The short film creatively explores in a cinematic form PIN’s 2020 annual digital rights and inclusion report Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a pan-African social enterprise working to advance digital rights and inclusion in Africa, will on Wednesday, October 20, release its second and latest short film entitled ‘FOCUS’ to the public on the YouTube platform where […]
Ecobank Day 2021’s focusing on Mental Health, and helping reduce stigma and discrimination The leading pan-African banking group, the Ecobank Group, is celebrating its ninth Ecobank Day, which is the Group’s flagship annual corporate and social responsibility event that ‘gives back’ to the local communities across its pan-African footprint. This year Ecobank Day will be
…MTN, Most Popular Brand For the fourth time in a row, Dangote Group, a fully integrated Conglomerate and proudly Nigeria brand has again emerged as the most Valuable brand in Nigeria while the MTN Nigeria trailed as the Most Popular brand in the new Top of the Mind (TOM) survey conducted among corporate executives in
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By Eyo Nsima An Economist, weekend, urged the federal government to reform the foreign exchange market, address forex liquidity issues, insecurity, high transportation cost, fiscal deficit monetization, climate change, restore normalcy and good order at the nation’s ports, reduce import duty on intermediate products and raw materials for industries, reduce high energy cost and create
By Eyo Nsima Standard Chartered is partnering with Demica, a leading fintech specialising in working capital solutions, to transform access to the Bank’s supplier finance programmes, allowing easier enrolment for thousands of suppliers through an online portal while delivering a world-class experience for the Bank’s customers. The partnership will commence with the roll out of
By Eyo Nsima Standard Chartered and Atome Financial have concluded a 10-year multi-product strategic partnership, combining their strengths in finance and technology to deliver a wide range of financial services to consumers and merchants across key markets in Asia. Atome Financial is a business unit under Advance Intelligence Group, which recently closed a USD 400M+
.Plans to hit 50% income from digital initiatives, innovation By Eyo Nsima The Standard Chartered, a leading international banking group, with a presence in 59 of the world’s most dynamic markets, and serving clients in a further 85, has concluded plans to actualise strategic investment in new platforms, partnerships and ventures. It a statement obtained
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By Eyo Nsima The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has issued new guidelines on the disposal of Non-Permissible Income in the country. In a circular, ‘Guidelines on Disposal of Non-Permissible Income ‘signed by Director of Policy & Regulation Department, Chibuzo Efobi, CBN, stated: “The Central bank of Nigeria, CBN in its efforts to standardise the
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The African Development Bank Group and the Ministry of International Cooperation on Monday October, 4th launched consultations for the Bank’s new Country Strategy Paper for Egypt. As part of the consultations the Bank is ensuring its engagement with Egypt is fully aligned with national priorities and will consult with a wide group of stakeholders, including
The African Development Bank has welcomed $150 million investment in its Desert to Power G5 Financing Facility from the Green Climate Fund (GCF). The GCF approved the amount at its 30th Board meeting this week. Desert-to-Power is a flagship renewable energy and economic development initiative led by the African Development Bank. Its objective is to
