Efforts to promote transparency and accountability in the extractives sector of the economy have received a boost as the body of civil society in Nigeria is set to launch a mobile application to track the remediation of issues contained in the annual audit reports of the Nigeria Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI The mobile app called RemTrack was designed and ...

Mr Emmanuel Okoye, an ICT expert and software engineer, has developed a software application called ‘The Middle’ to help eradicate online fraud. Okoye, who holds a Master in Management Information System (MIS), designed ‘The Middle’ to solve increasing complaints about fake online transactions by consumers who make their purchases on the internet. Speaking with News Agency of Nigeria, Emmanuel Okoye, ...

Digital banking platforms are becoming inherent in our lives. People want personalized banking services that are easy and convenient for them to access from anywhere. Users also want to sign up for these services without having to leave their comfort zones and this is what Tymebank offers. We’ve reached a new milestone! 🙂Today, we celebrate reaching 250 000 customers. pic.twitter.com/IFGhlqLO2w— ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) is continuing in its drive to provide funds for the development of the continent. The multilateral development bank has announced the launch of the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI) to improve and expand digital financial transactions across Africa. The new fund was launched at the bank’s annual meetings and has the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Agence ...

Africa’s second largest telecoms operator, Airtel Africa, is set to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as the company looks to shore up its revenue base and reduce its existing debts. Already the company has submitted registration documents to the UK Financial Conduct Authority and received approval for its documents. Airtel Africa's IPO related 'registration document' gets UK FCA nod https://t.co/fFSCrdDtIv— ...

Hong-Kong based cryptocurrency marketplace, CoinCola, has extended its cryptocurrency exchange services to Nigeria, offering a fast and secure trading service to users. Hong Kong-based P2P bitcoin platform @CoinCola_Global, an OTC cryptocurrency marketplace which aims to provide trustworthy trading and exchange services to its users is now available for users to buy bitcoin in Nigeria, with a feature that lets you convert ...

Executive Director for Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Rev David Ugolor has said Open Government Partnership (OGP) encourages citizens to play major role in designing assets recovery architecture particularly in the areas where the assets recovered can be used for sustainable development. He made this known yesterday in Abuja at a one day National Dialogue with the ...

Ahead of the 6th Open Government Partnership Global Summit scheduled for Ottawa, Canada from May 29-31, 2019 the Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice and Lead Civil Society Organisation implementing the Mantra Project will on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 organise a Pre-OGP Summit National Dialogue in Abuja. The one -day dialogue with the theme “Open Government Partnership (OGP) and ...

Weeks after Nigerians began complaining about challenges crypto exchange site, Paxful, a non-governmental organization has tabled the issue before Nigeria’s anti-fraud agency, the EFCC. Please release our coins, i have done all the necessary verifications but i still cannot access my account … Pls take your services & release our coins, i no do again, i have over 10Btc locked ...

Nigeria’s total debt profile as of December 31, 2018, now stands at N24.387tn. The figure swelled by 12.25 per cent from N21.725tn in 2017 to N24.39tn in 2018. The debt rose by N2.66tn from December 31, 2017, to December 31, 2018, the Debt Management Office said. Statistics provided by DMO in Abuja on Thursday showed that the country’s public debt ...