30 results
- 17 Jun 2025
Airtel Africa Reinforces Commitment to ESG Impact while Advancing Digital, Financial Inclusion Across 14 Markets
Airtel Africa, a provider of telecommunications and mobile money services across 14 African countries, has published its Sustainability Report 2025, reaffirming its corporate purpose of transforming…
- 20 Apr 2023
What does it mean to be an impact investor in the African context?
By Keoleboge Malela, ESG and Impact Manager, Norsad Capital Impact investing refers to investments that are made to achieve positive financial returns combined with measurable, positive environmental…
- 15 Dec 2021
Allianz: Volatile Markets, US Lawsuits, ESG Issues and SPACs Create New Risks for Managers
Board members and company executives can be held liable for an increasing range of scenarios. Today’s market volatility, with the increased threat of asset bubbles and inflation, the prospect of a…
- 27 Feb 2025
FIRSTHOLDCO: Reinforcing ESG, Sustainability Initiatives As It Rebrands
By A.Ezekiel In a world where approximately 20% of new businesses fail within the first two years, 45% within five years, 65% within ten years, and only 25% make it to 15 years or more (according to…
- 29 Nov 2022
Seedstars Launches Platform to Develop Emerging, Diverse VC Managers
Seedstars officially launches Seedstars Capital, its investment platform for emerging venture capital (VC) fund managers with the support of xMultiplied, a Swiss based investment holding company. The…
- 23 Oct 2024
Sterling One Foundation, PwC, Others Partner to Host ESG Series 4.0
As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles continue to gain traction globally, Nigerian businesses are increasingly recognizing the importance of integrating sustainable practices into…
- 2 Aug 2021
Zenith Bank GMD Seeks Impact Investment for Africa's Development
Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, Group Managing Director/Chief Executive of Zenith Bank plc, has called for increased impact investing in Africa to enable it attain its full potential. He made the call during…
- 1 Feb 2023
Check Point Expands its Cloud Native Application Protection Platform with Risk Management Engine
Check Point Software Technologies, a leading provider of cybersecurity solutions globally, introduces a new risk management engine along with enhanced capabilities to the Check Point CloudGuard Cloud…
- 3 Apr 2020
AfDB Celebrates Milestone with First Social Bond Listing on London Stock Exchange
The African Development Bank’s “Fight Covid-19” social bond, the largest social bond to date to be issued in the capital markets, listed on London Stock Exchange on Friday 3 April 2020, and is now…
- 1 Aug 2023
Beyond doing good: Why ESG makes great business sense for African fintechs
By Funmi Dele-Giwa, General Counsel & Head, GRC at MFS Africa If you’re reading this, there’s a very good chance you’re already familiar with the acronym ESG. Standing for “environmental”,…
- 26 Aug 2022
Agusto, GCR Affirm ‘AAA’ Long Term Credit Rating of InfraCredit
For the fifth consecutive year, rating agencies, Agusto & Co (“Agusto”) and Global Credit Ratings (“GCR”) re-affirmed the “AAA” credit rating of Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company Limited…
- 21 May 2025
First Asset Management Launches N100 Billion Infrastructure Fund to Provide Sustainable Capital for Infrastructural Development Across Sectors
In a strategic move to address Nigeria’s infrastructure financing gap, First Asset Management, one of Nigeria’s leading investment managers and a subsidiary of First HoldCo Plc., has officially…
- 23 Apr 2023
AfDB, ILX sign Partnership to Mobilize European Institutional Capital for Sustainable Projects Across Africa
The African Development Bank and ILX Management B.V. (ILX) signed a partnership agreement to scale up investments and spur institutional investor capital mobilization for Sustainable Development…
- 21 May 2021
Chapel Hill Denham Becomes Signatory to UN-supported PRI
Chapel Hill Denham has announced that it has become a signatory to the UN-supported Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI). With this, the firm has joined a global network of nearly 4000…
- 25 Jan 2023
Africa Plus Partners Lists N20.5bn Carbon Mitigation Fund on NGX
Africa Infra Plus Fund (AIPF I), has listed N20.5billion closed-end carbon mitigation infrastructure fund on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX). Co-managed by Africa Plus Partners Plc, and…
- 5 Aug 2026
Access Holdings Deepens Sustainable Finance Impact, Expanding Green Assets to ₦92.14 Billion
Access Holdings Plc has published its Sustainability Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, demonstrating how the Group is translating sustainability commitments…
- 8 Dec 2025
MTN Nigeria Announces Winners of the 2025 Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge
MTN Nigeria has announced the winners of the 2025 Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge, a national innovation programme delivered in partnership with Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) through its local…
- 27 Jul 2023
African CEOs Identify Advanced AI and Analytics as Success Drivers - IBM Study
A new global study by the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Institute for Business Value found that over half (54%) of African CEOs surveyed identify customer experience as their highest business priority. They also…
- 4 May 2026
MTN Nigeria Remits N878.7Bn Taxes, Levies in 2025
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has reported a total remittance of N878.7bn in taxes, levies, and duties for the 2025 financial year, representing a 15 per cent increase from the prior year and…
- 25 Apr 2024
World Earth Day: Kuda Partners with Wecyclers to Clean up Communities in Lagos
In a landmark partnership aimed at promoting sustainable waste management practices, Kuda Microfinance Bank and Wecyclers collaborated to commemorate World Earth Day on April 22, 2024. The…
- 3 Mar 2025
MTN Nigeria Earns High Marks in CDP Ratings for Climate Change and Water Security
Leading telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria, has been awarded a “B-” in Climate Change and a “C” in Water Security by the global Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). These scores underscore the…
- 19 Nov 2025
NESREA, NCC, ALTON, NLNG Lead Stakeholders to ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue 2025
A powerful and necessary coalition of Nigeria's foremost environmental, telecommunications, and energy stakeholders is set to convene for the 2025 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue. The annual event, hosted…
- 22 Jun 2025
Sofri Rejigs Digital Platforms for Better Customer Experience
Sofri, Powered by Links Microfinance Bank plans a massive rollout of Point of Sale, PoS terminals for merchants and agency banking in the third quarter of this year. This is coming against the…
- 3 Feb 2022
Coca-Cola HBC Launches Global €100K Sustainability Challenge, Targets Startups
The Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCHBC), a growth focused consumer packaged goods company and the parent company of the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Ltd., has launched its Global…
- 13 May 2021
MTN Reassures of 4G Network Expansion, Enhanced Fintech Business in 2021
MTN Nigeria’s 2021 top priorities include sustaining double-digit revenue growth and driving 4G network expansion. Karl Toriola, Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria The company gave this insight in…
- 7 Dec 2015
NSE Conducts Investors’ Clinic for Youths
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) hosted its fourth quarter Investors’ Clinic targeted at youths in the country. The clinic themed: ‘Securing Your Tomorrow, Today’, was held last Friday at the NSE…
- 26 Sept 2015
NSE Emerges Best Corporate Social Responsibility Company
As a further testament to its sustainability and corporate social responsibility achievements in promoting a sustainable capital market, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (The NSE or The Exchange),…
- 10 Nov 2023
KPMG Urges Private Sector to Embrace ESG to Avoid Loss of Profitability
Mr. Pieter Scholtz, the KPMG Partner and Africa ESG Lead, has sounded a warning to the Nigerian private sector that it is in their own logical interest to embrace the implementation of the…
- 14 Jan 2022
Metaverse, Future of Work Among Disruptive Tech to Shape 2022
While connectivity, digital transformation and telemedicine dominated 2021, this year is expected to be shaped by the metaverse and the future of work. This is according to data and analytics company…
- 15 May 2025
How MTN’s ESG Strategy is Helping Fuel Nigeria’s Development Goals
MTN Nigeria’s 2024 Sustainability Report has provided a compelling case for how businesses can move from profit-centric models to purpose-led impact. As one of Africa’s leading tech companies, MTN’s…