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MTN drives financial inclusion in Imo with MoMo 1,000 agents

Just like the smart way it took the Nigerian GSM market by massive rollouts of telephone services in 2000/2001 and today, it had not been rivalled, it has began another jounrey of leadership at the Relief Market Plaza in Owerri,…

Just in: Dangote Group, Togo seal deal to jointly develop Phosphate into Fertiliser

Dangote Industries Limited and the Government of Togo (GoT), Friday sealed a deep pocket understanding to develop and transform Togolese phosphate into phosphate fertilizers for the West African sub-region; in a bid to improve consumption of the product in Africa….

Our procurement legal, institutional frameworks far from global best practices—Ezeh

Immediate past Director-General of Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and the former President, Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE), Emeka Moumah Ezeh, has decried that the Nigerian procurement process as it is runs afoul of global best practices. Speaking in Lagos…

Fidelity Bank has carved a niche in growing MSMEs in Nigeria—Rusewe

…As GMD explains targets of GAIM Season 4 promo President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Babatunde Ruwase, Wednesday, described Fidelity Bank Plc as clear leaders in supporting the activities of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)…

Era of under-declaring over 80% of sea cargo to end with tracking note—Bello

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Shippers Council (NSC), Barr Hassan Bello, has assured that the days of importers and criminally minded clearing agents getting away with over 80 per cent under-declared goods at Nigerian ports are coming to an…

Fears over CBN’s method to recover N36bn loans from N’East farmers

The recent inauguration of committee in all local governments in the North-East to recover N36bn loans advanced to farmers by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has raised a serious issue bordering on how the loans were disbursed in the…

UBA sets record, unveils Self-Printing Debit Card Machine at Lagos Trade Fair

Continental leader in financial services, United Bank for Africa (UBA) have once more, came first in cutting edge technology for efficient and improved service delivery to its customers and African business community. This time, it launched a self-printing debit card…

Access Bank completes upgrade, fetes customers with free instant transfers

For their patience and understanding throughout the period of its technology and infrastructure upgrade and seamless systems integration, leading retail banking giant and largest financial institution in Africa, Access Bank is offering its customers, free instant transfers for a whole…

Elumelu in Paris summit, seeks private equity inflow into Africa’s SMEs

Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr Tony Elumelu, has stressed the importance of private equity inflow into Africa, with a focus on investing in small and medium scale businesses, the lifeblood…

2019 Lagos Int’l Trade fair begins today at TBS amidst closed border

The 2019 Lagos International Trade Fair (LITF), yearly put together by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), will kick off today at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island, Lagos. The exhibition is been arranged and organised every year…