Nigerians urged to shun South African companies
Shoprite Nigeria from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – CALLS are intensifying for the boycott of South African companies in Nigeria following the recurrence of xenophobic attacks in the Southern African country. A human rights advocate led the latest calls amid the Nigerian government evacuating hundreds of its citizens from the volatile More...
Call on businesses to augment digital dexterity
Gartner Vice President in charge of Research, Helen Poitevin MTHULISI SIBANDA CAPE TOWN – BUSINESSES must embrace the ability and desire to exploit emerging technologies for better outcomes as society and More...
Fake news trails South Africa, Nigeria spat
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari. File photo from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA – THE Nigerian government has dismissed as fake news the online More...
Bloodshed brings curtain down WEF on Africa
Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THE looting of foreign property, deaths during the violence and gender-based More...
South African firms suffer revenge attacks after xenophobia
MTN Nigeria from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos / EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja Nigeria Bureau LAGOS – SOME South African multinational corporations in Nigeria have been caught up in retaliatory attacks following More...
World leaders petitioned over SA xenophobic violence
Ugly scenes of South African xenophobia, photo supplied by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THE latest outbreak of attacks against foreign nationals in South Africa is set to be on the global agenda when More...
Funding key to curbing Southern Africa climate disasters
Recent Cyclones Idai floods that claimed thousands of lives while destroying properties worth billions of dollars AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – CLIMATE change is a severe challenge in Southern Africa, as evidenced More...
South Africa to spend over R300 billion on IT
Gartner Vice President, John-David Lovelock by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – SPENDING on information technology (IT) is set to total more than R303 billion ($21,78 billion) in South Africa in 2019, a 3,9 More...
Access Bank receives global sustainability banking award
GMD/CEO, Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe, picks up the Karlsruhe Outstanding Business Sustainability Achievement Awards 2019, in Karlsruhe, Germany, for the 4th time from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – ACCESS More...
Access Bank maintains commitment to philanthropy
Emir of Kano, HRH Sanusi Sanusi centre presents the most valuable player of the 2018 tournament flanked by The Access Bank UK Chairman Herbert Wigwe (right). As The Access Bank UK prepares to host its’ 2019 More...