Author: Oluwasegun Olukotun

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a Joint Project Preparation Fund that will provide early project preparation financing and technical support services to public and private sector entities operating in Nigeria’s trade sector. Under the terms of…

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Everlytic, South Africa’s leading provider of multi-channel bulk messaging and automation-driven marketing software, recently launched its Channel Partnership Programme (https://bit.ly/3ckSmNj) to partner with like-minded businesses and agencies in South Africa, Africa, the United Kingdom, Western Europe, and Scandinavia. The pioneering technology company, which has been ranked the fastest-growing tech company…

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IBM, together with ‘Call for Code’ Creator David Clark, Charitable Partner United Nations Human Rights, and the Linux Foundation, today announced the launch of the 2021 Call for Code Global Challenge. This year’s competition invites the world’s software developers and innovators to combat climate change with open source-powered technology. Now…

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Africa Oil & Power (AOP) has announced its partnership with AFROCOM – Coordination Committee for Economic Cooperation with Africa – the Russian private investment promotion platform in charge of driving greater Africa-Russia cooperation. AOP is the African continent’s leading investment platform for the energy sector, dedicated to bringing investment to…

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One of the world’s leading shipping companies, Hapag-Lloyd and NileDutch today signed a sale and purchase agreement where Hapag-Lloyd acquires all shares of the Dutch container shipping company Nile Dutch Investments B.V. (NileDutch). With over 40 years of expertise, NileDutch is one of the leading providers of container services from…

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Gokada, the Nigeria-based last-mile delivery, logistics, and transportation start-up has formally unveiled Nikhil Goel as its new CEO, as it continues to evolve from a riding-hailing company to becoming the leading food delivery, parcel delivery, and last-mile e-commerce fulfillment solution in Nigeria. Goel first joined Gokada in 2019, bringing with…

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Pan-African technology group, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, today announced the culmination of its extensive business transformation from being a telecommunications and digital services provider to a full one-stop-shop technology group through a group-wide rebrand. Over the last two decades, Liquid has firmly established itself as the leading pan-African digital infrastructure provider…

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The nominations for the 2021 edition of the Oscar awards are out. Actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas (THE WHITE TIGER) and singer, songwriter, and actor Nick Jonas (KINGDOM) announced the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards this morning. Among the Oscar nominees 2021, MANK received the most nominations with 10, including nominations in the categories of…

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Spotify has rolled out 36 New languages on mobile bringing the platform total to 62 languages. This update which will make Spotify more accessible for speakers of these additional languages worldwide goes hand in hand with its commitment to building a truly borderless audio ecosystem. The new languages are already…

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Spotify has rolled out 36 New languages on mobile bringing the platform total to 62 languages. This update which will make Spotify more accessible for speakers of these additional languages worldwide goes hand in hand with its commitment to building a truly borderless audio ecosystem. The new languages are already…

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