Performance measurement and aviation competitiveness
Ekelem AirhihenAugust 16, 2022
BY EKELEM AIRHIHEN Ekelem Airhihen, a chartered accountant, is an airport customer experience specialist; and can be reached on ekyair@yahoo.com and +2348023125396 (text only) As aviation in Africa faces post pandemic challenges and the fallout from the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the aviation industry will look not only to operational efficiency but […]
Cookie consent or cookie manipulation?
Michael IreneAugust 15, 2022
The concept of consent is much more than what meets the individual’s eye when they reach a particular website. Cookies might be placed covertly on the individual’s device even before affirmatively activating the cookie and what’s more, most organisations make it extremely hard for most individuals to access websites if they don’t accept cookies. That […]
Wither Nigeria amid rising debt, crashing revenue?
Marcel OkekeAugust 8, 2022
The recent disclosure by Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria’s minister of finance, budget and national planning, that the federal government spent N1.93 trillion on debt servicing, which was 20 percent higher than the retained revenue (N1.63 trillion) between January and April 2022, literally opened up how a ‘can of worms’ the country’s fiscal profile has become. […]
Compulsory tax for individual productivity, national efficiency
OLUFEMI ADEDAMOLA OYEDELEAugust 7, 2022
BY OLUFEMI ADEDAMOLA OYEDELE Olufemi Adedamola Oyedele, MPhil. in Construction Management, managing director/CEO, Fame Oyster & Co. Nigeria, is an expert in real estate investment, a registered estate surveyor and valuer, and an experienced construction project manager. He can be reached on +2348137564200 (text only) or femoyede@gmail.com One of the characteristics of Third World […]
Securing privacy in Internet of Things(IoT)
Michael IreneAugust 7, 2022
These days we are connected to our smart watches, phones and iPad. And, we have now seen an avalanche of products having features that replicate the internet of things – our cars can, at a command, play songs we want, our fridge can nudge us to order milk or eggs and we can control our […]
Implementing the NIST Privacy Framework
Michael IreneAugust 2, 2022
Data breaches happen regularly and worldwide, which compromises the financial position of companies and put data subjects at risks. There are various ways to avoid these breaches or significantly reduce these breaches. One of those sure proven ways is by implementing the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) privacy framework. This is a tried-and-true […]
Ghana is taking up the carbon tax cue
Francis KokutseAugust 1, 2022
By Francis Kokutse. A popular saying among the Ewes of Ghana’s Volta Region, which is to the east of the country, states that, “when the drumbeats change, you change your steps as well.” For this reason, the Ghanaian government has taken a cue and is reacting accordingly to the global cry on climate change. […]
Role of Lagos as metaphor of commodities ecosystem
Anthony NlebemAugust 1, 2022
BY SOLA ONI. Lagos State governor, Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, at the weekend, demonstrated a clear understanding of the pivotal role of a commodities exchange towards accelerated economic growth and development. He strongly believes that Lagos is a commercial hub of Nigeria and should take a lead position in leveraging commodities ecosystem to grow the Nigerian […]
Integration as a business development strategy
OLUFEMI ADEDAMOLA OYEDELEAugust 1, 2022
BY OLUFEMI ADEDAMOLA OYEDELE. Businesses operate with the collaboration or cooperation of other businesses. This they do to derive the benefits of division of labour. A tomato ketchup manufacturing company requires apple cider vinegar, tomato paste, sea salt, sugar and maple syrup. It also requires containers for packing the ketchup, labels for branding and cardboard […]
On technology adoption and business development
OLUFEMI ADEDAMOLA OYEDELEJuly 25, 2022
BY OLUFEMI ADEDAMOLA OYEDELE. Ron Shevlin of Forbes in a 2021 article noted that a study, “In Cornerstone’s What’s Going On in Banking 2021”,, identified the top five technologies for that year as: 1) Digital account opening; 2) Application programming interfaces (APIs); 3) Video collaboration; 4) Procure to pay (P2P) application; and 5) Cloud computing.” […]