By Cyber Era Staff The CEO of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), Ayman Amin Sejiny and Chairman of the Management Board of Xalq Bank, Farkhod Islomovich Salamov signed an Advisory Services Agreement in relation...

By Josephine Akaerr Informal retail Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) across the Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) are set to receive a technological and operational boost for their businesses, thanks to Nestlé, Nomanini and Standard Bank. Announcing the project  Wednesday, Chairman and Managing Director of Nestlé ESAR, Bruno...

By Emmanuel Oluebube, Correspondent UK and Chinedu Nwosu, Lagos One of the world’s leading consumer electronic brands, Hisense, has announced a two-year agreement with Leeds United to become an Official Partner of the club. The new partnership will see Hisense, whose UK headquarters are in Leeds, support the newly promoted...

By Oystein Bergmann, Correspondent Scandinavia NOW Corporation and NOW Telecom Company, Inc. (NOW Group) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Finnish technology leader Nokia to introduce 5G network and 5G use cases in the Philippines. Under the MoU, collaboration between the three parties will focus on the expansion of NOW’s...

By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief A high panel of telecommunications stakeholders in Africa, listing executives from the policy, regulatory, legal, and operator communities has found that it will take Africa not less than US$100billion to close the broadband accessibility gulf on the continent, a webinar report just released by the International...

By Francois Giudice, Correspondent France Orange Business Services has announced a global strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help enterprises accelerate their digital transformation and leverage the benefits of the cloud to adapt quicker to market changes and user needs. Orange and AWS will work together to...

By Precious John Kwik Delivery and Total Nigeria Plc announce today a partnership to develop an e-commerce fulfilment and delivery service in Nigeria. Kwik Delivery and Total Nigeria Plc will enable businesses to use TOTAL service stations as secure pickup locations of essential documents issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission...

By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu, Correspondent Lagos Facebook is excited to announce the start of its #FBSuccessStory campaign, aimed at spotlighting Nigerian entrepreneurs using Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to grow their business. The campaign, running for six weeks, is designed to celebrate, whilst inspiring future entrepreneurs, and highlight the tools available...

By Josephine Akaerr The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group hosted a webinar on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global investment outlook, which was organized in collaboration between the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Country Strategy and Cooperation (CSC) Department, IsDB on 17th...

By Godson Umejiego, Correspondent USA The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have announced that they have reached agreement in principle on the start of the 2020-21 season, as well as adjustments to certain provisions of the current collective bargaining agreement impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The agreement is...