Collaboration, resilience and sustainability in African aviation
EKELEM AIRHIHENDecember 26, 2022
The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and Air Senegal concluded the 54th annual general assembly (AGA) in Dakar, Senegal on 13th December, 2022. The government of Senegal gave active support to the event. The Assembly had the theme, “Acing the Roadmap to Sustainable African Aviation”. It called upon African airlines and air transport stakeholders to act […]
Before migrating to cloud here are things to consider
Michael IreneDecember 26, 2022
Most companies, these days, when asked about their IT infrastructures, or their data lifecycle management with especially storage and deletion, there is one word that hangs in the corner of most stakeholders’ mouth, it’s called cloud. It seems without existing in the cloud, most companies can’t survive. However, there is a caveat with the usage […]
7 reasons why you should read privacy notices (Privacy Policies)
Michael IreneDecember 19, 2022
There are many privacy notices in the world located on various websites. Not a lot of people read them and there are good reasons for that. They are long, quite ambiguous, and laden with flowery fluffy marketing terminologies that would make any human brain squirm. Facebook’s privacy notice has about 5,000+ words, Twitter’s privacy notice […]
Fit to fly with one identity in Africa
EKELEM AIRHIHENDecember 19, 2022
Airlines are working with IATA to digitalise the passenger experience at airports with contactless biometric enabled processes by a new industry standard. It is termed the One ID initiative. The new industry standard has been developed by the International Air Transport Association, which is the voice of the world’s airports. The aim of the standard […]
Three future privacy considerations
Michael IreneDecember 12, 2022
On the 8th of December 2022, I was opportune to be at the inaugural Picasso Privacy Award in London. The award housed various privacy professionals and other advocates of privacy, including Chief Executive Officers, CTOs, etc. The aim of the award, according to the organisers, is to celebrate and help establish a movement in the […]
Innovation and airport ground access
EKELEM AIRHIHENDecember 12, 2022
With the recent change of government in Kenya came the removal of fuel subsidy. Aviation in Africa will have to begin to plan not only for a future of renewable energy but also for disruptions that will come with innovations in ground access. Global fossil fuel consumption subsidies in 2021 have been estimated at $440 […]
Old employee appraisal is dead. Welcome, modern daily review!
OLUFEMI ADEDAMOLA OYEDELEDecember 12, 2022
Staff performance evaluations or employee appraisals are crucial for any organisation since they assist in determining employees’ contributions and an appropriate level of compensation for their efforts, such as a pay raise (pay rise) or award or reward or promotion or a combination of these. Effective quality assessment techniques also assist businesses in determining where […]
Technology dictates pace, nature, direction of energy transition
SUNNY CHUBA NWACHUKWUDecember 5, 2022
The discourse around energy transition has always been housed within economics especially because of its impact on global macroeconomics policy responses. But at the same time, it directly affects man’s survival tendencies from the very beginning of human existence (with detailed and unambiguous historical background and progressive trend that dates to the “stone age” of […]
Avoiding ‘devil’s excrement’ in oil discovery in northern Nigeria
Abubakar A. Nuhu-KokoDecember 5, 2022
BY ABUBAKAR A. NUHU-KOKO Abubakar A. Nuhu-Koko, a researcher in petroleum policy and economics, is founder and pioneer executive director, The Shehu Shagari World Institute for Leadership and Good Governance, Sokoto, Nigeria. He can be reached on +234 706 330 6887 or aanuhukoko4000@gmail.com Let me join in congratulating President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), who […]
On various data protection points
Michael IreneDecember 5, 2022
In this week’s article, I will touch on three key areas. First, the case of the Data Protection fines on Facebook (now Meta). Second, I will touch on the politics behind Data localisation and Globalisation and their place in data privacy. Third, I was in a privacy conference in London, 1st December 2022, and the privacy […]