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Nigeria News

Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre & Specialist Hospital (MRCC) opens doors in Lagos, bringing world-class cancer treatment to Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa

Purpose-built, fully equipped facility on Victoria Island is Nigeria’s first one-stop centre for cancer diagnosis & treatment; Facilities utilise cutting edge technology include an imaging centre with CT, mammogram, ultrasound, X-Ray machines, a laboratory and blood bank, two modular operating theatres, an eight-bed chemotherapy suite, a radiotherapy centre with a linear accelerator, fifteen en-suite inpatient rooms and in-house oncology and general pharmacies; Travel restrictions during the Covid 19 pandemic underscore the importance of in-country diagnosis of cancer and other chronic diseases. In support of the Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre & Specialist Hospital, the country’s first fully-equipped private oncology centre, GE Healthcare has completed the delivery and installati...
Nigeria News

Thomson Reuters, Adapt IT Expand Relationship to Prioritise Technological Agility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Download logoA newly expanded collaboration between Thomson Reuters (www.ThomsonReuters.com), a leading provider of business information services, and Adapt IT (www.AdaptIt.com), a reputed service provider of leading specialised software and digitally-led business solutions in Sub-Saharan Africa, will enable more businesses across the region gain competitive advantages through the technology solutions both provide. With economic recovery and growth for the region forecast at 2.7% for 2021 according to the World Bank, the drive for digital transformation across business in multiple industry sectors is accelerating following a year of contraction driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. The combined capabilities of Thomson Reuters and Adapt IT ensure a broader range of technology implementations, i...
Nigeria News

Kaspersky strengthens West African footprint

As part of its strategy to grow its business in West Africa, Kaspersky (https://africa.kaspersky.com) has partnered with value-added distributor DataGroupIT who will provide the global cybersecurity company with access to new markets in Nigeria and Ghana. “DataGroupIT is a well-known distributor in Africa with a clear value-add when it comes to generating focused business growth, especially in the enterprise segment. It also has the capacity to support the Kaspersky business logistically and provide valuable technical expertise on Kaspersky solutions,” says Lehan van den Heever, Enterprise Cyber Security Advisor for Kaspersky in Africa. DataGroupIT has more than 1 000 clients in over 15 Sub-Saharan African countries with its professional teams delivering exceptional sal...
Nigeria News, Startups

The SEC’s Circular On The Trading Of Foreign Securities By Investment Platforms In Nigeria

By Ibrahim Moshood, Associate, Centurion Law Group The apex regulator of securities in Nigeria, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has issued a circular, with respect to technology investment platforms providing the Nigerian public with access to foreign securities. The circular dated 8 April 2021, issues a strong warning to these investment platforms and Capital Market Operators (“CMOs”) in partnership with them to provide brokerage services. Both categories of players in the financial space were warned to desist from providing the Nigerian public, with access to foreign securities. This is pivoted on the grounds that these securities are neither registered with the SEC nor listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE”). From 2018, technology start-ups have pioneered major disr...
Nigeria News

The Central Bank Of Nigeria’s Naira For Dollar Scheme

By Ibrahim Moshood, Associate, Centurion Law Group The “Naira 4 Dollar” Policy With a considerable amount of its population in the diaspora[1], Nigeria is one of the top three African destinations receiving the largest inflow of foreign remittances at over USD 24 Billion in the last quarter of 2020.[2]  In an effort to sustain and encourage the inflow of these remittances, the Central Bank of Nigeria has introduced the “Naira 4 Dollar Scheme” on 5 March 2021. This scheme is scheduled to take effect from 8 March 2021 to 8 May 2021. Foreign remittances are quite important to the Nigerian economy, contributing over 83% to the National budgets between 2018 and 2019. [3] Recall that in November 2020, the CBN had issued a circular to authorized dealers and the public stating principally that, be...
54gene unveils world-class scientific research laboratory in Lagos State, Nigeria
Medicine, Nigeria News, Science

54gene unveils world-class scientific research laboratory in Lagos State, Nigeria

54gene has unveiled its new lab in Lagos State, Nigeria, capable of human whole genome sequencing and a variety of other scientific investigations. Hosting a suite of world-class molecular genomics capabilities, including the Illumina Novaseq 6000 and NextSeq 550Dx the lab is part of 54gene’s mission to enable Africans to conduct genomics research and will be fully operational from January 2021. The new lab, recently inspected by the Commissioner of Health for Lagos State, Prof. Akin Abayomi, is geared to crucially expedite internal and external research projects designed to facilitate precision medicine for Africans and the global population. 54gene is currently conducting research to discover novel biological insights based on genetic modifiers, by deriving information from its unique a...
Illumina collaborates with 54gene in the creation of a world-class genomics facility in Nigeria
Medicine, Nigeria News, Science

Illumina collaborates with 54gene in the creation of a world-class genomics facility in Nigeria

Partnership will expand 54gene’s sequencing-based research and molecular diagnostics  capabilities with a focus on improving health outcomes through precision medicine 03 September, 2020,  Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) today announced a collaboration with  54gene, a health technology company whose mission is to advance precision medicine capabilities in Africa through research, advanced molecular diagnostics and clinical programs. The partnership will support the establishment of a new genetics facility in Lagos, Nigeria, equipped with a suite of Illumina's cutting-edge sequencing and high-density microarray technology platforms, which will generate genetic information for health research and drug development. Africa contains more genetic diversity than any other continent because the Afri...
Lagos Must Address Pollution in Order to Thrive
Nigeria News

Lagos Must Address Pollution in Order to Thrive

Africa is modernizing faster than anyone could have ever imagined.  African life expectancy has increased an astonishing eight years in the last decade, mostly due to technological leaps in medicine and health services.  Africa’s largest city, Lagos, is attracting international resources, and has become a destination for venture capital, due to the success of companies like Andela software, Vconnect and Sliide AirTime that are headquartered there.  Progress is storming African consciousness.  From Dakar to Nairobi, and Accra to Cape Town there is an investment and free market fever on the once Dark Continent that is now beaming with light. But along with all of this growth and technology has also come problems with urban swelling and pollution.  African cities, like Lagos, are struggling m...
Africa Travel, African News, Nigeria News

Carlson Rezidor announces the Radisson Blu Hotel, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group – born in early 2012 – is one of the world’s largest and most dynamic hotel groups. The portfolio of the Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group includes more than 1,300 hotels, a global footprint spanning 80 countries, a powerful set of global brands (Radisson Blu, Radisson®, Country Inns & Suites by CarlsonSM, Park Inn by Radisson, Hotel Missoni and Park Plaza®). In most of the group’s hotels, guests can benefit from the loyalty program Club Carlson, one of the most rewarding loyalty programs in the world. The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group and its brands employ more than 80,000 people. The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group is headquartered in Minneapolis, USA, and Brussels, Belgium. http://www.carlsonrezidor.com; http://www.rezidor.com   The Carlson Rezidor H...