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, […]
Tag Archives: COVID-19
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With the emergence of new coronavirus (COVID-19) variants driving continued global concern, testing remains critical to slowing the spread of the virus and mitigating its threat to lives and livelihoods. As part of Its ongoing support of the national pandemic response, MTN Nigeria through its foundation has donated Oligo-synthesizer equipment to the Nigerian Institute of […]
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A recent report published by the Project Management Institute (PMI) from its 2020 Pulse of the Profession data, shows that on average, about 11.4% of investment is wasted as a result of poor project performance. According to the research, many companies lack mature project management as a strategic competency for driving change, exposing them to […]
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Delivery is part of the allocation from the African Union (AU) Vaccination Programme in collaboration with MTN The Nigerian government has taken delivery of the first set of 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines out of a total of 1.4 million doses designated for Nigeria by the AU. The vaccines are a combination of doses of […]
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COVID-19 has altered our lives. Battling the pandemic is sinking holes in national economies, as the outflow of capital is causing rising fiscal deficits. By June 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) received applications for emergency funding from over 100 countries. Some may call that dire. And things will not return to the ‘normal’ we […]
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…donation to arrive in three weeks Following MTN’s donation of US$25 million towards the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme, the ICT company has said that Nigeria will receive a significant volume of the seven million doses of the vaccine to be distributed to health workers across the continent. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and […]
The conversation around the pandemic has changed. It used to be about wearing face masks, consistent hand washing and staying at home – if going out can be avoided. With the COVID-19 cumulative cases in Africa now exceeding 3 million and daily cases currently surpassing the peak numbers recorded in the first wave of the […]
In an effort to promote health and safety for Nigerians amidst the ongoing pandemic, My World of Bags (MWOB), a bag design and manufacturing company, is partnering with the Mastercard Foundation on an initiative called Project SafeUp. Project SafeUp will produce and distribute free personal protective equipment (PPE) to health workers and the general public […]
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MTN partners with Unacast to use its Turbine Location Processing Engine for Social Distancing Data to Help Mitigate COVID-19 in Nigeria.
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To help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, Unacast, an award-winning location platform and analytics firm, and MTN Nigeria, the leading mobile telecommunications provider, today announced a partnership in which the two will use privacy-friendly, aggregated and anonymized, human mobility insights derived from MTN’s network data, to make available a version of Unacast’s recognized and […]
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Neusroom Unveils List Of 100 People, Organizations, Countries and Things Helping The World Fight The Covid-19 Pandemic
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Marketing, Media and Technology company ID Africa, and media platform, Neusroom have unveiled The Neusroom 100 Project, a recognition of 100 people, organizations, countries and things helping the world fight the pandemic and flatten the COVID-19 curve. The list celebrates 40 individuals, 30 organisations, 20 countries and 10 things, for their valiant effort and […]
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