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Nigeria’s demographics drive surge in digital infrastructure investment
Frank Okon Nigeria’s rapidly growing population and youthful demographics are emerging as major catalysts for investment in digital infrastructure, with industry experts increasingly describing the country’s data centre boom as a demographic story rather than simply a technology trend. As…
EU slams €200m fine on Temu for sale of unsafe, illegal products
European Union (EU), through its Commission, has imposed a €200m fine on Chinese-owned online retail outlet, Temu over illegal products, including; dangerous baby toys and faulty chargers offered for sale on its platform. According to the EU’s European Commission, Temu…
Dangote retains Africa’s Most Admired Indigenous Brand award
Ziggy Ojiegbe Dangote Industries Limited has reinforced its status as one of Africa’s most influential corporate brands after emerging as Africa’s Most Admired African Brand for the eighth consecutive year. The recognition was announced at the 16th edition of the…
Dangote Refinery says it has spurred Nigeria’s economic growth
Ziggy Ojiegbe Enhanced operation of the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals is reducing the country’s dependence on imported refined petroleum products, the company declared in a statement, citing a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)….
Green energy offers Nigeria inclusive opportunity for power supply boost __Study
Ziggy Ojiegbe Policy leaders in Nigeria and across Africa are facing mounting pressure to accelerate the adoption of decentralized renewable energy systems as worsening electricity shortages continue to weaken economic productivity, deepen poverty and constrain industrial growth. Industry experts and…
NLNG Train 7 deepens Nigeria’s industrial capacity, expands local technical expertise
Ziggy Ojiegbe The ongoing Train 7 expansion project of Nigeria LNG Limited is emerging as one of Nigeria’s most significant industrial capacity-building platforms, helping to deepen local technical expertise, expand domestic manufacturing capability and raise quality standards across the country’s…
Nigeria Prize for Science records historic 237 entries after NLNG mobilizes global innovators for Nigerian solutions
The 2026 edition of The Nigeria Prize for Science and Innovation has recorded its highest number of submissions since inception, with organisers receiving a record 237 entries as interest grows around the country’s evolving technology and innovation ecosystem. The submissions…
Dangote’s East Africa Refinery, 20,000MW power plans signal continental expansion
Ziggy Ojiegbe Plans by Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote to replicate his $20 billion Lagos refinery complex in East Africa emerged as one of the defining announcements at the just concluded Africa Forward Summit hosted by the governments of Kenya and…
Shareholders approve new name for Lafarge Africa
Shareholders of Lafarge Africa have approved a resolution to change the company’s name to HBM Nigeria Plc. I According to a notice filed with the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited on Tuesday, the decision was taken at the firm’s 67th annual…
Africa Forward 2026 and the reordering of global power
[Sola Adebawo] When European leaders scrambled to rethink energy security after the Russia-Ukraine war, one reality became impossible to ignore: the global order many nations assumed was stable is no longer stable at all. The disruption of Russian gas supplies…
