Etisalat Hosts Career Summit for Corps Members

In fulfillment of its commitment to youth development and empowerment, Nigeria’s fastest growing and most innovative telecommunication company, Etisalat, recently hosted the 2012 Batch C members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Lagos and Abuja at the second edition of the 2012 Mind-the-Gap Career Summit sponsored by Etisalat. The session was designed by e-Green Services for national manpower development.

Pictures from Etisalat Merit Awards

Special Adviser to Ogun State Governor on Education, Mr. Tunji Abimbola; Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Education, Otunba Fatai Olukoga; Director, Products & Services, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Lucas Dada; Commissioner for Education, Ogun State, Barrister John Olusegun Odubela and Head, Regional Sales-Lagos & South-West, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Olujimi Tella, at the Etisalat Lagos Merit Awards, held at Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, December 5th.

Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Education, Otunba Fatai Olukoga; Commissioner for Education, Ogun State, Barrister John Olusegun Odubela and Director, Products & Services, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Lucas Dada, at the Etisalat Merit Awards, held at Renaissance Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, December 5th.

Pictures from the launch of Nokia Lumia 920 & 820

Country Manager, Microsoft Anglophone West Africa, Mr. Emmanuel Onyeje; Vice President, Nokia West Africa,
 Mr. James Rutherfoord and General Manger, Consumer Marketing, MTN Nigeria, Mr. Kola Oyeyemi, at the launch of Nokia Lumia 920 &820,
held at Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos, today, Tuesday, 20th November, 2012

 Country Manager, Microsoft Anglophone West Africa, Mr. Emmanuel Onyeje; Vice President, Nokia West Africa, Mr. James Rutherfoord and General Manger, Consumer Marketing, MTN Nigeria, Mr. Kola Oyeyemi, at the launch of Nokia Lumia 920 &820, held at Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos, today, Tuesday, 20th November, 2012

Jazz Masters, Fourplay take the Etisalat Stage At Lagos Jazz Series

Nigeria’s most innovative and fastest growing telecommunications company, Etisalat in partnership with Lagos Jazz Series last weekend treated jazz lovers to a night of eclectic performances by renowned contemporary jazz quartet from the United States, ‘Fourplay’, as well as popular Nigerian artistes at the waterfront of the Federal Palace Hotel in Victoria Island.

The event held on the second day of the Lagos Jazz Series at “The Etisalat Stage” and had performances by acclaimed masters of jazz, ‘Fourplay’ featuring the two time Grammy Award winning artist Bob James, Nathan East, Chuck Loeb and Harvey Mason. Opening act for the night was Nigerian Idol Season 2 first runner-up, Stephen Onochie who set the mood by performing Jazz classics by Louis Armstrong and Nat King.

Etisalat Highlights The Importance Of Effective Deployment Of Infrastructure For 4G Networks in Africa

Etisalat Nigeria’s Head, Turnkey Rollout of the Engineering and deployment department, Mr. Valentine Amadi has highlighted the need for telecommunication operators to effectively deploy 4G infrastructure for a new market in Africa. This call was made recently at the Africa Com conference and exhibition organized by Informa Telecoms and Media in Cape Town, South Africa.

Speaking during the Mobile Broadband and LTE sessions chaired by Jean-Pierre Bienaime, SVP Strategy & Communications Wholesale, Orange and Chairman, UMTS forum, he emphasized the importance of a review of existing infrastructure, regulatory, environmental and Government issues and the need for government to take over construction of service ducts on roads in Africa for telecoms installations.

Picture from Energy Institute Award 2012.

Otunba Olugbenga Odusanya, Director -Synergyn Oil U.K. LTD; with Collin Jackson CBE - World/European Hurdles Champion & BBC Sports Broadcaster, who was the Special Guest of Honour at 'Energy Institute Award 2012' in London, yesterday, November 27th,  2012.

Sinelimit, Future Software Emerge Winners of Etisalat Nigeria Prize for Innovation

Sinelimit and iConnect Project have emerged winners of the first edition of the ‘Etisalat Nigeria Prize for Innovation’ organized by Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat. This award which is aimed at encouraging and celebrating valuable innovation in the African market was presented at the AfricaCom awards Gala Dinner held at the Waterfront Lookout, Cape Town South Africa, on the 15^th of November 2012 as part of the Africa Com 2012 Conference.

Pictures from Etisalat Customer Forum, Akure

Pix 1 (L-R): Head, Mass Market Segment, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Idowu Adesokan; the Iyalode of Akure Kingdom, Chief Mrs. Cecilia Omotunde Maradesa and Director, IT Strategy, Planning & Architecture, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Otuyemi Otule, at the Etisalat Customer Forum, held at Sunview Hotel, Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State, on Friday, 9th November 2012.

 

Director, IT Strategy, Planning & Architecture, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Otuyemi Otule; Head, Customer Experience & Retention Management, Mrs. Biola Edun and Head, Mass Market Segment, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Idowu Adesokan, at the Etisalat Customer Forum, held at Sunview Hotel, Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State, on Friday, 9th November 2012.

Pictures from the Nokia 30 Amazing Days final prize presentation

(L-R): Assistant Director/Co-ordinator, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Lagos Zonal Office, Mr. Obi Iregbu; Retail Marketing Manager, Mr. Olajide Adeyemi, winner of a Sony HD TV set, Miss Olaniran Fasilat and Marketing Manager, Nokia West Africa, Mr. Kesiena Ogbemi, at the final prize presentation in the Nokia 30 Amazing Days Promo, held at Nokia Office, Victoria Island, today, Friday, 2nd November, 2012.

(L-R):  Retail Marketing Manager, Mr. Olajide Adeyemi, winner of an all expense paid trip to
Dubai, Miss Obielusi Lilian; Assistant Director/Co-ordinator, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Lagos Zonal Office, Mr. Obi Iregbu and Makrketing Manager, Nokia West Africa, Mr. Kesiena Ogbemi, at the final prize presentation in the Nokia 30 Amazing Days Promo, held at Nokia Office, Victoria Island, today, Friday, 2nd November, 2012. 

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Etisalat Sponsors African Patrons Cup Polo Tournament

Nigeria's leading and most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat has taken on the title sponsorship of the African Patrons Cup International Polo Tournament which is currently taking place at the international Fifth Chukker Polo and Country Club in Kaduna. The first week of the low goal tournament took place last weekend, with the second week of high goal polo scheduled for November 1 to November 4.

Guinness explains 18 per cent slide in profit

GUINNESS Nigeria Plc has attributed the 18 per cent drop in profit after tax for the financial year ended June 2012 to distribution cost incurred from its N52 bilion capacity expansion investment, as well as the interest charges incurred inform of overdraft from support received from the investment.

The Managing Director of the company, Seni Adetu, while addressing journalists yesterday at a press briefing to announce the forth coming yearly general meeting of the company, explained that the cost incurred during the year from the capacity expansion programme which is expected to reposition the company from low capacity to almost very adequate capacity in the long run with the interest charges from the support the company received from the investment were reasons behind the decline in profit after tax.

Nokia Partners Airtel on Nokia Lumia 900, 710, 610 Smartphones

General Manager, Nokia West-Africa, Mr. Chris Brown; Chief Marketing Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Olu AKanmu and Head, Sales Operations, Nokia West Africa, Mr. Ladi Oyatayo, at the promotional launch of Airtel special consumer promo on the Nokia Lumia 900,710 & 610 Smartphones, held at Nokia Office, Victoria Island

Leading phone manufacturer, Nokia in partnership with leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria have embarked on a special consumer promotion for the new Nokia Lumia range of products now shipping in Nigeria. The promotion which will kick-off on the 22nd of October 2012 will deliver exciting benefits to consumers who purchase the Lumia 900, 710 & 610 over the period.

BA’s First Airbus A380 ‘Super-jumbo’ Aircraft Reaches Milestone

The building of British Airways’ first Airbus A380 ‘Super-jumbo’ aircraft reached a major milestone this week, with the installation of the four giant Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines.

The engines, which each produce 70,000 lbs of thrust (or approximately 30,000 horsepower, the equivalent of 300 family cars), were attached to aircraft ‘MSN095’, the first of 12 A380s the airline has on order.

The aircraft is due to be delivered to British Airways in July next year.

Visafone Nigeria becomes 1st CDMA operator to launch BlackBerry Services.

Visafone Nigeria will on Friday 26th October, launch BlackBerry Internet Service for the first CDMA BlackBerry service in Nigeria (in the whole Europe, Middle East and Africa region actually). Waldi Wepener, Regional Director for RIM in East, Central and West Africa, said, “We are proud to support Visafone with the launch of the BlackBerry solution to their customers in Nigeria, and to bring CDMA-enabled BlackBerry smartphones to the region with Visafone for the first time.

MTN Nigeria offers software for microbanks as cloud service

MTN Nigeria has introduced new banking software, called MTN XaaS, for up-and-coming banks in the West African nation. The new service platform is part of efforts to improve the operations of microfinance banking in that country. According to MTN, the new software platform could save microfinance banks up to 70 percent of the traditional costs involved in procuring, hosting and implementing typical banking software.

Etisalat Celebrate Four Years of Innovation

Etisalat is 4 and Fabulous!

On October 23rd 2008, Etisalat Nigeria commenced commercial operations in Nigeria and today,we are celebrating our 4th anniversary with all Nigerians!

Celebrate with us as we commemorate every successful endeavor we have shared with the great people of Nigeria!

Thank you for choosing Etisalat. 0809ja for life!!

Pictures from the Etisalat sponsored Classical Concert, MUSON Festival

(L-R) MUSON Resident Pianist, Dr. Babatunde Sosan; MUSON Artistic Director, Mr. Thomas Kanitz; Head, High Value Events and Sponsorships, Etisalat Nigeria, Ms. Ebi Atawodi; Chairman, MUSON, Bashorun J.K. Randle; and Vice-Chairman, MUSON, Architect Kitoyi Ibare-Akinsan at the Etisalat sponsored Classical Concert during the MUSON Festival 2012 on Sunday, October 21.

 

(L-R) Chairman, MUSON, Bashorun J.K. Randle; Head, High Value Events and Sponsorships, Etisalat Nigeria, Ms. Ebi Atawodi; and Chief Executive Officer, MUSON, Mr. Sola Omole at the Etisalat sponsored Classical Concert during the MUSON Festival 2012 on Sunday, October 21.

Nokia Rewards More Customers in 30 Amazing Days Promo

(L-R): Partner Manager, Developer Experience, Nokia West Africa, Mr. Olumide Balogun; winner of a Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone, Mr. Germaine Ogunwole; winner of 12 months fuel Voucher, Mr. Joseph Osadolor; Winner of an HP Laptop, Miss Funmilade Mustapha and Marketing Manager, Nokia West Africa, Mr. Kesiena Ogbemi at the 3^rd prize presentation of the on-going Nokia 30 Amazing Days Promo, held at Nokia Office, Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday, 19^th October

Global phone manufacturer, Nokia, has rewarded more winners with fantastic prizes in its ongoing 30 Amazing Days Promo. The latest winners include Believe Araka, winner of a wardrobe shopping voucher worth N100,000 to Twice as Nice; Abayomi Julius, winner of an Air Conditioner; Olatunbosun Fasipe, winner of recharge cards for 6 months; Joseph Osadolor, winner of 12 months fuel voucher; Funmilade Mustapha, winner of an HP Laptop; Germaine Ogunwole, winner of a Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone, and Opasupo Olayinka, winner of an Home Theater system, among many others.

Nokia Business Women Launch Event

(L-R): Vice President, Nokia West-Africa, James Rutherford; Founder, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, Cherie Blair and Global Head & Vice President, Nokia Life, Jawahar Kanjilal, at the Nokia Business Women Launch event, held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, today, Thursday, 23^rd.

Etisalat Nigeria Launched EasyAdz

 (L-R) Manager, Digital Media, Etisalat Nigeria, Mrs. Chineye Faleye; Chief Commercial Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Wael Ammar; Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Steven Evans and Country Senior Officer, Nigeria, Alcatel, Mr. Hatim Zougari, at the official launch of Etisalat EasyAdz, held at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, today, Tuesday, August 14^th, 2012. 

Nokia Danfo Competition

Pictures From the Nokia Danfo Competition Event

(L-R) Olajide Adeyemi, Retail Manager, Nokia West-Africa, One of the Winners of N100,000.00 of Nokia Danfo Reloaded Competition, Udosoh Aniema, and Teemu Kijaarvi, Head, Developer Experience , Nokia West Africa, at the prize presentation for the first draw of Nokia Danfo reloaded competition, held at Nokia office, Victoria Island, Lagos, yesterday, August, 15th 2012.

(L-R) Olajide Adeyemi, Retail Manager, Nokia West-Africa, One of the Winners of N100,000.00 of Nokia Danfo Reloaded Competition, Chigbu Ebuka Sam, and  Olufikayo Aremu, Planning & Analytics Manager, at the prize presentation for the first draw of Nokia Danfo reloaded competition, held at Nokia office, Victoria Island, Lagos, yesterday, August, 15th 2012.

Etisalat Introduces Prize for Innovation at Africa Com 2012 Awards

Nigeria’s fastest growing and most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat has announced the launch of the first edition of the ‘Etisalat Prize for Innovation’ to reward the most innovative existing mobile broadband product or service in Africa. The award which will be one of the major attractions at the 15^th Annual Africa Com Conference scheduled to take place in Cape Town, South Africa in November 2012.

The ‘Etisalat Prize for Innovation’ is aimed at encouraging and celebrating valuable innovation in the African market and will be awarded in 2 categories; both prizes will be for driving or facilitating mobile broadband use in Africa. The first prize of $25, 000 is for the most innovative product or service launched in the last 12 months and a second prize of $10,000 for the most innovative idea.

British Airways Extends Summer Special for First, Business Class

British Airways today announced that due to high demand and positive response from her passengers, the sales period of the summer special sale has been extended from August 15 to August 31 for outbound travel before 1 September.

Etisalat Nigeria offers free data with Samsung Galaxy S III

Etisalat Nigeria has introduced the new Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone. New and existing prepaid and postpaid Etisalat subscribers who purchase the Samsung Galaxy S III at NGN 107,000 will receive 2.4GB worth of data free over 12 months. This includes a monthly 200 MB for 12 months. Customers can also get up to 30 percent extra data on smartphone voice plans.

Nokia introduces the new Game -Nokia Danfo Competition

Nokia introduces the new Game “Danfo Reloaded” on mobile phones. Danfo is a common slang for commercial buses in Lagos. In the game, the player plays as a “Danfo driver” and he also earns money as he proceeds. 

Players with the two highest scores each week will win N100,000 cash from Nokia. The competition runs for 5 weeks. Your score has to be uploaded on Nokia facebook page www.facebook.com/NokiaNigeria for it to count.

So quit your day jobs, get yourself a Nokia Asha 200, 201, 303 or 302 (available in different colours) and start playing.

Make sure you visit the Nokia Facebook page {facebook/NokiaNigeria.com} for all the updates about ‘Danfo Reloaded” and also check the scoreboard to keep track of how much better you have to play to beat the highest score.''

Nokia has launched its 808 PureView in Nigeria.

Nokia has launched its 808 PureView in Nigeria. 

The device will push the frontiers of mobile device functionality to a new level. The 41 mega pixel lens is set to give consumers an exciting new experience when it comes to digital photography on a mobile phone. 

Globacom launches Glo Flexi

Globacom has re-launched its dynamic tariff plan, Glo Flexi to give subscribers on the Glo network a discount of up to 40 percent on calls made to other networks in addition to the existing discount of up to 99 percent on Glo-to-Glo calls.

The benefit is the key feature in the Glo Flexi Reloaded tariff plan which was re-launched on Wednesday in Lagos. In August last year, Glo had launched the first dynamic tariff plan in Nigeria offering up to 99 percent discount on calls within the Glo network.

Speaking at the re-launch of the tariff plan in Lagos, Globacom’s Head of Marketing, Adeniyi Olukoya, said the new Glo Flexi Reloaded plan is an amazing package that offers the biggest discounts to Glo subscribers as they can talk for as low as 1k/sec on the network.

Subscribers on the Glo Flexi plan can also enjoy up to 200% bonus on recharges made on their phones.

He said that Glo Flexi was pioneered and now re-engineered in line with Globacom’s dynamic approach to introducing products a

MTN introduces new product

MTN Nigeria has introduced a dynamic tariff plan tagged: ‘MTN Zone’ to offer more value to customers. 

 The service is aimed at enabling subscribers enjoy as much as 100 per cent discount on their calls, depending on their locations.  Also, the development will help customers to make significant savings on their calls. 

The Chief Marketing Officer, MTN Nigeria, Mr. Larry Annetts, in a statement, said: “MTN Zone is a service which offers attractive discounts to customers depending on the prevailing discount rates available on the cell site from which the customer receives signal.” 

Annetts  said customers would be advised of discounts available in the area they are through a service called cell broadcast, adding that available discounts wiuld be displayed on the screens of their phones.

Nokia Lauches New Phone: Nokia 808 Pure View

(L-R): Celebrity Photographer, Kelechi Amadi-Obi; Nollywood Star Actress, Omoni Oboli and Marketing Manager, Nokia, West-Africa, Kesiena Ogbemi, at the Media Breakfast-Launch of Nokia 808 PureView, held at Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, today, Thursday, August 2nd.

Etisalat Pay A Courtesy Visit To APCON

                             

L-R: Registrar/Chief Executive, APCON, Alhaji Bello Kankarofi; Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Steven Evans,  and Chairman, APCON  governing council, Mr Lolu Akinwunmi, during Etisalat’s courtesy visit to APCON recently. 

 

L-R: Director, Regulatory & Government Affairs, Ibrahim Dikko;  Director, Brands and Communications, Mr. Enitan Denloye,  Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Steven Evans,  all of Etisalat Nigeria, Registrar/Chief Executive, APCON, Alhaji Bello Kankarofi, and Chariman,  APCON  governing council, Mr ‘Lolu Akinwunmi, during Etisalat’s courtesy visit to APCON recently.
 

Etisalat Launches Smartphone Plans with Voice and Data Benefits

Nigeria’s most innovative and fastest growing telecommunications company, Etisalat, has introduced a new and exciting range of Data Plans for Smartphones that also offers subscribers a national call rate of 20k/sec from the very first second with no access fees. In addition, the launch of the Smartphone Voice Plans  also offers an instant bonus promotion of 30% extra data on any of the data plans in this range.

Etisalat offers subscribers new blackberry voice plan with exciting free subscription promotion

Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat has come out with a new blackberry plan for its subscribers. The new Blackberry Voice Plan offers subscribers a national call rate of 20k/sec from the very first second with no daily access fees. As part of this launch, Etisalat is also offering a consumer promo tagged “Blackberry 2 for 1 promo” that rewards new Blackberry users who activate their BB Voice Complete or BIS Voice monthly plans for two consecutive months with a third month free subscription. This promo is an  opt-in promo and will run  between July and September 2012.

Intervain 50 Blackberry users smile @ Etisalat’s promo

Over 50 Blackberry subscribers on Etisalat Nigeria recently smiled home after participation in the Recharge and Win promo.

These subscribers went home with two months free internet subscriptions on Etisalat’s Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) plan in the on-going hourly recharge and win blackberry promo, which kicked off on January 1, 2012.

Speaking during the presentation which took place at the Etisalat Experience Centre, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Director, Marketing Segments and Strategy, Oluwole Rawa said that the company is using the promo to give away over 2,000 blackberry phones to customers.

“Etisalat will be giving out a blackberry device every hour for the next three months. This implies that 24 blackberry phones will be given out daily to our customers between January and March, 2012,” he declared, adding that this is Etisalat’s way to further make life and communication easier and better in addition to appreciating loyal customers for always supporting us.