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MTN Trains SME Owners on Best Cyber Security Practices

MTN Nigeria recently hosted SME owners to a cybersecurity awareness event. The event, which registered over 100 stakeholders, was held at the MTN Nigeria headquarters at Falomo, Lagos, on Friday, November 11, 2022. As the world becomes more digital, cyber-attacks have become both frequent and severe. Figures  from Kaspersky shows that cyberattacks on SMEs have […]

Project Management Institute Celebrates Projects Transforming The World Through The Launch Of Its 2022 Most Influential Projects List

Today, Project Management Institute, the world’s leading organisation for the project management profession, announced its fourth annual list of Most Influential Projects showing the top 50 influential projects of the past 12 months. The list, which made its debut in 2019 in honor of PMI’s 50th anniversary, highlights compelling projects around the world and across […]

Alex Okosi Named One Of UK’s Most Influential Black Persons For Second Year Running

African tech leader, Alex Okosi has been honoured as a member of the UK Powerlist 2023. Okosi, who is Managing Director, Emerging Markets, YouTube EMEA, received the honour for the second year running at the Black Excellence Awards at the Savoy Hotel in London on 28 October 2022. Awarded annually since 2007, The Powerlist, in […]

Shoprite, Dettol partner to spread hand hygiene message to millions of Nigerians

Retail Supermarkets Nigeria (RSN) Limited, owners of Shoprite in Nigeria, has announced a partnership with Dettol Nigeria which will aid in spreading awareness around good hand hygiene habits and the importance of hand washing.    Taking forward its commitment to celebrate Global Handwashing Day, Dettol’s drive will  focus on utilising the in-store announcement systems, use […]

How MTN Shut Lagos Down With Wakanda Forever’s African Premiere At AFRIFF

Ahead of the theatrical release of Marvel Studio’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, celebrities, filmmakers, movie lovers and the media gathered for the African Premiere of the blockbuster on the opening night of the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF). The event which was held at Filmhouse Cinemas IMAX Lekki in Lagos was supported by the foremost […]

As More Nigerians move abroad, Employers rethink work conditions

As the Nigerian labour market suffers increasing loss following mass emigration, employers are having to embrace customised work arrangements, new research has found.    Titled, Temporal contexts and actors vis-a-vis i-deals’ timing and creation: Evidence from Nigeria, the research is the work of Dotun Ayeni, a Doctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh Business School, […]

Lagos and Abuja to play host to PMI Nigeria Chapter Expo 2022

The need to address lingering challenges in project management will be at the centre of discourse during the Project Management Institute (PMI) Nigeria Chapter Expo 2022. Speakers Anthony Okungbowa, Head of Service, Edo State, Precious Ajoonu, Managing Director, John Odigie Oyegun Public Service Academy, Edo State, Dr. Edmund Otaigbe, Group Head, Risk Management & Project […]

Africa’s infrastructure imperative to drive demand for project management skills

Around the world, a widening gap exists between the need for project management professionals and the available workforce to fill these vital, rewarding roles. According to the Project Management Institute (PMI), the global economy needs 25 million new project professionals by 2030, as increasing jobs require project management-oriented skills. The rapid expansion stems in part […]

Uche Odoh’s Directorial Debut Feature ‘Hell Ride’ to Screen at AFRIFF

Following 2019’s ‘Life As It Is’ web series, Nigerian model, photographer, and filmmaker Uche Odoh returns with her directorial debut full-length feature film ‘Hell Ride’. The film is set to screen at this year’s Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) in November.    The dramedy chronicles a day in the life of a female taxi driver […]

BHM’s Ẹnitan Kẹhinde Becomes First African to Win PRovoke’s Young Changemakers Award

General Manager and Lead Consultant of the UK operations of Africa’s first global integrated communications company, BHM, Ẹnitan Kẹhinde, has just been announced as the winner of PRovoke’s Young Changemakers Award in partnership with WE Communications. Now in its second year, The Young Changemakers award celebrates the next generation of communications leaders, helping to launch […]