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Observed every March 8th, International Women’s Day is a global celebration of social, cultural and political achievements of women while promoting gender equality. The day is set aside for a global campaign to sensitize and deepen the gender equality movement. The 2021 celebration theme: ‘Choose to Challenge’, was a call to individuals, social, political and corporate organisations to challenge the status quo and address all forms of marginalization against women. In the ecommerce ecosystem, Jumia has continued to champion women empowerment both internally and for sellers on the platform. Through partnerships training and capacity building programmes, Jumia has been able…

Britain has advised its citizens to leave Myanmar due to increasing violence and political tension. “Political tension and unrest are widespread since the military takeover, and levels of violence are rising,’’  the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said in updated travel advice issued on Friday. It noted that there were military-ordered nighttime internet shutdowns, adding that money was becoming more difficult to access, with banks shut and automated teller machines not working. British nationals were advised to leave the country by commercial means unless they have an “urgent need’’ to stay. Although Myanmar’s military has suspended normal commercial passenger flights,…

LAGOS: UK based Career Masterclass – which has carved a place for itself in the careers market for democratisation of opportunities – enters the Nigerian market to offer quality career advice and training to established and aspiring professionals. It has already worked with leading companies including Google Africa and AG Leventis in Nigeria. Career Masterclass helps create a level playing field within the corporate world by arming middle level professionals with the right tools to help them to break the glass ceiling. It has worked with leading multinationals including Amazon, Deutsche Bank, Google and Visa in the UK, Nigeria, the US…

Lagos, Nigeria, March 10, 2021: Nigeria’s leading innovative bank, Wema Bank Plc., through its female proposition, Sara by Wema will also mark this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) with a webinar on Friday, March 12 by 10.00 am. The 90 minutes’ event themed ‘Challenge Today for an Equal Tomorrow’ will have key industry experts and leading female corporate policy influencers in the Nigerian financial, investment, talent development and management ecosystem as panellists. The webinar aims at speaking to women on challenging societal norms to reach their full potential in entrepreneurship, the workplace, or personal lives. The Executive Director, Business Support,…

Olam, a leading food and agribusiness conglomerate, is set to hold its inaugural webinar series, the Olam Green Land Webinar Series, themed Deepening the wheat farming development programme in Nigeria through innovation, increasing investments and collaborations. The webinar series, which will hold on March 26, 2021, will be headlined by award-winning scientist, Dr Filippo Maria Bassi, a senior scientist at the International Centre for the Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) based in Morocco, where he leads the durum wheat breeding team to deliver varieties adapted to dryland agriculture. Dr Bassi will deliver the keynote address. Speaking on the rationale…

Recently, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC announced the promotions of several of its women to top executive roles across the Stanbic IBTC Group. These included the promotions of Wunmi Ehis-Uzenabor as Executive Director, Operations, Stanbic IBTC Asset Management; Busola Jejelowo as Executive Director, Investments, Stanbic IBTC Asset Management; Emi Agaba-Oloja, Executive Director, Stanbic IBTC Trustees; and Sakeenat Bakare, Executive Director, Business Development, Stanbic IBTC Insurance. These promotions which were in line with Stanbic IBTC’s corporate governance structure and succession policy further showcased the financial institution’s posture as an equal opportunity organisation. Both male and female employees are privileged to rise as…

The Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) has announced its inaugural masterclass in partnership with the globally-reputed Henley Business School. The three-day virtual training programme, with the theme, “The Future of Advertising”, will hold from 11 to 13 March. AAAN President, Mr. Steve Babaeko, explained that the masterclass is aimed at providing junior level management staff, advertising professionals and young graduates with proper grounding and foundation for a successful career in Brand Management/Marketing Communications. He also stated that Henley Business School will support the masterclass with its business curriculum. “We are excited to launch the AAAN Academy with this…

Residents of Jakande Estate, Mile 2, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State have called on the State Government to intervene in the activities of Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC) and Lagos State Taskforce on Environment LSTE’s bid to take over their community recreation park from them. The residents, today held a peaceful protest calling for the intervention of the State Government on the suspected land grabbers using the office of the state government to hijack landed property meant for the community purposes. With different inscription of placards which reads; ‘LBIC Handoff Our Utility Space’, ‘Don’t Flood Our Homes’,…

{Lagos, Nigeria. 10.03.2021}- Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc (NIBSS), in partnership with all financial service providers is set to launch a QR Code driven payment solution. NQR Payment Solution is an indigenous Quick Response code platform being introduced by NIBSS on behalf of all financial service providers. This innovative solution will serve as a catalyst to boost financial inclusion while providing access to faster, easier and secure financial services to Nigerians. It provides a “touch-free” option of receiving and making payments for goods and services by simply scanning to pay. The NQR Solution will be launched on the 15th of…

By Daniel Aladesehin (dannycrown@gmail.com) In what appears like a full slap in the face, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu has for the umpteenth time demonstrated his nonchalance to the growth of Nigeria’s first state-owned television station which ordinarily should be his baby. This is despite repeated calls on him to give due attention to Lagos Television (LTV) which is his government’s only TV station. His latest action of launching a so-called world-class film and television institute by the privately owned Ebony Life TV shows that indeed, the governor gives no hoot about the struggling Lagos Television LTV right there…