CLOSE-UP, LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT, NDA, HEIT CELEBRATE WORLD ORAL HEALTH DAY . . . KICK-OFF NEW WORLD RECORD TOOTH BRUSHING CHALLENGE

Leading oral care brand, Close-Up Toothpaste in partnership with Lagos State government, Nigerian Dental Association (NDA), HEIT Solutions, Vas2Net & Core Media has celebrated the World Oral Health Day to introduce the World Record Tooth Brushing Challenge and sensitise the public on the importance of proper oral care.

EMP Announces the Appointment of Tunde Coker as Regional Head of West Africa

Emerging Markets Payments ("EMP"), a leading African and Middle Eastern payments company, today announces the appointment of Tunde Coker as its Regional Head of West Africa.

"EMP's Bank Processing division provides card personalization, card hosting, card processing and ATM and POS driving services to 135 banks across the MENA region. 50 of these are in West Africa, which highlights the importance of this appointment," said Hoda Shoukry, EMP Bank Processing Division's CEO.

ORAL B CELEBRATES WORLD ORAL HEALTH DAY WITH NIGERIAN CHILDREN

Today, as part of the activities to commemorate World Oral Health day (WOHD), Oral-B demonstrated her purpose of promoting Oral health in Nigeria, by celebrating WOHD with Nigerian primary school children at an event hosted by the brand at Chrisland Primary School, Ikeja.

Nokia appoints Nick Imudia as Managing Director for West and Central Africa

Nokia announced the appointment of Nick Imudia as Managing Director for its West and Central Africa operations. Covering a territory that includes Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Liberia, Chad, Niger, Benin and Togo, Imudia will be based in the Nokia office in Lagos.

Nick Imudia joined Nokia in 1998 and has held several senior positions within the organization over the past 15 years, including Senior Manager for Retail IT Products and Systems, based out of Singapore; Director of Consumer and Marketing Solutions and Head of Sales and Marketing Solutions. Prior to his move to West Africa, Imudia was based in Finland as Director for the Sales and Marketing Capability Unit, a role in which he held global responsibility for all of the processes, tools and systems for the Nokia Sales and Marketing function.

Nigerian Idol Season III-“2 down….6 left”

Last weekend on Nigerian Idol, Kome and Dani Angus were evicted from the show leaving Safeeyat, Debie, Efezino, Jay-Feel, Abasiakan, and Moses in the competition.

Who among these 6 contestants will be evicted on the show this week? Which of the contestants will make it to the finale of the competition? Well, now you are the judge. Yes! The power lies in your hands. Keep voting to keep your favorite contestant in the competition, log on to www.nigerianidol.com. Voting closes at 12midnight on Wednesday.

Nigerian Idol is proudly brought to you by Etisalat, Nigeria’s fastest growing and most innovative telecommunication company.

Pictures From The MasterCard thought leadership Forum That Was Held In Lagos

                       

L-R: Enterprise Bank, Group head e-banking, Mrs. Ogba Ori, Guaranty Trust Bank, Assistant general manager, Mr. Deji Oguntonade, MasterCard Advisors, Global head acquiring knowledge centre, Mr. Philip Miller, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS),Executive Director Business Development, Mrs. Christabel Onyejekwe at the MasterCard thought leadership forum on Merchant Acquire, that held in Lagos on the March 7, 2013.

 

L-R: MasterCard Worldwide,Country Manager, Ms. Omokehinde Ojomuyide, Enterprise Bank, Group head e-banking, Mrs Ogba Ori, MasterCard Advisors, Global head acquiring knowledge centre, Mr. Philip Miller, Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), Executive Director Business Development, Mrs. Christabel Onyejekwe, KeyStone bank, Divisional head global transaction banking, Mrs. Uchenna Okwodu at the MasterCard thought leadership forum on Merchant Acquire, that held in Lagos on the March 7, 2013.

THREE NETWORKING PARADIGMS THAT WOULD AFFECT BUSINESS IN TODAYS ECONOMY

At a time when IT budgets remain relatively flat, IT organisations are faced with a number of major shifts in networking that cannot be ignored. Finding ways to keep pace with this shifting landscape and the rapid drumbeat of innovation is a challenge certainly, but even for those without limitless budgets, it’s not one which has to prove insurmountable. IT organisations must be pragmatic but also consider their technology choices carefully, protecting existing investments through the use of open technologies and looking at which projects need to be prioritised in line with the business’ priorities.


Broadly speaking there are three major trends within the networking space that are currently shaping the industry; convergence, distributed networking and software defined networks. These topics are not new to the table, but having been discussed for some time, they are now beginning to hit the mainstream in terms of the maturity of the technology and where they are on the corporate agenda.

BATN sustains agriculture sector development contributions in rural Nigeria ….. Rewards 209 Farmers at the 2013 BATN/BATIA Productivity Awards

 L-R: Aare of Ago Are, His Royal Highness Jubril Olagoke, Award recipient, Mr Toriola Adigun and Area Head, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs, British American Tobacco West Africa, Mr Freddy Messanvi at the BATN/BATIA Farmers Productivity Awards Ceremony in Iseyin, Oyo State.

British American Tobacco Nigeria on February 21, 2013 rewarded 209 deserving farmers as part of the 8^th annual British American Tobacco Iseyin Agronomy Farmers Productivity Awards Scheme.

The Farmers’ Productivity Awards Scheme is an initiative of British American Tobacco Iseyin Agronomy, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco Nigeria designed to improve the farmers’ productivity in terms of quality and volume of yield, as well as encourage their adherence to principles of environmental protection. Provisions of the program to farmers include technical support ,farming inputs, environment management, fair pricing through transparent and assured negotiations, socio-economic development and alternative sources of income through crop rotation which allows the farmers to plant other food crops have been in place since 2005.

Etisalat Group Offers Low-Cost Access to Social Media and Email via USSD to Emerging Markets....Partnership With Mahindra Comviva Makes Rich Web Applications Available On All Phones

Millions of mobile users owning basic mobile phones across Africa and Asia are now able to join the online community using a new low-cost USSD messaging service from Etisalat. This will provide access to email, social networking and messaging services, to basic mobile devices and feature phones at very affordable prices.

Etisalat Supports Quality Healthcare Delivery in Ekiti… donates 20KvA generator to Aramoko Ekiti General Hospital

The General Hospital, Aramoko, Ekiti State last week received a donation of a brand new 20kva generator from Etisalat Nigeria to aid its healthcare delivery services. The donation is part of the community relations initiatives of the fastest growing and most innovative telecommunication company, Etisalat Nigeria that has seen the company intervene in several key areas within its host communities across Nigeria.

Etisalat Capital Markets Day focuses on Providing Best In Class Customer Experience for Retail and Business

Etisalat, the leading emerging markets telecom group, with operations in 16 countries yesterday provided an update on its 2012 business, financial and commercial overview as well as the group’s strategy and regulatory environment at its annual Capital Markets Day event held at the Jumeriah Hotel, Abu Dhabi, focusing on its drive for growth of broadband and digital services through innovation, cost savings and productivity improvements.

Etisalat Renews Sponsorship Agreement

Etisalat Group, the leading telecommunications operator in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and FC Barcelona today announced the renewal of a four-year partnership agreement. The deal means the UAE-based company is FC Barcelona official partner in the UAE, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Niger, Gabon and Central Africa Republic.

The contract was signed during Mobile World Congress 2013 – a major event for the telecommunications industry taking place in Barcelona – at FC Barcelona’s stadium, Camp Nou, by Mr Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar, CEO of the Etisalat Group and Sandro Rosell, the president of FC Barcelona. They were accompanied by Steven Evans, Etisalat’s CEO for Nigeria, Khalid Al Kaf, CEO for Mobily (which operates in Saudi Arabia), Nagi Abboud, CEO for Atlantique Telecom, its Chief Regional Officer for Africa, Essa Al Haddad and Rainer Rathgeber, Etisalat Group’s Chief Commercial Officer.

Pictures from Etisalat, Generator Commissioning At Aramoko, Ekiti

  Chief Medical Director, General Hospital, Aramoko, Ekiti, Dr. Kayode Ogunjobi; Specialist, Government Relations, Etisalat Nigeria, Abbas Ismail; Chairman, Communications Committee, Ekiti West Federal Constituency 2, of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Oyetunde Ojo and His Royal Majesty, Alara of Aramoko, Ekiti, Oba Adeyemi, at the Commissioning of a 27KvA Generator, Donated by Etisalat Nigeria to Aramoko Ekiti General Hospital, Aramoko Ekiti, on Monday, 18^th February, 2013.

Oral-B continues its mobile dental clinic program

 Brand Operations Integration Leader, P&G, Mokutima Ajileye; Celebrity Endorser, Sidney Esiri (aka Dr. SID); and Brand Operations Integration Manager, P& G, Titilola Adetunji at the on-going Oral-B mobile dental clinic program organized to support oral health  by Procter and Gamble Nigeria held in Lagos  recently. 

Procter and Gamble(P&G), the world’s largest manufacturer of household goods has begun another phase of its ‘Oral-B mobile dental clinic’ program. The new phase of the program features traditional elements of the mobile clinic such as dental health checks by accredited dentists, in additional to the new‘Oral–B Winning Mouth Test’ which asks consumers to express why their dental hygiene routine leads to having a winning mouth.

Pampers builds capability of paediatricians in Nigeria; will sponsor up to 7 pediatric doctors to the United States for training and research.

Pampers, one of the leading brands of Procter & Gamble, announced that it will sponsor 7 Nigerian pediatric doctors to the United States of America (USA) for Observership and research scholar programs. This was announced at a press conference today in Enugu as part of the 44^th Annual conference of the Paediatric association of Nigeria

The program; called the Nurturing Childrens Development program is a partnership between Pampers and the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) with an objective of contributing towards improvement in the healthy development of infants and children worldwide. The program, fully funded by Pampers, consists of 2 month observerships and a 9 month research scholarship at the prestigious Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Centre- one of the top pediatric hospitals and child health research institutions in the United States which has produced some of the most renowned pediatric research scientists, including Dr. Albert Sabin, discoverer of the oral polio vaccine.

Winners Of The ‘Etisalat Prize for Innovation’ Celebrated

Chief Commercial Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Wael Ammar; Winner of Etisalat Prize for Innovation 2012 (Most Innovative Idea), Mr. Oyehmi Begho; with his business partner, Miss Nkemdilim Uwaje and Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr. Steven Evans, at the 2013 Etisalat Prize for Innovative Press Conference, held at Four Point By Sheraton, Victoria Island, Lagos, today, Thursday, 7th February, 2013.

Winners of the 1^st edition of the ‘Etisalat prize for Innovation’were celebrated at a media event held at the FourPoints by Sheraton Hotel in Lagos yesterday. The winners who were announced at the Africa Com Gala dinner held in Cape Town last year will be supported by Etisalat in further developing the two winning entries for product/idea of the competition, Mobile Maths Practice and i-Connect.

Etisalat Launches Pre-Order Campaign for Blackberry 10 with Surprise Packages

(L-R): CEO PTV Phones, Banji Adesanmi, Regional Director, East, Central and West Africa, Blackberry, Waldi Wepener, Head, Data Messaging, Applications & Devices, Etisalat Nigeria, Okung Ebiefie, Head of Retail, West Africa, Blackberry, Bridget Chukwumah, Director, Products & Services, Etisalat Nigeria, Lucas Dada and CEO, 1Number Nigeria, Adegbe Ogbeh, at the recent launch of Blackberry 10 in South Africa.

Nigeria’s most innovative and fastest growing telecommunication company, Etisalat, today announced the launch of its pre-order campaign for the latest Blackberry Smartphones. The BlackBerry® 10 range of smartphones recently launched at an event in South Africa are re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry platforms that create a new and unique mobile computing experience.

ORAL B Commends the Federal Ministry of Health on National Oral Care Policy

 In fulfillment of its mission of promoting Oral health in Nigeria, Oral B has partnered with the Federal Ministry of Health on the launch of the first ever National Oral Health care policy in Nigeria. The formal event which took place at the Transcorp Hilton hotel in Abuja was planned strategically as part of the celebration of the 2nd National Oral Health care week and saw the launch of the policy as well as the inauguration of the Senate President; Dr. David Mark GCON as the National Oral Health Champion.

Adidas Brand Comes to Nigeria

Adidas, the global sports brand, has opened two stores in Nigeria through its Strategic Retail Partner, Mopheth Sport Nigeria Ltd, during the last quarter of 2012. The move demonstrates adidas’ intention to strengthen the brand in the vibrant Western African country. “Although we have always had a strong presence in Nigeria through the sponsorship of the Super Eagles, our product offering has been limited. As part of our growth into Africa, we have identified a well-established retail partner who is responsible for the rollout of adidas monobranded stores in Nigeria,” says Astrud Meintjes, the Senior Business Development Manager at adidas South Africa. The adidas brand entered the Nigerian market, when Mopheth opened the first adidas store in Lagos’ Ikeja City Mall in October 2012.This has been followed up, by the opening of a second store in the nation’s capital, Abuja, in December 2012.

Etisalat Nigeria, Eskimi provide extra value via Opera Mini

Social networking platform Eskimi and Etisalat Nigeria are providing users with quicker access to the social network through the speed-dial option on Etisalat's branded Opera Mini browser.  Etisalat's 3.75G data service will give added value on Eskimi through virtual currency and VIP packages. Eskimi has launched a promotional campaign targeting consumers and subscribers.