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Ford Foundation appoints Aniagolu-Okoye Regional Director for West Africa
Aniagolu-Okoye to lead the foundation’s office of West Africa and oversee its grantmaking, external relations and local ...
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UK-backed initiative invites proposals for clean energy projects in Africa
Successful applicants stand to benefit from a host of financing services and support tailored to their unique circumstances and ...
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FirstBank plans fintech summit to hold on October 7
Ndubuisi Ekekwe, the Lead Faculty of Tekedia Institute, with a PhD in engineering from John Hopkins University, USA, will be ...
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SSA mobile financial services use more than triples in six yrs – Ericsson
The Ericsson Wallet Platform is already used by numerous Communications Service Providers worldwide to serve nearly 300 million ...
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Cape Town Stock Exchange to lure companies from Nigeria, others
Opening a stock exchange in South Africa’s so-called mother city of Cape Town has the advantage of being located where ...
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Africa’s continental payments system goes live
Afreximbank is acting as the main settlement agent for the platform in partnership with participating African central banks.
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European Investment Bank to increase impact outside the EU
EIB said its financing outside the EU in the last 10 years totalled €78 billion, of which €26.6 billion went to ...
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US, China make 90 pct of market cap. of world’s largest digital platforms
New UNCTAD report: The US approach focuses on control of data by the private sector, the Chinese model emphasizes control of ...
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Nigeria’s $4 billion Eurobonds success unlike to improve FX supply – ...
The country’s low stock of foreign currency-denominated debts masks the impact of the current exchange rate shocks and ...
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FirstBank expands its international money transfer network
FirstBank has been offering international funds transfer and remittances for over 25 years.
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Doing Business report to discontinue as probe indicts fmr World Bank chiefs
The World Bank had announced it would suspend its annual Doing Business report, saying "the integrity and impartiality of our ...
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UN calls for repurposing of $470 billion in global agricultural support
Global support to producers in the agricultural sector is projected to soar up more than three times to $1.759 trillion.
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Access Bank honoured at Global Finance 2021 Sustainable Finance Awards
Global Finance considered that Access Bank is the first African bank to be recognized as qualified for the 2X Challenge, an ...
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FCMB wins Best SME Bank in Africa and Nigeria awards
FCMB has provided over N23 billion loan guarantee support to SMEs with inadequate collateral or those in the start-up stage.
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Access More app, CSR initiatives earn Access Bank awards
Access Bank has invested N17.8 billion it its various CSR initiatives, reaching over 1,125 communities and more than 1.4 million ...
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Detail Commercial Solicitors announces management restructuring
“This announcement gives me great pleasure because it speaks to organic growth with flavourings of longevity, diversity, ...
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Groups call for citizens action against energy practices in South Africa
Organisers said climate justice and South Africa’s shared energy future demand action and that citizens are acting now.
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Revised ICGN Global Governance Principles approved
The revision includes focus on looking at companies and corporate governance holistically in terms of financial, natural and ...
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Facebook to expand undersea cable coverage in Africa
Just 40 percent of people in the continent of 1.2 billion people have internet access, according to the Council on Foreign ...
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BioNTech affirms commitment to produce vaccines in Africa
BioNTech, the co-developer of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, affirmed its intention to manufacture any vaccines arising from its ...
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AfDB, partners to mobilise $520 million for Nigerian agro-processing zones
Nigerian finance minister Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed named the seven states that will participate in Phase 1 of the programme as ...
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