Tag Archives: Business

MTN Nigeria Holds Leadership Gathering For Top-Level Management

Hundreds of top-level management staff of MTN Nigeria gathered at the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday, 12th April 2019, for the company’s inaugural leadership programme. ‘The Leadership Gathering (TLG)’ was a special, first-of-its-kind event designed to inspire ideas and connect the dots around the company’s BRIGHT strategy (a well-defined six-pillar strategy), strengthen bonds […]

MTN Nigeria Bags CBN Innovation Award For Second Consecutive Year

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has recognised leading information and communications technology (ICT) company, MTN Nigeria as the ‘Telco Partner of the Year’ at the just concluded 2019 Electronic Payments Incentive Scheme (EPIS) Efficiency Awards. Organized by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems (NIBSS), in collaboration with the CBN, the annual EPIS was designed […]

BUSINESSES SEE A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN FRAUD AND RISK INCIDENTS IN 2016

 82% of executives surveyed worldwide experienced a fraud incident in the past year compared to 75% in 2015, according to the Kroll Annual Global Fraud and Risk Report 85% of executives reported at least one cyber incident and over two-thirds reported security incidents Current and former employees were the most common perpetrators Fraud, cyber, and […]

Interswitch Enables Transaction Monitoring on SlimTrader’s MoBiashara for Hotels

Interswitch, an Africa-focused digital payments and commerce company is excited to partner with SlimTrader, Sub-Saharan Africa’s leading turn-key ecommerce solution provider for businesses, on the deployment of a new Payment Monitoring Portal on the ‘MoBiashara for Hotels’ (MFH) platform. With this partnership, SlimTrader will be better positioned to facilitate seamless transactions between Hotels and their guests.Prior […]

Kroll Expands Kenyan Footprint As Economic Indices Show Positive Outlook

Kroll, the world’s leading business intelligence and investigations consulting firm, has described the Kenyan market as an exciting and dynamic opportunity for Kenyan and international investors alike. Speaking recently at an event in Nairobi, Kroll’s senior consultant for Africa, Rt Hon Mark Simmonds, commented: Kenya is a bright spot amongst emerging market gloom. International and […]

SlimTrader Launches Hotel PC-POS, Announces Interswitch as Launch Partner

Hotels across Nigeria are set to enjoy a reprieve from some of the major accounting and reconciliation challenges they face with the roll out of a new innovative ‘Personal Computer-Point of Sale’ (PC-POS) feature on SlimTrader’s ‘MoBiashara for Hotels’ (MFH) platform. Many hotels across Nigeria are faced with the challenge of accurately consolidating payments made on […]

#WhyImport? by Ezinne Ekanem

I’ve taken my time to listen to all sides of the discourse currently raging all over our nation bothering on the high cost of foreign exchange and the impact of the falling oil prices especially their effects on businesses. In the end, I can’t help but marvel at the depth of the human mind. The […]

African Businesses are late to Digital marketing, says Ayeni

By Goddie Ofose (The Niche Newspaper)   Genesis of BHM Group BHM Group started in 2006 from my two-bedroom flat in Akute, Lagos while I was a reporter. My wife and I had no furniture so I bought a small chair and table, and could only afford to pay someone to assemble a computer. We […]

Why My New Company, ID Africa, Is A Big Deal – By Ayeni Adekunle

It’s 6AM in Lagos, Nigeria. I’m sitting at my desk, looking back at the past few years of my life. I haven’t had much sleep, haven’t seen my kids in two days. I’m wearing the same clothes from yesterday. But I’m not complaining. Instead, I’m actually grateful.  It’s 6AM on February 27, 2015 – just […]

Why My New Company Is A Big Deal

It’s 6AM in Lagos, Nigeria. I’m sitting at my desk, looking back at the past few years of my life. I haven’t had much sleep, haven’t seen my kids in two days. I’m wearing the same clothes from yesterday. But I’m not complaining. Instead, I’m actually grateful.  It’s 6AM on February 27, 2015 – just […]