Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Tech4Dev Aims At Creation Of Not Less Than 100,000 Jobs Across Africa By 2030 Combating rising unemployment, a non-profit organization Tech4Dev and its recently launched business process outsourcing (BPO) division, have launched an initiative aimed at creating no fewer than 100,000 jobs across Africa by the year 2030. This project, named “Taltrix,” seeks to establish itself as a prominent BPO company in Africa within seven years, aiming to provide substantial employment opportunities for young Africans. Joel Ogunsola, CEO of Taltrix, noted that driven by the imperative to address escalating unemployment among graduates of digital and creative skills programs, Taltrix offers…

Tolu Onile-Ere: Correlation between “Onile-Ere” and “Playhouse” – Story of Digital Success Tolu Onile-Ere, Managing Director of Playhouse Communication Limited, a qualified lawyer, chose Marketing as his career path, as this allowed him to express his creative side. However, he stumbled on digital and got hooked by the potential, so he set up Playhouse, a digital communications agency back in 2011. Twelve years down the lane, the firm has grown to become one of Nigeria’s leading digital agencies. In this interview with MARY NNAH, he talks about his firm’s digital creative economy initiative, “The StoryStoryHub”, which celebrates the growing contributions…

Benue households to benefit from federal Cash Transfer Programme The Benue State Cash Transfer Unit of the National Cash Transfer office, Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has commenced enrollment process for the Renewed Hope Conditional Cash Transfer Programme targeting 224,090 households. The programme is a National Social Safety Net Project Scale-Up (NASSP-SU), in line with the “Renewed Hope Agenda” of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu with the aim of bringing financial relief to vulnerable citizens in the state. A statement issued by the National Program Manager, Dr Michael Ajuluchuku, and made available to newsmen in Makurdi,…

WeTech Holds ‘Founders Conference: Women Defining Tech Entrepreneurship.”  WeTech Holds Women Tech Entrepreneurs Conference  The Women in Technology (WeTech) recently organised its second annual conference with the theme, ‘Founders Conference: Women Defining Tech Entrepreneurship.” The WeTech was launched in 2018, as a non-governmental organisation, focusing on fostering more women tech entrepreneurs. Its flagship event, the annual Women in Tech Conference, launched in 2022, unites inspiring female leaders and provides mentorship, professional development resources, and hiring opportunities. This year’s edition emphasised WeTech’s commitment to breaking barriers. The conference featured a founder’s pitch segment, awarding N1.5 million seed funding to a…

Emzor hosts Asisat Oshoala to grand homecoming, supports Football tournament for Girls Emzor hosts Asisat Oshoala to grand homecoming, supports Football tournament for Girls Emzor hosts Asisat Oshoala to grand homecoming, supports Football tournament for Girls Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, Nigeria’s leading private indigenous pharmaceutical manufacturing group, has honoured Nigerian female international soccer star and record sixth-time CAF African Women’s Player of the Year, Asisat Oshoala, by hosting her to a grand homecoming reception in celebration of her rare feat. Emzor also supported the Barcelona striker with the sponsorship of the 8th Annual Asisat Oshoala Football Competition for Girls…

A home movie, “When Wolves Cry”- Dangers of fake news is about to hit the cinema A home movie with the title, “When Wolves Cry” which centres on the dangers of fake news is about to hit the cinema as producers are at the tail end of the post production process.  Produced and Directed by Emmanuel Eyaba, an Abuja based filmmaker and Media consultant, the movie talks about a certain actor who rose to fame on the crest of fake news as a blogger friend of his published how the actor was a gay, in order just to have him…

Charles Okocha suffers defeat from Portable In Celebrity Boxing Fight After the fourth round, Nigerian street-pop artist Habeeb Badmus, aka Portable, was declared winner of the celebrity boxing fight against Nollywood actor, Charles Okocha, on Wednesday. The fight, which was sanctioned by Heritage Boxing Entertainment, held at Landmark Beach in Victoria Island, Lagos State, started after 1a.m.and lasted about 40 minutes. The pair had finally settled their scores with their fists after Portable alleged contractual issues, which led them to engage in an online feud over an alleged N40m rip-off. Portable claimed Okocha cheated him out of the money,…

Apart From Lagos, Ogun Becomes Nigeria’s Most Economically Viable State Apart from Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, Ogun State is Nigeria’s most economically viable state, a report by Economic Confidential, a subsidiary of PR Nigeria, has shown. Pointing to Ogun State’s status as Nigeria’s topmost investment destination after Lagos, the report showed that the Dapo Abiodun-led Ogun State outperformed Rivers State, which joined Lagos and Ogun on the list of economically viable states for the year 2022, along with Kaduna, Kwara, Oyo and Edo states. The report compiled from figures released by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Federal…

I was a serial procrastinator. This simple two-step process helped me beat the habit I couldn’t believe I did it again. I was a serial procrastinator. There was just always so much to do, so many priorities. So, while I knew it would take at least three hours to prepare for our next quarterly meeting, I scheduled time to work on it just before the deadline, and also added it to my “to-do” list. “I’m sure I’ll find time before then to work on this,” I told myself. “This calendar appointment is only a failsafe–just in case.” Yeah, right. Of…

Mr Godwin Obaseki nominated as the 2023 Governor of the Year – Thisday Newspaper A socio-political group, Concerned Edo Citizens Forum, has congratulated the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on his nomination as the 2023 Governor of the Year. The Governor was nominated as Governor of the Year by This Day Newspaper on account of his arduous journey, over the past seven years, to reinvent Edo and place it on the path of accelerated and sustainable economic growth and development, dismantling age-long bottlenecks that have hindered growth among Nigeria’s sub-nationals. According to the Newspaper, “Governor Godwin Obaseki is a…