By Josephine Akaerr, Special Correspondent This year’s Father’s Day calls for themed releases that will help to celebrate the occasion. However, the number and the variety of ideas are rather underwhelming compared to the efforts brands make with Mother’s Day. As a result, brands fail to capitalize on the existing...

By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu, Correspondent Lagos In a milestone for its pan-Africa mission, Africa Finance Corporation, one of the region’s biggest investors in infrastructure development, has announced that it has exceeded 30 member states, representing more than half the continent. Membership by Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo and Morocco,...

By Ron Chen. Correspondent ASEAN Region and Emmanuel Oluebube, Correspondent UK With a recent focus on space missions and space exploration going intergalactic, there’s a renewed interest in the solar system and astronomy. To help families learn about the solar system and inspire the next generation of space explorers, this...

By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu, Correspondent Lagos As the world marks the 2021 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, with the theme: "Accelerating Digital Transformation in Challenging Times", telecommunication service provider, 9mobile has restated its commitment to drive the pace of digital transformation in Nigeria, through strategic investment in digital infrastructure....

By Celestine Okorie, Correspondent South Africa The African messaging app, Ayoba , has announced the launch of a new version of its android app (0.38) which offers users access to voice and video calling. This comes as the app celebrates its second birthday on the 4th of May 2021 with...

By ITU News International Girls in ICT Day took place for the first time ten years ago. This worldwide commemoration, now held annually on the fourth Thursday of every April, celebrates girls committed to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It offers them information and encouragement to choose studies and...

By ITU News International Girls in ICT Day took place for the first time ten years ago. This worldwide commemoration, now held annually on the fourth Thursday of every April, celebrates girls committed to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It offers them information and encouragement to choose studies and...

By Chinedu Nwosu, Special Correspondent and Celestine Okorie,  Correspondent South Africa Rugby Union returned to the National Sports Festival (NSF) 2020 after a ten-year absence having missed out the last three editions held in Lagos, Rivers and Abuja. The NSF is a biennial multi-sport event organized by the Federal Government...

By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu, Correspondent Lagos Africa’s leading growth markets focused, sector agnostic investment and advisory firm Platform Capital Group collaborated with its global partners to provide free medical tests in eight countries across the world in honor of International World Health Day. The eight countries are Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia,...

By Angeline Mgbele, Correspondent Abuja The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) joins the public in celebrating World Backup Day. World Backup Day (March 31 each year) originally began as World Backup Month. The event was initiated by a hard drive company (Maxtor), which was later acquired by Seagate Technology....