By Eyo Nsima FBN Holdings Plc, the holding company of First Bank of Nigeria, has announced the appointment of Nnamdi Okonkwo as its new group managing director, GMD. According to Seyi Kosoko, the company secretary, who made the information public, Okonkwo is the former managing director/ chief executive officer (CEO) of Fidelity Bank of Nigeria […]
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By Eyo Nsima Heifer international has concluded plans to empower 10 million households toward closing their income gaps. Speaking at the NES#27, Rufus Idris, Country Director for Heifer Nigeria, who spoke on, “Youth and Technology: The Future of Nigeria’s Agriculture” at the NES#27, said: “Heifer International is a global development organization on a mission to
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By Eyo Nsima The share price of FBN Holdings Plc dropped marginally Tuesday as many shareholders decided to sale in order to make brisk business following the emergence of Femi Otedola as the majority shareholder. Consequently, the share price fell by 1.20 percent to N12.40 per share from N12.55 the previous day, while volume traded
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By Eyo Nsima The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has emerged with a new policy to support 100 targeted private sector companies in the next 100 days. Godwin Emefiele, CBN governor, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja during the launching of the eNaira project. Specifically, he said: “The 100 for 100 PPP – Policy on
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By Eyo Nsima Africa’s leading financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced its audited half year financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2021, showing impressive growth across all major income lines and performance indicators. The pan African financial institution delivered a 33.4 per cent appreciation in its profit before
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The research, which includes a feasibility study, women-focused design and testing, will focus on both agents and customers to provide insights into women’s use of mobile money services African Development Bank has signed a grant agreement for $500,000 with Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), a fintech subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, to be used for a
The event took place over three days to accommodate participants in different time zones, and included a special session on business opportunities in Angola at the request of the Bank’s Angola country office The African Development Bank held its second virtual business opportunities (BOS) for 2021 from 12-14 October, to provide an overview of its
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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