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  • Exhibitors woo partners to penetrate Nigerian market

    Exhibitors woo partners to penetrate Nigerian market

    Over 300 exhibitors from thirty countries are seeking distributors and partners for their products to penetrate Nigeria’s potentially burgeoning market.

    The exhibitors from across the globe are participating in the ongoing Food and Beverage West Africa Conference and Exhibition holding in Lagos.

    According to them, they are using the window of Africa’s largest trade facilitation programme to secure business relationship to cement ties between factories, distributors and consumers of wide range of products in the food processing, beverage and nutrition value chain.

    Speaking at the event, Exhibition Manager for BtoB Events Limited, Brad Smith, said the programme continues to facilitate marketing network opportunities for manufacturers of global brands to access potential markets in Nigeria and other West African countries.

    The organisers of the trade exhibition said such networking platform will see to the setting up of more companies in Nigeria as some of the exhibitors are securing partners who want them to site factories in Nigeria.

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    Smith said his companies is working with the Nigerian government to facilitate investment opportunities for foreign countries and companies who are willing to tap into the country’s huge market.

    He said: “The exhibition has provided a platform for good good companies to find  partners in Nigeria to sell their products. It looks d a perfect plan for Business people to network , get real buyers, by linking the factor with the market. 

    “This will continue to do to grow the Nigerian economy.”

    Also speaking president, Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NACCIMA), Chief Dele Kelvin Oye, lauded the organisers of the event: BtoB Events Limited for attracting companies with potential for foreign direct investment into NIgeria, saying there are vast potential yet to be tapped for business.

    He said despite the prevailing economic and insecurity climate, hundreds of exhibitors from over 30 countries have stormed Nigeria to showcase their product and seek partners.

    He called the federal government to bring about stability in the exchange rate and stimulate other incentives to attract more investors into the country.

    He said many companies, who only came to test the Nigerian market with their products are now considering setting up factories in the country.

  • Heineken partners ‘Design Fashion Africa’ for final showcase

    AFTER few weeks that had some budding fashion designers came together to compete for Design Fashion Africa’s grand prize, the stage is set for the final showcase in partnership with Heineken.

    The event which started on Thursday at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos ends today.

    The final event, to be held on October 5, will be a concert styled fashion show that will feature runway appearances from the freshly trained fashion designers, alongside some of the biggest names in the African fashion space and performances from African music superstars Burna Boy and Tiwa Savage.

    Design Fashion Africa’s vision remains to expose more upcoming designers to the world and help them commercialize their craft. The top ten finalists showcased at the runway.

    These finalists were part of the over 1000 participants who applied through an online challenge. Following their selection, they received some training at the DFA Fashion Academy boot camp, and got the opportunity to display their outfits and fashion accessories at the DFA Marketplace.

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    Speaking on why the international beer brand is supposed the fashion platform, the Senior Brand Manager Heineken, Mfon Bassey, said: “As an international brand present in 192 countries around the world, we are happy to be a part of this project. Heineken with its strides in African fashion inspires excellence by supporting a new generation of trendsetters and providing the needed spotlight to key players shaping the future of the industry. We are sure that by supporting Design Fashion Africa, we will continue to uphold African fashion and provide an experience that will shape fashion’s future in Africa.”

    While fashion lovers get thrilled by the display of style at the runway, music lovers will also have a great time with performances from amazing Nigerian music sensations, Tiwa Savage and Burna Boy.

    Announcing the grand finale, Felix King, CEO Oracle Experience, organisers of Design Fashion Africa, said that he and his team were leaving no stone unturned to see that everyone across Africa gets to feel this initiative. “We said we will expose these young talents to the world, and we have put in the work for that to happen.”

  • Nickelodeon’s Nickfest partners Maltina for 3rd edition

    Nigeria’s biggest family festival Nickelodeon NickFest Nigeria 2019 is set to hold its third edition in Lagos on September 28 and 29.

    Following a successful partnership in 2017 and 2018, Viacom International Media Networks Africa (VIMN Africa) is set in continuing its commitment to bring this fun family entertainment experience with Maltina.

    Promising to be a captivating weekend for kids and parents, this year’s NickFest Nigeria 2019 will involve singing and dancing and will feature superstar characters from Nickelodeon like SpongeBob SquarePants, Paw Patrol, The Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Shimmer and Shine.

    Executive Vice President and Managing Director of VIMN Africa and BET International Alex Okosi said: “NickFest Nigeria 2019 provides an amazing opportunity to bring children and families together for an awesome festival filled with their favourite Nickelodeon characters, superstar musicians and other engaging entertainment. It is through our continued partnership with Maltina that we are able to bring this memorable experience again to Nigeria.”

    Marketing Director of Nigerian Breweries Mr. Emmanuel Oriakhi said: “We are very proud to partner with Nickelodeon to bring all the excitement of Nickfest Nigeria to the family. Nickfest is one of those events that the family can enjoy and is an event that nourishes those precious family moments,” he added.

    NickFest Nigeria 2019 will welcome more than 6,000 children and families to the Federal Palace Hotel, transforming the venue into a bright orange Nickelodeon and Maltina wonderland, which will also feature Maltina’s happy character. The two-day event will also feature The Celebrity Slime Challenge, where popular personalities are slimed green in an effort to raise both awareness and funds for children’s support through NGO projects in Nigeria.

  • MultiChoice partners New York Film Academy

    MultiChoice has announced a partnership between its flagship initiative, the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF), and the New York Film Academy College of Visual and Performing Arts (NYFA), a world-renowned visual and performing arts school.

    According to MTF Academy’s Director (West Africa), Femi Odugbemi, the partnership is in line with MTF’s mission of igniting Africa’s already established creative industries through training and skills development, as well as to foster new and original programming.

    MTF Director Cheryl Uys-Alli added that MultiChoice’s commitment to partnering industry experts, such as the NYFA, is to promote and protect the growth of Africa’s creative industries. She noted that the endorsement of the MTF by NYFA confirms the film school’s continued efforts to the empowerment and development of filmmakers across the world.

    She said: “For more than a decade, the NYFA has supported African content creators and performers by hosting workshops across the continent, where the institution’s faculty has met with thousands of students in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Kenya and further bridged its hands-on intensive training in both the visual and performing arts as well as offering information sessions, auditions, and portfolio reviews to attendees.

    “Through this partnership, MultiChoice continues its commitment to boosting capacity in the continent’s creative industry.”

    NYFA Vice President Jim Miller said the institution is delighted to be part of the process to upgrade skills of African film and television professionals.

    “The New York Film Academy is honoured to be a part of the enrichment, development, and fostering of storytellers across Africa, a continent steeped in a rich history of dynamic, creative and passionate visual and performing artists

    “Over the years, NYFA has been privileged to have hosted hundreds of students—from dozens of African nations—many of whom have found outstanding success in their national industries when they returned home.

    “This MTF and NYFA collaboration is a natural extension of our commitment to help bolster the skills of talented African storytellers,” Miller said.

  • Agbakoba’s firm gets new head, partners

    The law firm of Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL) has named Bisi Akodu as its Managing Partner.

    She succeeds Mrs Priscilla Ogwemoh, who stepped down after over 20 years “with distinction”.

    The firm elevated Associate Partners, Babatunde Ogungbamila,Victor Akazue Nwakasi and Adebola Sobowale as substantive partners with effect from February 1.

    They joined the firm in 2013, 2005 and 2008, and have been instrumental to its success over the years, the firm’s management led by Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) said.

    Akodu has over 40 years’ experience in corporate and commercial practice, mergers and acquisitions, share and asset sales, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures and private equity transactions.

    She is a member of Financial System Strategy Vision 20-20, a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) initiative, to establish an International Financial Centre in Nigeria.

    She is a Fellow/Council member of the Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria (BRIPAN).

    Akodu has acted as legal counsel for numerous companies and corporations, including Westinghouse Corp., Philip Morris Nigeria Limited, Cadbury Nigeria Limited, Dornier GmbH, Thomas Wyatt Limited.

    She did extensive transactions for various banks during the banking consolidations of 2005 and has worked on collateral risk assessment audits for  banks.

    She has written on new financing models and is engaging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on establishing a crowdfunding framework in Nigeria.

    She provides commercial and solution-oriented advice to a wide range of banking clients on innovative solutions to their insolvency and bankruptcy concerns.

    Ogungbamila, who heads the Dispute Resolution Unit, has over 18 years post-call experience in dispute resolution.

    He has published several papers in international journals, including the Oil, Gas and Energy Law Journal (OGEL), that published his master’s thesis, which focused on options in increasing the bankability of project ûnancing transit pipelines in the face of the risk of obsolescing bargain.

    Ogungbamila is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a capital market consultant and is a member of the Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria and Insolvency International.

    Akazue, who heads the Corporate Commercial Unit, is an expert in corporate and commercial law advisory, administrative law, alternative dispute resolution (ADR), and regulatory reforms.

    An arbitrator, he has contributed to the development of ADR and its practice in Nigeria and Africa.

    He is s a Euromoney-trained professional on the subject of Troubled Assets Resolution and Recovery, handling receiverships on diverse assets for financial services sector clients.

    Akazue advises private and public sector clients both locally and internationally in relation to regulatory and compliance issues on Nigerian Business environment and has worked on complex assignments and trainings for multinationals and the Judiciary.

    He is the author of Administrative Legislation: Rule-Making in a Developing Economy, Troubled Assets Resolution.

    Sobowale, who heads the Debt Recovery & Insolvency Unit, is an astute litigator and has appeared in all superior courts of record in Nigeria.

    He has acted as counsel to the firm’s clients in several major commercial litigation disputes.

    He also renders advisory services to financial institutions and government agencies in resolving non-performing loans (NPLS).

    Sobowale is a member of the firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Group and has acted as counsel to both local and transnational parties in arbitral disputes.

    He is a member of the Business Recovery and Insolvency Practitioners Association of Nigeria and Insolvency International.

     

     

  • Shell, partners sign 300m cubic feet gas FID

    Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and its Joint Venture partners yesterday in Abuja, signed the Final Investment Decision (FID) agreement for a 300 million cubic feet of gas.

    The ceremony was witnessed by the Managing Director of Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, Mr. Nicholas Terraz and the Managing Director of Nigeria Agip Oil Company Limited, Mr. Lorenzo Fiorillo.

    SPDC had announced taking FID last December on the Assa North Gas Development Project which is one of the Seven Critical Gas Development Projects of the Federal Government.

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    The project, located in South-eastern Imo State, aims to position Nigeria as a regional hub for gas-based industries while complementing Federal Government’s aspiration for gas sufficiency for domestic consumption, power generation, and gas-based ammonia and urea fertilizers for farmers.

  • Army partners African Bar on rule of law

    The Nigerian Army has joined forces with the African Bar Association (AfBA) to promote the rule of law and human rights on the continent.

    Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, who said this while receiving  a delegation of the AfBA  led by its president, Mr. Hannibal Uwaifo, at the Army headquarters in Abuja,  commended AfBA for championing the interest and rights of Africans in general.

    He said: “We are happy to hear that one of our own, the Director of Army legal services, Major General Yusuf I. Shalangwa, is the head of the Army Committee of the AfBA.

    “We also appreciate what you have done in many African countries including Burundi, The Gambia, Sierra Leone and your efforts for the development of Africa, the promotion of human rights and the rule of law on the continent.

    “Our officers and men are up to the task in the challenges in the North Eastern part of the country including Boko Haram, Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and their efforts to blackmail the Nigerian military by threats to take them to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

    “Our rules of engagement are at par with international best practices, this is what we have done.

    “We are a very good team to collaborate with, to promote human rights and the rule of law. We have a lot of standing rules of engagement, policy guidelines and other publications that guide and regulate everything that we do and our engagement.

    “This also applies to our job on arrest, detention and interrogation of persons, all are done within the ambit of international best practices and the rule of law.

    “We have reputable international handbook on domestic and international laws guiding our conducts, that is a document policy of the Nigerian Armed Forces.

    “Above all, we have very high respect for the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

    “Definitely we will collaborate with you in the areas of training for our members in the area of workshops, seminars.

    “We have a very good collaboration with the NBA in the development of military justice system.”

    Earlier, Uwaifo commended the military for tackling the terrorism menace in the country. He intimated his hosts of the AfBA’s efforts in promoting democracy, human rights and rule of law in Africa and assured the military that the AfBA has all it takes to support the military to do its best for the country.

     

  • Vconnect partners Eskimi

    A Lithuania-based firm and largest programmatic network in Africa, Eskimi DSP, has partnered Vconnect, an indigenous online service marketplace, to introduce a new digital product into the country.

    Eskimi CEO, Vytas Paukstys, said: “We were always getting requests from banks and financial clients to be able to reach small and medium enterprise segment. It is very hard to separate and target this segment online. Our partnership with Vconnect introduces a new product in the market and we already are able to reach 50,000 small and medium business owners and  two million young professionals with intent to buy products and services.”

    Targeting small and medium enterprise segment helps to reach right users at the right time. So, narrowing down the segment for small and medium enterprise helps to save budget, allows to speak to right consumers and reach marketing goals, he added.

    Other segments will also target users by specific segment and products that consumers are looking on the Vconnect site. Companies can reach users, who are looking for generator repair professionals, insurance providers, IT service providers, electricians, among others. They can also reach the overall audience of Vconnect, which represents the higher socio-economic class, educated and urban consumer segment. The audience size is over two million.

    A statement said the partnership was launched based on Eskimi Audience and Inventory Extensionsolution, which enables publishers to enter data market and open new data revenue streams.

    Publishers, who have valuable and niche audiences, can use Eskimi Audience and Inventory Extension functionality to re-target their audience outside their site.

    This allows the increase of the reach and inventory of a specific audience up to two times.

  • Nigeria, partners target 26.2m people for yellow fever vaccination

    ABOUT 26.2 million people are expected to be vaccinated in the second round of a yellow fever campaign being conducted by the Federal Government and its partners, it was learnt yesterday.

    The campaign is taking place as Nigeria experiences a yellow fever outbreak since September 2017, with confirmed cases recorded in 27 local government areas across 14 states.

    The campaign, which is funded by Gavi, will run from today to December 1, 2018 and will target children and adults in Plateau, Sokoto, Kebbi, Niger and Borno states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    The first phase of the campaign took place in January and February 2018 in Kwara, Kogi and Zamfara states and parts of Borno State. About 8.7 million adults and children between the ages of nine months and 45 years of ages were vaccinated.

    A total of 39.9 million people are expected to be vaccinated against yellow fever this year.

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    Yellow fever is caused by a virus spread through the bite of infected mosquitos. Some patients can develop serious symptoms, including high fever and jaundice (yellowing of the skin and eyes), but the disease can be easily prevented by a vaccine that provides immunity for life.

    Hence, the present campaign, which is the biggest-ever yellow fever campaign, seeks to establish high population immunity nationwide and will be carried out by the government of Nigeria and support from the World Health Organisation (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and UNICEF.

    “Immunising more than 26 million people is a massive undertaking,” said Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa.

    “But this achievement will represent a huge step towards protecting people from the potentially deadly viral haemorrhagic disease in Nigeria and in the African region,” Moeti said.

     

  • Air Force partners Fire Service on safety

    The Commander 055 Nigeria Air Force, Rasak Olanrewaju, has said the Force will partner Lagos State Fire Service in fire prevention and safety.

    A statement yesterday by the Fire Service Chief Public Affairs Officer, Bola Ajao, said Olanrewaju made this known during his visit to the Directorate of Fire Service in Alausa, Ikeja.

    According to him, the Lagos Fire Service has become a masterstroke due to its professionalism, effectiveness and swift response to distress calls, as well as control and management disasters.

    The visit, Olanrewaju said, was in recognition of the similarities between the two institutions in the areas of safety and security of the citizenry, as well as the attendant risk involved in the discharge of duties.

    “Recognising the similarities in our calling and risk involved, it behoves us to continue to foster closer relationships and synergy towards improving our operational capabilities,” he said.

    The commander thanked the fire service for putting out the fire at the Force’s Victoria Island, Lagos facility.

    He said he was impressed with the modern equipment on ground at the station and effective response of the firefighters to disaster calls.

    Lagos Fire Service Acting Director Rasaki Musibau said there was need for harmonious working relationship between the Fire Service and other security formations.

    This, he said, would improve productivity and prevent loss of lives and property.

    Musibau decried attacks on firefighters by street urchins and sought other security formations’ support on the protection of firefighters while performing duties.

    He urged motorists to give right of way to fire service vehicles on safety mission, “as delay can result in calamity.”