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Technology

Airtel's Established Digital Health Insurance Partner

Airtel Nigeria has partnered with AXA Mansard to launch a digital health insurance scheme to provide access to basic health care consultation and minor treatment for customers on the telco’s network. The telco explained that the health bundle will give its customers the opportunity to approach low-cost health care consolation and treatment for minor illnesses. It stated that the bundle plan will…
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Banking

Nigeria's debt to the World Bank is currently N6trillion.

Nigeria’s borrowing from the World Bank has risen by 121.46 per cent under the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) The total debt owed to the World Bank Group by Nigeria rose by $7.64bn (N3.52tn, using the exchange rate of the Central Bank of Nigeria, which was N460.53 per dollar as of April 23, 2023) in seven years. Specifically, the country’s indebtedness to the…
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Aviation

Air Peace Starts Direct Flights To Israel (Photos)

Airpeace made another history as the first ever Nigerian airline to fly direct, nonstop to Israel. We commenced scheduled operations into Tel Aviv on April 20, 2023, from Lagos and Abuja. We’ve made another history as the first ever Nigerian airline to fly direct, nonstop…
Market

FG Places N1bn April Savings Bonds on NGX

The Federal Government has listed its April 2023 Savings Bonds worth ₦1.08bn on the Nigerian Exchange Limited. This was disclosed by the NGX in its weekly report on activities on the exchange. The bonds include 436,012 units of ₦436,012,000.00 at 10.032 per cent interest…
Agriculture

FG is planning Internet access on farms.

The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, has disclosed the Federal Government commenced some priority actions in 2022 in order to make food systems more sustainable. He disclosed this in Abuja during the inauguration of a 20-man steering committee on state implementation of the food systems transformation pathway in Nigeria. According to the minister, the priority actions…
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Technology

9mobile invests N70billion to upgrade network

A telecommunications company, 9mobile, on Tuesday, said it has invested N70 billion in its ongoing network modernisation. The Chief Executive Officer of 9mobile, Juergen Peschel, in a statement, during its annual Channel Partners Conference held recently in Lagos said…
Fintech

Fintech brand to start their operations in Nigeria.

Global fintech brand, Unlimint, is set to launch its operations in Nigeria, after receiving its Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP) License from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The PSSP authorises Unlimint to operate as a recognised payment service provider in the…
Business Profile

Alibaba founder, Jack Ma, accepted a teaching position in Hong Kong.

The founder of Chinese tech giant, Alibaba, Jack Ma has been made an honorary professor of business at a top Hong Kong university, the school announced Friday. The appointment comes weeks afer the billionaire made a rare public appearance in China following his fall from grace during a government crackdown on the tech industry over two years ago. Ma has kept a low profile since late 2020, when…
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