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Chief Increase O. Uche, President, National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) and Board Member of Governing Council, Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding in Nigeria is an authority in freight forwarding and Maritime issues. He spoke with SUCCESS DAMIAN recently. Excerpt: Let us get your view on the performance of the Maritime Sector in 2018 Well, it was not all that uhuru, 2018 has come and gone, but we thank God that we are alive today. Speaking from the perspective of the freight forwarder, an assessment of the Maritime industry as a whole, I will simply say that what we really experienced throughout last year was what I could term as uncompleted project. Because from the various sectors of the maritime industry, we witnessed a lot of initiatives that were not completely executed. From the NIMASA that serves as the lead agency of the maritime industry, there were a lot of proposals, issues that have to do with fleet acquisition. ...

Success Damian: Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is evolving its 5G Platform with portfolio additions across core, radio access and transport areas, as well as service orchestration. These add-ons make the platform more dynamic and flexible, enabling service providers to smoothly evolve their networks and deploy 5G at scale. According to a release, the wide portfolio of Ericsson’s  5G Platform   is now further strengthened with a broad range of product launches, adding to previous introductions such as the unique Ericsson Spectrum Sharing, to facilitate an efficient, flexible and smooth evolution to 5G networks. Building upon an early focus on IoT, Ericsson’s 5G Platform now also serves as the most complete platform for enhanced mobile broadband and fixed wireless access use cases. Fredrik Jejdling, Executive Vice President and Head of Business Area Networks, Ericsson, says: “Ericsson has the portfolio in place for service providers to switch on 5G today and we are currentl...

Success Damian: TenticP Communications, a 21st-century innovative and multi-sectorial media company, has announced plans to hold the maiden edition of the Nigeria Corporate Services Conference (NCSC). Billed for Thursday, April 4, 2019 at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, the event with the theme: “Building a Sustainable Economic Growth through Quality Corporate Services Delivery”, is designed to be an annual event targeted at driving best practices and innovations in the delivery of quality corporate services by businesses, organisations, entrepreneurs and government agencies in Nigeria for economic growth. In a release made available to the media, the highpoint of the Conference will be the Nigeria Corporate Services Awards (NCSA), where notable Nigeria achievers in the corporate services world such as Mr. Akintola Williams, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, who is chairing the conference, would be honoured with distinguished recognition awards for their positive ...

Success Damain: Konga, Nigeria’s leading e-commerce giant, has extended its Payment On Delivery (POD) option to its teeming customers in Abuja, the nation’s capital effective Monday, February 4 th 2019. The payment service, which was relaunched on August 1st, 2018 started with customers in Lagos, with plans to extend same service to other states and locations nationwide. This development will come as thrilling news for millions of Nigerians, especially after Konga effectively achieved same day delivery of over 99 per cent of product orders in major cities in the last three months. Confirming the development, co-Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Konga Offline, Prince Nnamdi Ekeh, disclosed that the extension of the Payment on Delivery (POD) option to Abuja was a fulfilment of the commitment made to customers, even as he disclosed the determination of the company to cover more states in the country and improve overall customer experience. “Customers in Abuja and environs ...