossil energy, photo supplied from ANDRZEJ KOWALCYK in Katowice, Poland KATOWICE – FOR 10 minutes, yesterday, protestors chanted and danced a conga around the room where a White House team was hosting More...
SAA marks 20 years of Nigeria operations
South African Airways by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – SOUTH African Airways (SAA) is celebrating 20 years of flights to Nigeria. Operations between Johannesburg and Lagos commenced on December 4, 1998. Over More...
Policy reforms to grow Nigeria’s digital economy
Global System for Mobile Communications from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – MODERSNISING regulation and policy reform will boost Nigeria’s digital economy and accelerate internet access for More...
Ghana shuts, reopens hundreds of Nigerians’ shops
Ghana traders versus Nigerians from RUSSELL ADADEVOH in Accra, Ghana ACCRA – GHANA has reopened hundreds of shops belonging to Nigerians after the stores were closed during conflict with local traders. More More...
Refugee kids to access education through digital passport
JOHANNESBURG – MILLIONS of children in conflict and disaster prone situations are to receive education following a partnership between the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Microsoft. The partnership More...
Africa urged to endorse Zimbabwean Zavazava bid for top ITU post
Zimbabwe’s ICT expert, Dr Cosmos Zavazava vying for the top United Nations director’s post at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Picture, Savious Kwinika, CAJ News from SAVIOUS KWINIKA in More...
Mining thrusts Nigeria on verge of a new dawn
ABUJA – THE mining industry, which is crucial to the country’s efforts to diversify its economy from an over-reliance of oil, is upbeat ahead of the Nigeria Mining Week set for Abuja in October. Miners More...
UK aims to be biggest G7 investor in Africa
UK UK Trade Minister, George Hollingbery CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – THE United Kingdom (UK) has set ambitions to be the largest G7 investor in Africa by 2022. Prime Minister Theresa May announced the plan as More...
Beauty queen expresses solidarity with Nigerian orphans
ABUJA – MORE than 50 orphaned children in Nigeria are to benefit from a pledge of donations and support by a local beauty queen. Queen Nana Mohammad, the Face of Arewa – North Central in the Arewa 2018 More...