At the just concluded Extraordinary General Meetings (EGMs) of both Access Bank Plc and Diamond Bank Plc held in Lagos, shareholders of both banks yesterday unanimously approved the merger of [ … ]
AfDB Approves $40m Infrastructure Lifeline for African Countries
An initiative approved by the African Development Bank (AfDB)which will serve as a new lifeline for infrastructure funding has been lined up for Nigeria and the rest of the continent’s [ … ]
EbonyLife Partner Sony To Produce TV Series
Ebony Life, a Nigerian production company and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have sealed a partnership to develop a series largely based on the Dahomey Amazons. The partnership was signed to co-develop [ … ]
Facebook Launches #SheMeansBusiness in Partnership With She Leads Africa
Facebook has launched #SheMeansBusiness, an initiative designed to inspire and train female entrepreneurs across the country to build, grow and start their own businesses.In a recent study conducted by Development [ … ]
Konga Taps Ex-Nokia Boss As CEO
A Finland-based Nigerian, Nick Imudia and former vice president of Nokia have been appointed the chief executive officer (CEO) by the board of Konga, Nigeria’s leading e-commerce giant. Imudia assumes [ … ]
BoI To Deepen Relationship With BDSPs For Economic Growth
Bank of Industry, BoI, in a bid to deepen financing of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, in Nigeria, said it has set up a mechanism to improve the relationship [ … ]
Black Female UK Diplomat Appointed High Commissioner
To change the overwhelmingly white, male face of the diplomatic service, the UK Foreign Office has appointed its first black female career diplomat as a high commissioner as it steps [ … ]
Sudan, Qatar To Sign $4 Billion Deal To Develop Red Sea Port
Sudan and Qatar will sign a $4 billion agreement to jointly develop the Red Sea port of Suakin off Sudan’s coast, Sudanese media quoted Transport Minister Makawi Mohamed Awad as [ … ]
Forty-four Countries Sign Historic African Union Free Trade Agreement
Forty-four African countries have signed up to a historic trade agreement aimed at paving the way for a liberalized market for goods and services across the continent. The African Continental [ … ]
Access Bank Partners PaySend To Drive African FinTech Penetration
Card-to-card payments disrupter and financial technology firm, PaySend, says it will continue to bring a new generation of money transfers to the African market through its new partnership with Access [ … ]
