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- 10 Nov 2018
Investment Forum Seeks Increased investments into Pension Funds
Africa’s largest economies are leading the way, investing in equity market and pension funds but more countries need to follow suit to attract much needed foreign institutional investment into the…
- 23 Dec 2020
Stanbic IBTC Pension Fund Managers to Invest in Real Estate, Infrastructure
Stanbic IBTC Pension Fund Managers, Nigeria’s biggest pension-fund manager wants the flexibility to invest directly in large local projects. Financing the development of domestic industries with…
- 17 May 2021
PenOp Partners AVCA on Private Equity Investments
The Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp) has gone into partnership with the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) to empower local investors and develop…
- 29 Jul 2015
Convergence Partners Concludes Plans for $200m Pan-African ICT Infrastructure Fund
Convergence Partners, an investment management firm focused on the African telecommunications, media and technology sector, on Tuesday announced the successful final close of its Convergence Partners…
- 4 Sept 2019
AfDB Appoints Chinelo Anohu to Head Africa Investment Forum
Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank Group, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Chinelo Anohu, a highly accomplished international corporate lawyer, as head and senior…
- 2 Nov 2023
Tizeti Secures Facility to Expand Solar-Based Internet Access in Nigeria
Tizeti Network Limited, West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider, has secured long-term financing from Chapel Hill Denham’s Nigeria Infrastructure Debt Fund (NIDF) to finance the…
- 30 Jul 2015
Africa 2020 Presents Exciting Opportunities for Asset Managers- PwC
New research from PwC predicts that traditional assets under management (AuM) in 12 markets across Africa will rise to around $1,098 billion by 2020, from a 2008 total of $293 billion. This…
- 9 May 2022
Uduanu, Sigma Pensions Boss Seeks Venture Capital for Startups
Mr Dave Uduanu, the managing director and chief executive officer, Sigma Pensions, has said that startups in Nigeria and Africa require more venture capital funding to accelerate their growth. He…
- 21 Sept 2015
Smile Voice Service Will Give Nigerians Different Experience - Obiejesi
Dr. Ernest Azudialu Obiejesi is the chairman, Smile Communications (Nigeria) Limited. He first founded Obijackson West Africa Limited in the early 1980’s before diversifying into the oil and gas…
- 6 Jun 2022
Tizeti Taps Emmanuel Ikazoboh as New Chairman, Appoints New Board Members
Tizeti Network Limited, West Africa’s pioneer solar-based internet service provider has announced the appointment of Emmanuel Ikazoboh as its Board Chairman. Emmanuel Ikazoboh is the immediate past…
- 10 Nov 2016
PEWIN Expands Its Africa Presence to Nigeria
The Private Equity Women Investor Network (PEWIN), a global networking organization for senior women in private equity, with chapters in the US, Europe, Africa and Asia, has now expanded to Nigeria,…
- 9 Sept 2015
Smile Secures $365m Financing Towards 4G Expansion in Africa
Smile Telecoms Holdings Ltd, which owns and operates mobile wireless 4G LTE broadband networks in the 800MHz band in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, today announced plans to use US$365 million funding…
- 14 Oct 2019
Nigeria, Other African Countries Identified among IFC Sustainable Banking Networks
Nigeria and four other countries in Africa are among thirty-eight emerging market economies that have initiated key banking reforms to drive development and fight climate change, according to the…
- 2 Jun 2026
African Electric Vehicle Platform Raises $215m to Scale Electric Mobility in Nigeria, Others
African electric vehicle (EV) platform Spiro has raised $215 million in equity to scale electric mobility and energy infrastructure across the continent. The funding is backed by institutional…
- 3 Jul 2026
Xenophobia: MTN Nigeria Belongs to Nigerians, Not Only South Africans — Toriola
Karl Toriola, chief executive officer, MTN Nigeria, has stated that the telecom company is “a Nigerian company through and through,” emphasising that it belongs as much to Nigerians as to its global…
- 5 Jun 2019
PIC, MTN’s Largest Shareholder Pushes for Board Changes
Public Investment Corp. (PIC), MTN’s largest shareholder, is reportedly pushing for the restructuring of the leadership of the mobile-phone company to avoid the regulatory, legal and political…
- 14 Apr 2009
35m Shares of Etisalat Goes on Sale by Private Placement
Premium Telecommunications Holdings Limited (PTHL), a special purpose vehicle which holds the interests of Nigerian investors in Etisalat Nigeria has offered for sale by private placement 35 million…
- 14 Sept 2015
Smile to Sink $292m in Nigeria’s Investment Portfolio
Smile Communications, the 4G LTE broadband service provider of choice, has disclosed plans to invest larger share of the funds it recently raised on the Nigerian business portfolio. Smile Telecoms…
- 7 Feb 2022
InfraCredit to Guarantee PAT’s N10bn Infrastructure Bonds Issuance
InfraCredit has announced that it will guarantee Pan African Towers (PAT) Digital Infra Fund SPV Plc’s N10 billion 10-Year Series I Senior Guaranteed Fixed Rate Infrastructure Bonds Due 2032…
- 5 Jul 2026
No Plans for Fresh Tariff Hike – MTN
Dr Karl Toriola, chief executive officer, MTN Nigeria, has assured its subscribers that another telecom tariff increase is not imminent. Dr Karl Toriola, chief executive officer, MTN Nigeria He also…
- 9 May 2021
Heritage Bank-Dukia Gold Set to Unlock N344tn Market Worth of Gold
Heritage Bank for being part of valuable private sector collaboration with Dukia Gold & Precious Metals Refining Co. Limited is set to unlock over N344trillion market worth of gold investible…
- Telecom25 Aug 2026
NCC, FCCPC Approve MTN-IHS Deal with One Condition
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have formally granted conditional approval for MTN Group’s acquisition of IHS Towers.
- 14 Aug 2026
Access Holdings Sets New Benchmark in Nigeria's Finance Talent Pipeline
New data from CFA Society Nigeria is reshaping how the country's financial sector thinks about talent development, with Access emerging as the single largest source of CFA candidates in Nigeria,…
- 26 Nov 2015
Eke, Sidmach Technologies' Chairman Bags NCS Professional Fellowship Award
Mr. Chijioke Anthony Eke, co-founder and chairman‎, Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited, has been conferred with the professional fellowship of the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS). Eke was…
- 7 Dec 2023
NIBSS Orders Banks to Suspend Opay, Flutterwave, Others from Transfer List
Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) has asked banks to delist Payment Solution Service Providers (PSSPs) Switches and Super Agents from its outward payment or transfer list. Payment Solution…
- 18 Mar 2016
Financial Inclusion: Innovecrives Appoints FIWON as Agent
Innovectives has appointed the Federation of Informal Workers of Nigeria (FIWON) as an agent for the purposes of rendering approved services to the customers of financial institutions within their…
- 20 Apr 2010
Understanding the Concept of Micro Insurance
The importance of micro insurance in bailing Nigerian out of its low insurance esteem cannot be over estimated. In recent times, the practice has been receiving tremendous support among operators.…