African Leadership Magazine Blog

Telecom giant Huawei Technologies, together with the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy alongside Advocacy for Human Value Foundation, announced their donations of various ICT equipment to Al-Walidyn Charitable School in the Pantami community of Gombe State – Nigeria. The group also disclosed that they also wholly renovated a building at the same school. The news was made public during...

The advent of COVID-19 has accelerated the speed of tech adoption among companies, industries, and individuals. Before the arrival or COVID-19, many small and medium enterprises did not think it was possible to operate their businesses outside the office's four walls. Many companies viewed online engagements and home deliveries as being too risky, expensive, and cumbersome. On the corporate divide,...

Given the memorial held at the white house on Sunday, there were 20,000 void seats set up in dedication for those lost to the COVID-19 pandemic, even as President Donald Trump remained in the hospital himself following a positive diagnosis for the COVID 19 infection. The empty seats symbolised. “a fraction of the heartbreaking and unimaginable loss of 200,000 lives...

The meteoric rise of popular Nigerian skit makers Ikorodu Bois in recent times has continued as they get featured virtually on Steve Harvey's TV Show in America. The team of three comprises of Muiz Sanni, 15, Malik Sanni, 10, and their 13-year-old cousin Fawas Aina. Ikorodu Bois are popularly known to recreate thrillers of top Hollywood movies including seasonal movies...

Stripe, a US-based payments giant, is venturing its business into Africa by obtaining Lagos-based payments firm Paystack in an arrangement supposedly worth more than $200 million. Established in 2015 by Shola Akinlade and Ezra Olubi, Paystack tackled online payments in Nigeria. Via seamlessly interfacing all multi-channel payment alternatives with traders nationwide, it empowered them to acknowledge payments from around the globe...