Business & Finance
East Africa Trade Bloc Enlists Somalia as Eighth Member
The East African Community trade bloc enlists Somalia as its eighth member on Friday, November 24, a move Somali authorities...
Dollar, Euro and Pounds To Naira Exchange Rate For Today, November 18 2023
As of today, November18 in Lagos, Abuja and Kano, here are the exchange rates for the Nigerian Naira (NGN) to...
The ILO and NECA have unveiled an action plan to encourage women’s entrepreneurship.
The International Labour Organization (ILO), in conjunction with the Nigeria Employers' Consultative Association (NECA), has launched the Women Entrepreneurs Self-Check...
Women-owned Businesses in Nigeria to Receive with $100m From the United Kingdom
Women-owned businesses in Nigeria will be receiving $100 million worth of investment from the United Kingdom, this, is according to...
YouTube to Encourage African Creators with Five-Figure Monetary Grants.
Global video-sharing company and Google product, YouTube, has announced its intent to launch $20,000 and $50,000 grants, in a bid...
MTN Nigeria in Debt as it Borrows €100m for 4G Network Operations
MTN Nigeria has just taken out a €100 million loan from the European Investment Bank -EIB, to finance its 4G...
Elon Musk Announces Plan to Compensate Content Creators
Elon Musk has just announced to Twitter advertisers that he isn’t buying the social media company to make more money,...
Polaris Bank Appoints New Managing Director
The new owners of Polaris Bank Limited, Strategic Capital Investment Limited -SCIL, had on Friday announced a new management team...
President Buhari Signs Nigeria Start-up Bill into Law
President Muhammadu Buhari, today, October 19, signed the country’s start-up bill into law which was passed by the National Assembly...
Nigerian Government to Confer Flutterwave CEO, Stella Adadevoh, and Others with National Honors
The Federal Government of Nigeria has listed the Chief Executive Officer of Flutterwave, Olugbenga Agboola, the deceased Dr. Stella Ameyo...
Sterling Bank Restructures, Changes Its Name to Sterling Financial Holdings.
Sterling Bank Restructures, Changes Its Name to Sterling Financial Holdings. Nigerian bank, Sterling Bank PLC has restructured and taken on...
Amazon, Microsoft, Google under Investigation for Suspicious Anticompetitive Behaviour.
Tech global giants: Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are currently being investigated by British media regulator, Ofcom, over suspicions of anticompetitive...
Ibukun Awosika Gets Appointed into New Position at Binance.
The current largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has appointed former First Bank of Nigeria -FBN Holdings chairman, Ibukun Awosika, to its...
HealthPlus’s controlling ownership acquired by mPharma
The majority ownership of HealthPlus, the top drugstore chain in Nigeria, has been acquired by mPharma, the foremost patient-centered technology-driven...
12 new Executive Directors join the African Development Bank
Twelve new Executive Directors, including five women, have joined the African Development Bank for a three-year term. The newly appointed...
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