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Nigeria’s poverty reduction suffers setback
Just 17 percent of Nigerian workers hold the wage jobs best able to lift people out of poverty.
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LearnHub Institute hosts maiden Women, Wealth and Real Estate Conference
The hybrid conference is set to hold at the Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on 31 March 2022.
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Access Bank supports the Climate Leadership Fellowship
Tackling the climate crisis through sustainable actions is of utmost importance to Access Bank.
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Serial entrepreneur Peter Adejoh opens luxury hotel in Abuja
Through his Camey & Rock Platform Holdings, Peter Adejoh’s businesses are in banking, fintech, and real estate, with ...
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African internet economy will double by 2025 – study
Healthcare is the sector that will see the most benefit from increased connectivity, followed by e-commerce, media and ...
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Afreximbank raises $1.2 billion in boost to African trade post-Covid
The proceeds from the facility are earmarked for refinancing existing facilities and general corporate purposes.
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ESG Shariah funds to experience strong growth
Respondents believe that if investment products were certified as both Shariah- and ESG-compliant more non-Muslims than Muslims ...
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AfDB approves historic health infrastructure strategy
Africa's healthcare system needs around $26 billion in annual capital investments to revamp.
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UK’s Ministry of Defence achieving its sustainability goals –GlobalData
By 2025, the ESG practices of prospective partner companies will be considered before the MoD awards any contracts, says defence ...
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AIM 2022 to boost investments in sustainability, innovation
The theme of the global investment event is “Investments in Sustainable Innovation for a Thriving Future.”
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Bank of Industry appoints RMB as Bookrunner for €700 million Eurobond
BOI, the first African national DFI to issue a public Eurobond, has a vision of transforming Nigeria’s industrial sector.
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World Bank to support domestic carbon storage in Nigeria
The initiative will identify promising sectors and private companies that can pilot new technologies for capturing, using, and ...
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Minister of Power, TCN’s CEO inspect transmission projects in Katsina
Only two system collapses occurred throughout 2021, a major milestone achievement compared to previous years when the system ...
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TLcom secures first close of $150 million pan-African tech fund
Launched in 1999, TLcom boasts one of the leading portfolios in African tech, featuring 12 startups including Andela, Ajua, ...
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IFAD announces shift to ethical investments
Going forward, IFAD will proactively increase its investments in green bonds and other ESG securities.
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IFC provides $15 million financing to GTBank Kenya to support businesses
IFC’s $15 million loan to GTBank Kenya is part of the $8 billion IFC Fast Track Covid-19 Facility launched in 2020.
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US already used more energy in 2022 than Africa will in the entire year
It took just the first 16 days of the year for the average US citizen to emit more carbon than the average Nigerian would in ...
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Cyber perils outrank Covid-19, broken supply chains as top business risk
2022 Allianz Risk Barometer also ranks cyber security as companies’ major environmental, social and governance (ESG) ...
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Climate risk and social crisis are top global risks in 2022 – WEF
Most experts believe a global economic recovery will be volatile and uneven over the next three years.
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Epson and Usain Bolt ink partnership to promote cartridge-free printing
Epson has recently refreshed its range of EcoTank printers enabling busy households and small offices to print documents at a ...
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Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas to succeed Gita Gopinath as IMF Chief Economist
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas received his PhD in 1996 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.