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- 5 Feb 2024
How Fraudsters Trick Finance Worker into Paying them $25m Using Deepfake AI to Pose as Chief Financial Officer
A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose as the company’s chief financial officer in a video conference call,…
- 7 Oct 2021
MTN Appoints Adekunle Awobodu as New Chief Financial Officer for Digital & Fintech
MTN Group has announced the appointment of Adekunle Awobodu as our new Chief Financial Officer for Digital and Fintech. Adekunle Awobodu, new Chief Financial Officer for Digital and Fintech. Kunle is…
- 28 Aug 2024
Infobip Taps Yariv Dafna as Chief Financial Officer
Global cloud communications platform Infobip has appointed Yariv Dafna as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Yariv is a seasoned finance, business management, and operations executive with nearly 20…
- 16 Dec 2019
Agusto and Co Announces Retirement of Vivien Shobo Its Chief Executive Officer
Agusto & Co, Nigeria’s foremost Credit Rating Agency, has announced the retirement of its Chief Executive Officer - Vivien Shobo, effective 31 December 2019. Vivien Shobo Following over two…
- 16 Dec 2014
Five Nigerian Teams Qualify for CFO Phase in P&G CEO Challenge
Five Nigerian teams have qualified for the Chief Finance Officer (CFO)’s Phase in the on-going Procter & Gamble (P&G)’s CEO Challenge. The teams scored the highest points in the Country…
- 30 Oct 2022
9mobile Appoints Nkem Oni-Egboma as Chief Financial Officer
Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services (EMTS) Limited, operating as 9mobile, has announced the appointment of Mrs Nkem Oni-Egboma, as Chief Financial Officer (CFO. Oni-Egboma, a thoroughbred…
- 25 Jan 2024
Rack Centre Appoints Lars Johannisson as Chief Executive Officer
Rack Centre, West Africa’s Best-connected Carrier and Cloud neutral data centre has announced the appointment of Lars Johannisson as its new chief executive officer. Lars Johannisson, CEO, Rack…
- 15 Dec 2020
NSE Blacklists 2 for Unauthorized Sales of Clients’ Shares
Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has blacklisted two persons and included them among those not suitable to execute capital market operations. A regulatory document obtained revealed that the NSE…
- 25 Apr 2025
MTN Appoints Egerton Idehen as Chief Broadband Officer
MTN Nigeria, leading technology company, has announced the appointment of Egerton Idehen as Chief Broadband Officer (CBBO), effective April 2025. Egerton joined MTN in 2002 as a Call Centre Agent and…
- 29 May 2019
NSE Revokes Licenses of 3 Stockbroking Firms
Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has revoked the operating licences of Mercov Securities Limited, Resano Securities Limited and Transafrica Financial Services Limited. With this, the three…
- 28 Jan 2021
Zedcrest Group Appoints Olumide Odewole as new Chief Financial Officer
Africa’s foremost new-age financial solutions powerhouse, Zedcrest Group has announced the appointment of Olumide Odewole as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the executive…
- 6 Nov 2024
Moniepoint MFB Appoints Bayo Olujobi as Chief Financial Officer
Moniepoint Microfinance Bank, recognized by the Financial Times as Africa's fastest-growing financial institution, has announced the appointment of Bayo Olujobi as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO)…
- 9 Jul 2024
9mobile Intensifies Business Transformation, Appoints Abolaji Idowu as Chief Financial Officer
The Board of Directors of Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS), operating as 9mobile, announced the appointment of seasoned business and finance professional; Abolaji Idowu as…
- 25 Nov 2019
MTN Nigeria Taps Modupe Kadri as Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer
MTN Nigeria has appointed Modupe Kadri as Executive Director (ED) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He replaces Adekunle Awobodu as CFO; whose intended departure was announced in July 2019. MTN…
- 19 Aug 2018
Mazen Mroue Becomes MTN Nigeria’s new Chief Operating Officer
MTN Nigeria has announced the appointment of Mazen Mroue as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective Monday, August 6, 2018. With over 22 years’ experience in the telecoms and ICT…
- 18 Oct 2022
Chief Commercial Officer of Itex, Adekunle Adebiyi Highlights Role of Fintech in Financial Inclusion
Adekunle Adebiyi, Chief Commercial Officer at Itex Integrated Services Ltd, spoke extensively on the impact of fintech and Nigeria’s financial inclusion goals, in a recent interview on popular Lagos…
- 14 Feb 2024
Tradeshift Appoints Iain Balchin as Chief Financial Officer
Tradeshift, the B2B e-commerce and fintech platform, today announces that Iain Balchin has joined the company on a permanent basis as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Iain brings over 25 years of…
- 12 Oct 2021
Cellulant Appoints Akshay Grover as Chief Executive Officer
The Cellulant Board of Directors on Monday announced that Interim CEO Akshay Grover has been appointed Group CEO and Director of Cellulant effective October 1, 2021. The appointment follows an…
- 23 Feb 2025
SANEF Appoints Uche Uzoebo as New Chief Executive Officer
Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities (SANEF)Limited has appointed Mrs. Uche Uzoebo as its new Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, effective February 2025. Mrs. Uche Uzoebo succeeds Mrs.…
- 8 Aug 2024
9mobile Appoints Ayodeji Adedeji as Chief Technical and Information Officer
The Board of Directors of Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS), operating as 9mobile, has approved the appointment of Ayodeji Adedeji as the new Chief Technical and Information…
- 13 Dec 2020
MTN Executives Proffer Business Performance Solutions for SMEs
Mazen Mroue, MTN Nigeria’s chief operating officer and other executives during an engagement session at the Revv Program addressed business concerns for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The…
- 17 Jul 2019
Yolanda Cuba joins MTN as Group Chief Digital and Fintech Officer
MTN Group has announced appointment of Yolanda Cuba as Group Chief Digital and Fintech Officer. Yolanda will join the MTN Group Executive Committee reporting to the Group CEO Rob Shuter.…
- 12 Nov 2021
IIM Africa Holds 2021 National Summit, 31st Investiture & Inaugural CDOIQ Symposium
All is now set for the 2021 National Summit of Institute of Information Management (IIM) Africa scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 13 in Abuja. The occasion will equally feature 31st…
- 8 Oct 2015
UBA CFO, Finance Team Sweep Awards
United Bank for Africa Plc, pan-African financial services group, had an excellent showing at the maiden edition of Nigeria CFO awards when its Group Chief Financial Officer (GCFO) and the Finance…
- 29 Jul 2016
Orange Outlines Vision for Smart Metering, Solar Power, Others for MEA
Bruno Mettling, CEO of Orange Middle East and Africa (MEA), Jean-Marc Vignolles, Chief Operating Officer for Orange MEA and Ramon Fernandez, Deputy CEO and Chief Finance and Strategy Officer,…
- 24 Jul 2013
Ikpoki, Nigerian Becomes MTN CEO
Michael Ikpoki, currently the chief executive officer of MTN Ghana has been named as the new chief executive officer of MTN Nigeria, making him the first Nigerian to lead the largest mobile operator…
- 13 Dec 2021
New Board and Interim Management of AEDC Assume Office
A new board and interim management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) recently assumed office. Victor Osadolor The board is made up of Victor Osadolor as chairman. Osadolor is currently…
- 14 Dec 2009
Three Execs Join Starcomms top Rank
Starcomms Plc, Nigeria’s largest 3G CDMA operators has announced the appointment of three senior management staff. The new staff are Mrs. Charlotte Courtenay chief finance director, Mr. Tushar…
- 7 Jul 2014
UBA, 12 Nigerian Banks Make Top 1000 World Ranking
Nigerian-Banks for the second consecutive year, 13 Nigerian banks made the list of Top 1000 World Banks as published by The Banker magazine of the Financial Times Group in its 2014 edition. The…
- 22 Nov 2016
UBA CFO, Finance Team Shine at CFO Awards
Pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa Plc repeated the outstanding feat, it recorded last year at the 2nd edition of Nigeria CFO awards, with a notch higher when its Group…