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The Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria has concluded plans to hold its 48th Annual General Meeting/Congress. The AGM/Congress will hold at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th July, 2021. The theme for this year’s AGM/Congress is “Boom, Gloom and Doom! Where do we sit?” Mr. Seyi Makinde, the Executive Governor of Oyo State, will be among prominent dignitaries at the 48th Annual General Meeting/Congress of the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria. The Governor is expected to declare open the AGM. The Honourable Minister...

E-BUSINESS The global new normal that has compelled all businesses, including commerce and banking to go online, has opened vista of opportunities for FinTech companies who develop the apps that connect businesses to the internet, writes Emma Okonji In the days of physical transactions, where gigantic structures were built for the ease of trading, not much was known about financial technology (FinTech) players, whose profession is about developing software applications (apps) for online transactions. As new technologies emerge, people began to see the need to transact online businesses via th...

Disruptive Ideas As emerging technologies continue to drive global economies, Nigerian tech startups, especially those in the financial technology space, are developing disrupting technology solutions and innovative ideas that will help Nigeria drift from oil economy to knowledge-based economy, last week THISDAY ran the first part of the publication profiling techpreneurs. Emma Okonji went to Yaba, the tech hub of the country to interact with some of them, who share their experiences The world has since shifted from the agrarian revolution to knowledge-based economy driven by technology innov...

The Middle East is entering a 'tech moment'. Startup formation is rising, venture funding exceeded $1 billion in 2020, and with Uber’s $3.1 billion acquisition of UAE mobility startup Careem, the region is seeing high profile exits. Despite this, the Middle East’s stock markets are not where they need to be to support the next level of digital innovation. The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are innovation hotspots and - according to data platform, MAGNITT - accounted for 68 per cent of VC deals in the region last year, but their respective stock exchanges still need to make the step up. These...

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