MTN profit jumps by 50% despite fines, others
South Africa’s MTN Group expects full-year headline earnings to rise as much as 50%, it said on Tuesday, still a slowdown from the previous year due to one-off items including…
CBN approves 6 companies for dairy products importation
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has approved six dairy companies operating in the country for the importation of milk products and its derivatives. The CBN made this known in…
Ports decongestion: no vessel diverted to Eastern port yet – NPA
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Tuesday said that no vessel had been diverted to the Eastern port 16-days after a joint decision was taken to decongest the ports The…
Nigeria secures $1 million U.S. grant for gas-fired power plant
GMD NNPC, Mele Kyari Nigeria will get a grant of more than $1 million from the U.S. government for technical and financial work on a power plant project in…
Adesina urges African heads to invest Africa’s sovereign wealth, pension funds in the continent
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) says sovereign wealth funds and pension funds of Africa should be invested in the continent, not elsewhere. The bank’s Communications…
AU Summit: Do more to stop illicit capital flows -AfDB president tells African leaders
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) has underscored the need for Africa to also do more to stop illicit capital flows. The bank’s Communications and External…
Konga Travel redefines luxury, takes clients to airport in Rolls Royce
Konga Travel and Tours, a 21st century lifestyle travel booking agency, has rolled out a special promo offering prospective customers a chance to be chauffeur-driven to the airport in a…
Wigwe, Access Bank and Transformational Leadership
By Ray Umukoro Access Bank is currently among the top five banks in Nigeria and was in 2015 ranked as one of the top 500 banks in the world by…
AfDB Joins TEF Programme Catalysing entrepreneurship across Africa
From Right to Left: Tony O. Elumelu, CON, Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation and Akinwunmi Adesina, President, African Development Bank (AfDB) at the 2019 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum – Africa’s…
50 young Africans benefit from $500,000 Scholarship funding under the AIIP
General Electric (GE) and the Africa Leadership University (ALU) have announced the kick-off of the 3rd cohort of the Africa Industrial Internet Programme (AIIP) which is aimed at equipping…