AI in supply chains: Risk or revolution?
Michael Irene
March 11, 2025

In my work as a consultant, I have observed a concerning trend in how organisations approach the integration of AI within their supply chains. Too often, AI functionalities are simply switched on by suppliers without sufficient scrutiny from the businesses that engage them. This raises fundamental questions about the nature of initial contractual agreements, the […]
Aviation’s strong overall safety performance
EKELEM AIRHIHEN
March 11, 2025

IATA (International Air Transport Association) which represents some 340 airlines comprising more than 80 percent of global air traffic, recently released its 2024 Annual Safety Report. The report points out that the aviation industry delivered another year of strong overall performance on safety including showing improvements on the five-year average for several key parameters, though […]
Entrepreneurial knowledge ecosystem and the capital market nexus*
Uche Uwaleke
March 4, 2025

UCHE UWALEKE Uche Uwaleke, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D, professor of capital market, Department of Securities and Investment Management, Faculty of Administration, Nasarawa State University Keffi, delivered this excerpt as part of an inaugural lecture titled “Unlocking Wealth And Leveraging Entrepreneurial Knowledge Ecosystem: Understanding Capital Harnessing Essentials’ with the acronym UWALEKE UCHE, at the university on Wednesday, […]
You have to follow the money
TUNDE OYEDOYIN
March 4, 2025

TUNDE OYEDOYIN Tunde Oyedoyin is a London-based personal finance coach and founder of Money Intelligence Coaching Academy, a specialist academy of personal finance. He can be reached as follows: +447846089587 (WhatsApponly); E-mail: tu5oyed@gmail.com Seems a famous Londoner is loving it on the pages of this newspaper. Guess who? It’s no other than the illustrious […]
A strange passenger experience in Toronto
EKELEM AIRHIHEN
March 4, 2025

Delta Airline’s Bombardier CRJ900 crash-landed during the past week, tipped over and skidded down the runway, its fuel-laden right wing broke off, leaving behind a massive inferno. The plane continued skidding and rolled over. The aircraft arrived at the airport in Toronto from the US city of Minneapolis and was carrying 76 passengers and four […]
Can privacy professionals be everything at once?
Michael Irene
March 4, 2025

“We need to create more holistic professionals that have a vertical expertise in privacy but also horizontal knowledge in adjacent digital trust professions, as well as strengthen the collaboration of several actors of a digital ecosystem under a common framework.” — Dr. Chris Dimitriadis Chris Dimitriadis raises a crucial point about the evolution of […]
NAICOM, insurers, TETFUND, govts must ensure funding to produce actuaries
Pius Apere
March 4, 2025

PIUS APERE, PhD Dr Pius Apere, PhD, FCII, an actuarial scientist and chartered insurer, is chairman/CEO, Achor Actuarial Services Limited. He can be reached via comment@businessamlive.com Given the severe shortage of actuaries in Nigeria, how has this gap affected the insurance industry in terms of risk assessment, policy pricing, regulatory compliance, and overall sector […]
Affects risk assessment, policy pricing, regulatory compliance
GUS WIGGLE
March 4, 2025

GUS WIGGLE Gus Wiggle is the founder and principal consultant, Carefirst Consult The severe shortage of actuaries in Nigeria has significantly impacted the financial sector and the insurance industry more significantly. Presently, we have less than 100 qualified actuaries in the country and the insurance companies are struggling to have a share of this […]
It’s why Nigeria’s insurance pendulum favours general insurance
Chris Ikosa
March 4, 2025

CHUKWUMA ONONIWU Chukwuma Ononiwu is a doctoral fellow ICRMP-UK, DR.ICRMP-UK, FCILRM-NG, ACILRM-NG, an alumnus of Abia State University and Pan Atlantic University Lagos Business School, a certified professional insurance broker, and a certified risk management professional. He can be reached through riskswisepro@gmail.com and +234-903-596-8732 (WhatsApp only). Risk assessments are partly outsourced by life assurance underwriting […]
Are you still getting out of bed in pursuit of your financial goals?
TUNDE OYEDOYIN
February 25, 2025

TUNDE OYEDOYIN Tunde Oyedoyin is a London-based personal finance coach and founder of Money Intelligence Coaching Academy, a specialist academy of personal finance. He can be reached as follows: +447846089587 (WhatsApponly); E-mail: tu5oyed@gmail.com Believe it or not, a question my dad asked me over 50 years ago came to mind while thinking of this […]