Mr Smith Osemeke is the MD/CEO of Unitellas Edge Cloud, one of the top ten cloud services providers in Africa, and currently a member of the National Information Development Technology Agency ( NITDA) Technical Working Group that was selected to review Nigeria’s cloud policy and come up with recommendations that will drive Nigeria’s Sovereign Cloud…
Benin Republic has emerged as the textile hub in West Africa.The Republic of Benin has quietly emerged as a hub for sourcing textiles for international and regional markets in West Africa. The Glo Djibe Industrial Zone (GDIZ), situated 45km from Cotonou, has aided Benin Republic’s emergence as the focal point for ultra-modern textile facilities where…
• Inside Innoplas factory during the visit “The solution to Lagos’ plastic waste challenge is not the blunt force of outright ban,” but the deliberate design of integrated waste collection systems, investment in recycling infrastructure, and circular partnerships between government and industry.” The Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Segun Ajayi-Kadir, commented when…
• Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has directed all government officials to be wearing Made-in-Kogi fabrics as a show of support for indigenous industries. The State’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Femi Fanwo, told journalists after the State Executive Council meeting held today at the EXCO…
Photo : From left is Segun Ajayi-Kadir, MAN Director-General; French Ambassador to Nigeria, Marc Fonbaustier, MAN President, Francis Meshioye, and the Head of the French Treasury in Nigeria, Florent Mangin, during the courtesy visit. The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Marc Fonbaustier, and the Head of the French Treasury in Nigeria, Florent Mangin, paid a courtesy…
“The levies they listed include road maintenance levy (0.85% Cost Insurance and Freight (CIF), statistics levy (7.28% CIF), corridor security levy (0.50% CIF), Customs bond (0.25% CIF), Customs stamp (4% Stat), tracking (75,000 per truck).” Cross-border traders have continued to groan under the high cost of moving goods through the Lagos-Abidjan corridor, which they say,…
Picture R-L: Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Owan Enoh, the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Kamar Bakrin, and NSDC’s Head of Strategy and Performance Management (SPM), Edirin Akemu (L), during the public hearing on the amendment of the Council’s Establishment Act organised by the House of Representatives Committee on…
” Tah will assume office on 1 September 2025, for a five-year term, following the end of the second mandate of current President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina.” Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania was today elected President of the African Development Bank Group at the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Tah was elected by…
Photo from left: MD Coleman Wires and Cables industries limited, Mr. George Onafowokan; DG MAN, Mr. Segun Ajayi-Kadir; and Mr. Adetunji Aderinto, Founder Zetamind Consulting Limited, during at BusinessDay Manufacturing Conference in Lagos, on Thursday. “It will be commendable to see President Bola Tinubu driving a vehicle made and assembled in Nigeria.” Segun Ajayi-Kadir, Director…
A Lagos-based public affairs analyst, Omonaye Okoro, has faulted the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA ) calls for increased taxation on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs). In his opinion piece titled “Nigeria’s Sugar “Crisis” Is a Myth – And Our Economy May Pay the Price for Believing It,” Okoro noted that the CAPPA’s recent report,…
