Prodi-G Concepts Media inaugurates EDO CINEMA

In a bid  to promote documentation of Edo history in film, Prodi-G Concepts, an independent television production company has inaugurated the EDO CINEMA project in Benin City with the screening of four short films by Edo film makers at the Nosona Studios Art Gallery. 

From Left: Founder of Edo Development Organisation (E.D.O), Oswald Osaretin Guobadia, Founder, EDO Cinema, Adesuwa Osawe and the  Honorable Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism  and Diaspora Affairs, Osaze Osemwegie-Ero at the inaugural EDO Cinema screening in Benin City on Saturday. 

The event chaired by the Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affairs Mr. Osaze Osemwegie-Ero had members of the Edo Development Organisation and other prominent citizens of the state in attendance.

AXA Mansard Insurance Named Insurance Company of the Year

AXA Mansard Insurance Plc, a member of the AXA Group and global leader in insurance and asset management, has emerged as the Insurance Company of the year. The announcement was made at the 6th edition of the Marketing Edge Brand and Advertising Excellence Awards which took place in Lagos last weekend. The award presented to AXA Mansard Insurance Plc was in recognition of its excellent service delivery and immense contribution to the Nigerian insurance sector as well as the country at large.

eTRANZACT Deepens Financial Inclusion Through CBN-Funded SANEF Initiative

eTranzact, Africa’s premier e-payments solution provider, is set to deepen financial inclusion by expanding its PocketMoni service with 10,000 active mobile money agents, through the CBN-funded Shared Agent Network Expansion Facility (SANEF) initiative, within the next 24 months.

ACSPN Task Communication Professionals, Political Parties on Issue-Based Election Campaign Messages

As 2019 General election approaches, communication stakeholders under the auspices of Association of Communication Scholars & Professionals of Nigeria (ACSPN) have called on Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) practitioners, Political parties and other stakeholders to ensure that election campaign messages are not about hate speech but issue based.

GTBank Launches Social Impact Challenge, Aims to Fund Community Development Projects Nationwide

Following more than two decades of consistent investment in community development, Guaranty Trust Bank plc is taking its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) another step further by launching a Social Impact Challenge that will fund dozens of innovative ideas designed and executed by members of the general public.

FG supports Global Firm to make content cheaper, localized, accessible to Nigerians

In line with its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, especially its strategy to diversify the economy by making technology an enabler for forex revenue earnings, the Buhari administration would be actively supporting Google's Next Billion users plan intended to ensure greater digital access in Nigeria and around the world.

Nokia and China Mobile sign EUR 1 billion frame agreement

Nokia and China Mobile have signed a one-year frame agreement - valued at up to EUR 1 billion - to support the Chinese mobile operator's transition to a future-oriented network infrastructure, while providing seamless connectivity to more efficiently meet growing data traffic demand.

2018 Maltina Teacher Of The Year Extends Entry Deadline

A new window of opportunity has opened for teachers as the deadline for submission of entry for the 2018 Maltina Teacher of the Year has been extended to Friday, July 20, 2018.

SPAR Nigeria Wins Outstanding Retail Brand of the Year Award

SPAR, leading chain of hypermarket stores, has been announced as the 2018 winner of the Outstanding Retail Brand of the Year award. This announcement was made at the 6th edition of the Marketing Edge Brands and Advertising Excellence Awards that took place in Lagos on Friday July 6th 2018.

Airtel Touching Lives Gets Innovative CSR Leadership Award

Airtel Touching Lives, a corporate philanthropy initiative by leading telecoms operator, Airtel Nigeria, has been named the Most Innovative CSR Leadership Initiative by Marketing Edge, a leading publication focused on brands, media, advertising and communications.

L-R: Erhumu Bayagbon, Head, Corporate communications/PR, Airtel Nigeria; Dr. Ken Onyeali Ikpe GMD, Insight Redefini Group and Chioma Okolie, CSR Lead Airtel Nigeria when Airtel Nigeria won Innovative CSR Leadership Award on Airtel Touching lives, at the 2018 National Marketing Stakeholders Summits and Awards held in Lagos.

Airtel Nigeria’s Erhumu Bayagbon, Head: Public Relations and Chioma Okolie, Lead, CSR, received the award on behalf of the company at a colourful event held last Friday (6/7/18) in Ikeja, Lagos.

Heritage Bank to boost SMEs growth via The Next Titan Season-5 kick-off

Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative banking service provider, has strategies to boost the capacity development of small medium enterprises as the headline sponsor of the annual entrepreneurial reality show, The Next Titan, as the season five of the programme kicks off.

Yahsat sponsors West Africa Com, ahead of YahClick service launch across the region

Yahsat, the UAE-based global satellite operator, will participate in West Africa Com on the 10th and 11th July 2018, as Gold Sponsors. The event, which unites critical players in the telco value chain, will see Yahsat showcase its flagship broadband service – YahClick - to partners and customers in the region.

Stanbic IBTC, Dangote Cement announce largest ever Commercial Paper issuance by a Nigerian company

Stanbic IBTC Capital and Stanbic IBTC Bank, subsidiaries of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, have partnered with Dangote Cement PLC, Africa’s largest cement producer, to announce the issuance of the N50 billion Series 1 and 2 Notes, the largest ever Commercial Paper (CP) issuance by a Nigerian company, under the recently established Dangote Cement PLC’s N150 billion CP Programme, announced on 27 June 2018.