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- 18 Feb 2014
African Capital Alliance (ACA) Foundation Launch
African Capital Alliance (ACA), a premier private equity firm in Africa has launched the ACA Foundation with a nation-building workshop. From inception, ACA has been committed to nation-building via…
- 18 Nov 2020
Accelerex Holdings Secures $20m Investment from ACA
Accelerex Holdings, Mauritius (“Accelerex”), has signed an investment agreement with regional private equity firm, Africa Capital Alliance (“ACA”), for the Capital Alliance Private Equity IV (CAPE…
- 23 Jun 2023
IFC Announces New Projects to Support MSMEs Through the Alliance for Entrepreneurship in Africa
IFC has announced four new projects to support micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa and globally. The projects will help businesses address food insecurity across the…
- 22 Mar 2026
Rockefeller, Global Energy Alliance Cross $100 million Mark in Africa Electrification Push
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet have crossed the $100 million threshold in funding for Mission 300, the World Bank and African Development Bank’s…
- 17 Nov 2024
Experts Highlight Blockchain, AI, eCommerce Potentials for Africa @ AfriTECH 4.0
Technology experts at the Africa Tech Alliance Forum (AfriTECH 4.0) held in Lagos State-Nigeria, recently, highlighted the transformative potential of blockchain and AI in positioning Africa as a…
- 19 Nov 2012
Profitability, New Investors Bolster UBN Confidence
Increased volatility in the volume and price of Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) shares at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is suggesting renewed investors’ confidence on the bank which has just emerged…
- 20 Nov 2017
NCC, CBN Query Barclays’ Transparency in Sale of 9mobile
The handling of the sale process of 9mobile by Barclays Africa, the financial advisers, has come attack from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC),…
- 1 Sept 2016
Standard Bank Predicts Increased M&A Activity in African Telecom, Media
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, is partnering with international news and events provider TMT Finance for the inaugural TMT Finance Africa in Lagos 2016 Conference, which is bringing…
- 22 Dec 2008
Ecobank, Nedbank Alliance Build True Pan-African Champion - Arnold Ekpe
Arnold Ekpe, chief executive officer of Ecobank has said that the bank’s ground breaking alliance with Nedbank of South Africa is designed to build a true pan- African brand. Mr. Ekpe who was…
- 13 Sept 2022
AVPA, UNDP Partner to Grow Sustainable Finance in Africa
The African Venture Philanthropy Alliance (AVPA), a Pan-African network of social investors collaborating to mobilise and deploy capital for impact and the United Nations Development Programme…
- 28 Oct 2021
AfriTECH2021: NiRA Describes .NG Platform Unique for Brands Positioning
The .ng domain name has been described as a platform for unique positioning of brands and products online. Cross section of speakers and panelists at Africa Tech Alliance Forum AfriTECH2021 held in…
- 31 Jul 2014
CBO Capital Arranges $55m for Owel-Linkso Gas Plant Acquisition
Owel-Linkso Group has completed the acquisition of the Egbaoma Gas Processing Plant located in OML 38, from the Platform Petroleum/Newcross Joint Venture. The equity investment supporting the…
- 30 Jun 2022
British International Investment Commits $20m in Moove a Nigerian Fintech Mobility Firm
British International Investment (“BII”), and Development Finance Institution (DFI), have announced a US $20 million, 4-year structured credit investment in Moove – a mobility fintech democratising…
- 29 May 2013
AfICTA ICT Summit Gathers Momentum
The primed event of the Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA) with the theme of the Summit is “Fulfilling the Promise of the Digital Age in Africa” is scheduled to hold in Lagos, June this year. With a…
- 21 Feb 2021
Signal Alliance Unveils Business Plan
Signal Alliance, a technology company, which started business in 1996, is set to unveil plans that will further give boost to cloud computing practice in Nigeria, ahead of its 25 years anniversary,…
- 4 Jul 2016
Broll Converges Experts To Discuss Growth Prospects for Retail Sector
Broll Property Services Nigeria, the country’s leading Property Services Company hosted retail industry experts to a roundtable forum to discuss the growth prospects in the retail industry at…
- 16 Apr 2018
AfDB Supports Nigeria’s Healthcare Sector
Nigeria’s largest healthcare market lacks an adequate supply of quality secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities with only about 700 to 1,000 quality beds for a population of over 21 million…
- 18 Jun 2024
ntel Taps Adrian Wood as CEO, Plans to Raise $550m
Mr. Adrian Wood, former chief executive officer (CEO) of MTN Nigeria has returned to the Nigerian telecoms space as the new chief executive officer of ntel, which provides 4G LTE advanced network in…
- 31 Jan 2018
Africa Prudential Revolutionises Registrar Services with “Personal Registrar USSD *4018#
Africa Prudential Plc, has unveiled her new USSD code, *4018# tagged “Personal Registrar”, in line with its determination to dominate and redefine the landscape of registrar service delivery in the…
- 2 Oct 2025
Impact Investors Foundation Launches Decade-Long Drive for Gender Equity and Social Inclusion
Impact Investors Foundation (IIF), Nigeria’s leading platform for unlocking impact capital today unveiled the groundbreaking Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) Roadmap 2025 -2035. L-R:…
- 9 Nov 2023
AfriTECH 3.0: Maida Urges Service Providers to Embrace TaaS
Dr. Aminu Maida, Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the convergence of Technology-as-a-Service and infrastructure deployment…
- 4 Apr 2023
IFC, Bank of Africa Group Deepen Partnership to Boost SME Financing in Africa
To support economic activity and job creation in 10 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, IFC announced an investment in a risk-sharing facility for the Bank of Africa Group (BOA) that will ease…
- 10 May 2018
African Fintech, Agribusiness Firms Attract Interest from Investors
African private equity and venture capital deal-making in April were dominated by investments in technology companies, particularly fintech and business-to-business platforms, together with…
- 30 Mar 2021
Accelerex Offers Ghanaian Customers more Digital Payment Options
Accelerex Ghana has hit a new milestone, after being granted an enhanced Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence from the Bank of Ghana (BoG), under the Payment Systems and Services Act, 2019 (Act…
- 14 Oct 2021
Networks Partner to Catalyze Impact Investing in Africa
Africa offers arguably the highest potential impact investment opportunities globally and is poised for strong economic growth. However, this can only happen if these opportunities are strategically…
- 2 Jun 2023
AfDB Approves $20m Investment in Private Equity Fund
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved an equity investment of $20 million in the Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund I, in support of its target to…
- 5 Mar 2015
Thomson Reuters Inaugurates 4th Trading Africa Summit in Cape Town
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has inaugurated the 4th Trading Africa Summit in Cape Town, South Africa. The summit,…
- 6 Apr 2024
Tinubu Appoints Nwagba as CEO of CREDICORP
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Uzoma Nwagba as managing director/chief executive officer, Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP). Uzoma Nwagba CrediCorp, is a company…
- 16 Dec 2013
MTN Forms e-Commerce Venture with Millicom, Rocket Internet
Millicom, the international telecommunications and media company and Rocket Internet have signed an agreement to partner with MTN to develop their African online company AIH. Together the three…
- 23 Nov 2017
IFC Invests to aid Better Access to Quality and Affordable Healthcare in Nigeria
International Finance Corporation (IFC) the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets has announced that it recently committed an equity investment of…