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Monday, April 23, 2018

Accenture Innovation Index 2018 entry opens

The call for entries into the Accenture Innovation Index for the year 2018 is now open, reports ITRealms.

Resources close to Accenture in Lagos, informed ITRealms that the rapid changes in the world are increasingly rewarding those who are innovating. 

Also, they noted that adoption of new ways of doing things is driving growth in companies, expanding opportunities in economies and increasing the quality of life in nations that embrace it.

The outliers in innovation and those who are improving their position have some things common - they bolster their innovation capacities through positive-sum policies such as investments in Research & Development, Education, Tax incentives for innovation that contribute positively to the global body of knowledge and stock of innovation.

The Accenture Nigeria’s Managing Director Financial services, Toluleke Adenmosun, told ITRealms that in partnership with The Lagos Business School and select C-Suites from tier one companies who are judges in the process, Accenture applies best practice research approaches to provide a confidential customized innovation diagnostic report that identifies each participant's innovation strengths and weaknesses; benchmarks their innovation within their industries; and presents strategies that may help them gain competitive advantage.

“The banking industry is evolving right now, requiring banks to navigate through significant challenges to not only maintain their profitability but to also increase their revenue and meet the customers dynamic demands.  The topic of “Innovation” is a critical discussion among the Banking C-Suites right now, as Banks are being pushed to think about innovation in new ways that were unimaginable just a decade ago,” said Adenmosun.

in addition, Accenture, he said, believes the biggest challenge banking in Nigeria is facing is keeping up with the changes in digital technology, consumer expectations and governmental regulations. Accenture has received a significant number of requests from banks asking for greater insight and assistance on Innovation in the first few months of 2016. And with a rapidly evolving ecosystem, banks must make innovation a part of their culture and rotate to the new.

"The Accenture Innovation Index 2018 will survey nearly 100 companies in banking and Fintech space – this will include interactions with these executives. This year’s index will focus on banking and the fintech industry that is driving an increasing number of solutions to customers in the financial services space. As companies in this space are pressured to innovative and create new products and services, their impact is shaping people’s lives and contributing to the improvement of living standards in the country. In subsequent editions other industries and their impact will be indexed to give an even broader view of the various industries strengths and the nation’s most advantageous attributes.

"Collaborating with us on this journey to document and highlight the topic of innovation, we are partnering with The Guardian newspapers and Techcabal to share the insights with you. This Index is designed to provide a national benchmark for innovation, providing businesses and policymakers with an authoritative and objective snapshot of the state of innovation within their organisations and in Nigeria," Adenmosun said.

Stressing, "We look forward to sharing the report and its findings with you once the process is completed. We are excited to see how our industry leaders compare with peers in other countries where we have conducted the survey."

Nenye Dom/GEE

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Sunday, August 14, 2016

Nigeria sets 2017 to commence AU free visa entry

The Federal Government has explained that the recently endorsed African Union (AU) passport which entitles citizens for free entry, reports ITRealms.

Disclosing this at the weekend’s Town Hall in Abuja, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, confirmed that African travelers will no longer be required to obtain visas to enter the country from 2017, although he was not precise on the takeoff time.

He said the visa free idea was in agreement with the African Union (AU) decision for a single passport and a visa free travel for all African citizens within the continent by 2020.

ITRealms gathered that the proposal is to boost integration in addition to enabling free movement of people and goods.

Recalling that Nigerians do not require visas to travel within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) but still encounter tough visa conditions imposed by other African countries in other regions.

The policy, he explained, will enlarge economic space for Nigerian people as 10 per cent of the trading is only among African countries, who mainly prefer formal trading with nations outside the continent.


“We are firmly in support of the African single passport and the proposed Free Trade Area in the continent from next year, which will enable Nigerian manufacturers and entrepreneur to have a larger market for their produce. Nigeria wants to extend the free movement of people across the continent beyond the ECOWAS as unrestricted movement of people will promote trade,’’ he said.

Onyeama emphasised that the government is ready to promote economic development in the country by attracting foreign direct investments in addition to promoting export and market access for Nigerian business men.

Chuks Egbune/ThisDay/GEE
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Pix: Geoffrey Onyeama

Monday, April 06, 2015

Visit Senegal from May 1 without visa



The Senegalese government will by May 1, 2015 commence implementation of its new tourism policy of entry without visa, reports ITRealms.

This came in the wake of suspected decline of business especially for enterprises along the coastlines over Ebola outbreak last year which is reportedly surfaced a few weeks back.

As said by President Macky Sall in a state address to Senegalese, this has become imperative to give boost to the tourism industry and nation’s economy at large.

He also proclaimed that government taxes on air fares would be revisited for the purpose of reducing it by at least half in order to make Senegal more competitive a destination.

Senegal, ITRealms gathered, recorded one case of Ebola last year, but since endeavoured to contain it.
 

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