For the past twenty years, African countries have passed laws and regulations on the usage data protection. This involves the collection, treatment, transmission, storage, and use of personal data by persons, the government, local authorities, and legal persons, as well as automated processing and non-automated processing of personal data contained in…
Africa’s Biggest National Carriers by Fleet Size Ethiopian Airlines dominates the African airspace and is 100% owned by the government. With a fleet of 131 and 38 on order (as at the time of this publication), Ethiopian Airlines has the largest fleet in Africa (and partnership deals with other African countries). Other…
Costs, Polling Units and Voters’ Register Over the years, Nigeria has faced issues relating to the voters register; the 2006 voters’ register for instance, had alien names like Hillary Clinton, Mike Tyson, Michael Jordan among others – this led to updates of the voters’ register (which cost money). Since 119,973 polling units were formed…
The Africa Cup of Nations tournament originally scheduled for June and July 2021, is being held in Cameroon between January 9 and February 6, 2022 with 24 African teams. There are 19 national teams with sport kits made by foreign companies while 5 national teams partnered with home-based companies. Of the 19 national teams…
Africa at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Of the 55 African countries that participated in the Olympics, only 13 won at las a medal at Tokyo 2020. Seven (7) of them won at least a gold medal while two (2) countries (Kenya and Uganda) won more than a gold medal. East African Countries produce the…
On December 9, 2020, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) embarked on another audit of the Subscriber Registration Database. This announcement led to the suspension of registration and sale of SIM cards by operators which was later lifted on April 19, 2021 with some new guidelines. From December 2020 to March 2021, there was…
The top African countries on the global list are from West Africa and Southern Africa. The African countries that ranked low on the list were from North Africa, East Africa and Central Africa. The lowest ranking country, Eritrea is the least ranked globally.
Internally Generated Revenue by Nigerian States from 2007 to 2020 From 2007 to 2020, Lagos’ IGR surpassed all other states even when there was a reduction in growth rate. In 2010 and 2015, the yoy (year-on-year) growth rate of Lagos’ IGR reduced. Most Nigerian States generate less than 50bn Naira revenue annually; only…
Company Income Taxes In 2020, Company Income Taxes fell to 2018 levels just after picking up from the 2016 dip. Both 2016 and 2020 were years Nigeria’s economy fell into recession. Professional Services and Banks & Financial Institutions are the sectors that contribute the highest income taxes. However, in 2020, Other Manufacturing was the second…
One Year After – COVID-19 in Nigeria In late February of 2020, the first case of #Coronavirus was confirmed in Nigeria. In June 2020, the highest number of monthly cases was reported. Mortality rate is the rate of deaths per confirmed cases. While mortality rate has been the highest in April and…