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- 17 May 2022
NGX Joins African Exchanges to Facilitate Cross-border Trading Platform
The Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) joined other African Exchanges in facilitating cross-border trading platform and free movement of investments in the continent. Other African Exchanges…
- 22 Nov 2022
New Digital Platform to Boost Inter-Africa Market Trading
The African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) has launched an online platform dubbed ‘African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP)’, to facilitate cross-border trading, foster capital mobilisation,…
- 13 Jan 2026
Ecobank Joins Trillion-naira Club for the First Time in 20 Years
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) has joined the trillion-naira exclusive club of firms, marking its first entry in its two decades of being listed on the Nigerian Exchange. The Pan-African…
- 4 Jun 2026
Sadiq Khan Hosts Inaugural London-Africa Business Summit to Strengthen Trade and Investment Links
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, on Thursday hosted the inaugural London-Africa Business Summit, bringing together more than 200 business and political leaders from across Africa and the United…
- 31 Dec 2018
NSE Launches X-Bot to Enhance Market Participation
The Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has launched the X-Bot, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Chatbot that responds directly and automatically to enquiries through Facebook Messenger. The X-Bot…
- 20 Jul 2020
NSE Hits 5 Firms with Sanctions for Market Infractions
Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has sanctioned Standard Alliance Insurance Plc, Prestige Assurance Plc, Goldlink Insurance Plc, African Alliance Insurance Plc and International Energy Insurance Plc…
- 22 Apr 2013
Thomson Reuters Unveils Next-Gen Product @ NSE
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading supplier of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, rolled out the latest version of its next-generation desktop product, Thomson Reuters Eikon,…
- 2 Mar 2018
Helios Towers Plans London Listing
African mobile towers operator Helios Towers plans to list on the London Stock Exchange in early April, it said on Friday, with an expected valuation of about 2 billion pounds ($2.75 billion). Helios…
- 4 Aug 2015
NSE, Rack Centre Ink Partnership on Data Centre Colocation Services
Mr Oscar N. Onyema, chief executive officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), has stressed the importance that technology has played in the quest to transform the NSE. This is even as the NSE itself…
- 12 Dec 2014
Nigeria Sinks Below Zimbabwe Stock Valuations
Nigeria’s Islamist insurgency, tumbling oil revenue and a looming presidential election have turned the nation’s stocks into Africa’s biggest laggards, according to Bloomberg . The country’s main…
- 9 Sept 2020
NSE Index Dips, Oil Wobbles while Dollar Smiles
By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM, Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintained a lackluster mood on Wednesday with the All-Share Index dipping 0.17 percent, thanks to a…
- 10 Nov 2014
IS Internet Solutions Appoints Taj Onigbanjo as Sales Director
IS Internet Solutions Nigeria Limited, a Division of Dimension Data, leading African Cloud and Managed Communications Services provider, has appointed Taj Onigbanjo as its new Sales Director.…
- 10 Apr 2018
MTN Delays Listing on NSE, Watches Market Conditions
MTN Group Ltd. expects the listing of its Nigerian unit on the Nigerian stock exchange (NSE) to be done by the end of 2018, Rob Shuter, CEO said, after suggesting in November that the process would…
- 13 Sept 2019
Helios Towers Makes Another U-Turn in London Listing Bid
African telecoms operator Helios Towers has rekindled plans to list on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). In March last year, the company ditched its bid to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in…
- 9 Dec 2013
AFMI Launches africanbondmarkets.org, Revamped Website
The African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI), managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) has officially launched http://www.africanbondmarkets.org, the redesigned AFMI website. The…
- 30 Jul 2013
NSE to Unveil X-Gen, New Trading Platform
Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is to introduce a new electronic trading platform called X-Gen, which will allow investors, stockbrokers and other stakeholders to access the market from everywhere at…
- 19 Nov 2013
Dangote Extends SAP Relationship as it Drives Growth Agenda
Dangote Group, West African-based industrial conglomerate, has extended its relationship with SAP, market leader in enterprise application software, by signing a deal to use SAP’s OpenText ECM…
- 27 Jan 2022
Airtel Africa Joins FTSE100
Index manager FTSE Russell yesterday announced that Airtel Africa plc will be joining the FTSE100 on Monday 31 January 2022. Through its mobile telecoms and mobile money services, Airtel Africa plc…
- 24 Oct 2018
Altron, Huawei Seal IOT Partnership for Africa
Huawei and Altron, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed technology company, have partnered to deliver tangible and real Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for businesses in Africa. The two…
- 8 Dec 2008
Globacom Appoints Head for Glo Gateway
Globacom Limited has announced the appointment of Ibrahim Fadipe as the Head of Glo Gateway, its International Wholesale Voice and Data Exchange and Trading Business Unit. His appointment takes…
- 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…
- 16 Apr 2019
Interpol Worries as Criminals Begin to Converge in West Africa
Jurgen Stock, secretary-general, International Police (Interpol) has said that criminal networks in narcotics, weapon and migrants’ smuggling were taking advantage of lack of information sharing…
- 22 Jan 2014
Encomiums CWG Launches Tier-3 Center in Lagos, Charts Future with CWG2.0
Computer Warehouse Group (CWG Plc), leading pan African information and communication technology conglomerate, has launched a Tier 3 Ultra-Modern Data Center, in line with improving Africa’s…
- 15 Oct 2019
Broadbased Communications Bags Wholesale, Metropolitan Fiber Infrastructure Awards at NTITA
At the Nigeria Tech Innovation and Telecom Awards 2019 organized by the Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON), Broadbased Communications Ltd won the Wholesale Telecom Provider of the…
- 22 Sept 2019
Broadbased Communications, Dolphin Telecoms Sign MoU on Wholesale Internet Distribution to Telcos, ISPS
Broadbased Communications Limited , an Open Access Metropolitan Fiber Optic Network Operator has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Dolphin Telecom Ltd, a member of the African Coast to Europe…
- 28 May 2026
Bharti Airtel Named Fourth Largest Mobile Network Operator in the World
The top ten mobile network operators in the world account for roughly 3.8 billion subscriptions, about 43 percent of the 8.8 billion mobile lines in service worldwide as of mid-2024. The composition…
- 8 Aug 2019
MTN Reports Solid First Half Financial Results
MTN Group has announced an encouraging set of results for the six months ended 30 June 2019 in the context of difficult trading conditions across its major markets. Commenting on the results, Rob…
- 17 Jan 2018
Internet Solutions Connects to Microsoft Azure Network
Pan-African Internet services providerInternet Solutions has incorporated its CloudConnect colocation connectivity solution into Microsoft's Azure ExpressRoute network. With Internet Solutions'…
- 4 Aug 2019
MTN Investment in Nigeria Hits N2trn
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has invested more than N2 trillion in its business operations over the past 18 years. The market value of MTN Nigeria closed at the weekend at N2.585 trillion.…
- 3 Nov 2016
Experts at CyberXchange Conference Offer Solutions to Cyber Threats
Information Technology (IT) experts have called for increased monitoring and evolution of human and technology deployed to manage information security as part of measures to curbing the increasing…