SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Nigeria was set to reopen its embassy in North Korea following years of closure over the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang has said, a move seen as making it the first African country to resume diplomatic activities in the North. Patrick Imodu Imologhome, Nigeria’s charge d’affaires, disclosed [...]
LAGOS, Nigeria, Nov. 01, 2023 (Korea Bizwire) – Chapel Hill Denham’s Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (“NIDF” or the “Fund”) has agreed to provide long-term financing to Tizeti Network Limited (“Tizeti” or the “Company”) – West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider. The senior debt facility will be used to finance the rollout of Tizeti’s state-of-the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it will exhibit an artwork made by recycling an OLED TV packaging box at the Nike Art Gallery in Lagos, Nigeria by the end of this year. The artwork was created in collaboration with the African climate change response NGO Solution 17 and a [...]
LAGOS, Nigeria, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — As part of its commitment to empowering more Nigerians, stimulating economic activities, and widening the broadband envelope in Africa with affordable broadband connectivity, West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider, Tizeti, has partnered with Microsoft Corp. to roll out high-speed Airband internet infrastructure in Oyo State. With forty [...]
LAGOS, Nigeria, Jan. 1, 2015 (Korea Bizwire) — The $100 Million Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme – an annual programme of training, funding and mentoring, designed to empower the next generation of African entrepreneurs – is now open for entries through its application portal http://www.tonyelumelufoundation.org/teep The flagship entrepreneurship programme from the Tony Elumelu Foundation opens [...]