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- 3 May 2017
Visa Establishes Regional HQto Support Nigeria, Other Markets
Visa, a global payments technology company, has announced that it has opened its regional headquarters for the Western and Central Africa region in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. Visa staff will work with…
- 6 Feb 2017
Business Today, Disrupt or Die (Part 2)
A disruptive innovation is an innovation that creates a new market frontiers and value network. It eventually unsettles an existing market and value network, displacing established market leaders and…
- 27 Aug 2015
Apple Now No. 2, Worldwide Wearables Market Grows 223.2% in 2Q15- IDC
In its first appearance in the wearables market, Apple finds itself within striking distance of the established market leader, Fitbit. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide…
- 20 Oct 2020
Netflix Seeks Telco Partners to Unlock African Market
With their well-established customer bases and online payment methods, operators could prove to be lynchpin partners in unlocking African markets for the streaming service. In recent months, Netflix…
- 24 Sept 2012
MMA Establishes “Mobile Rich Media Reporting Metrics Definitions”
The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), the leading global trade association for the mobile marketing industry, has released the publication of the “Mobile Rich Media Reporting Metrics…
- 15 Oct 2014
Lamudi Clocks 1, Records 116% Growth In Last 6 Months
‎Fast-growing property portal, Lamudi, this week celebrates its first anniversary, with the global real estate network more than doubling in size in the last six months. Lamudi as a leading…
- 21 Jun 2016
Naira Crashes to N289/Dollar as CBN Offers $4Bn
The naira plunged by 31 per cent to 288.85 against the United States dollar on Monday at the close of trading at the newly established interbank market. The local currency also depreciated at the…
- 9 Feb 2024
Airtel Africa Establishes a Fibre Asset Network
Airtel Africa has entered the intense fight for the continent's fibre market by establishing Airtel Africa Telesonic Limited to manage its fibre assets. This week, the company unveiled Telesonic, a…
- 20 Oct 2013
Sage Africa Establishes Local Presence in Nigeria
Sage Africa, a leading provider of business and human resources management software to companies in the small to upper mid-market, has established its local presence in Nigeria, opening an office in…
- 7 Dec 2012
Peppe Terra Breaks New TVC for Market Dominance
Peppe Terra has introduced a new TV campaign in an effort to increase its market dominance and establish further relevance among her consumers. The idea behind this new TV advertisement of Peppe…
- 8 Aug 2017
Cellulant Nigeria Exports e-Wallet Technology Afghanistan
Cellulant Nigeria has been engaged by the Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation & Livestock in Afghanistan, to commence the process of establishing a market-based input distribution technology. The…
- 22 Oct 2014
Wiko, Europe’s Fastest Growing Phone Brand Enters Nigeria
After establishing a strong market position in Europe in just three years, Wiko started its operation in West Africa by launching its portfolio of ten phones in Nigeria yesterday.…
- 30 May 2022
B2B E-commerce Bridging Gap Between Manufacturers and Retailers
Clearly, technology has successfully established a virtual market where millions of sellers meet consumers. In return, the ease and convenience of shopping endears the medium to customers, with B2B…
- 21 Feb 2015
NIPOST Targets 40m Nigerians in Financial Inclusion Programme
Mallam Ibrahim Mori Baba, post master general of Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST), has said that the Post will bring over 40 million rural people into the financial market with the establishment of…
- 18 May 2026
Lagos Unveils Plan for 24-hour Electricity Supply in the State
Lagos State Government has unveiled an ambitious roadmap to end the “culture of blackouts” and establish a 24-hour electricity market driven by private sector investment, smart metering and…
- 2 Aug 2020
NCMI Gets Accreditation, to Enhance Capital Market Development
Nigerian Capital Market Institute (NCMI) has been accredited to enhance the market development role of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Mr. Ismaila Ville, managing director of the…
- 22 Jul 2015
Integration of W/A Capital Markets Get Boost with Formation of WASRA
The aspiration for an integrated West African economy received a massive boost when Chief Executive Officers of the three Capital Market Regulatory Institutions in the Region agreed to establish an…
- 25 Aug 2015
Nigeria Tops Remittance Recipient Nations, to Host RemitAfrica2015
MobileMoneyAfrica has disclosed plans to host the RemitAfrica conference on November in Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria, Africa’s largest remittance nation. Remittance providers and…
- 4 Dec 2015
Mobilemoney Stakeholders to Meet Over Lowering Transaction Cost
More than 250 delegates from over 25 countries are expected for the 6th remittance and mobilemoney expo to be held in Nigeria, Africa’s largest remittance recipient nation on February 2016 to discuss…
- 2 Jan 2019
Qatar Airways acquires 5% stake in China Southern Airlines
Qatar Airways said on Wednesday that it had acquired a five percent stake in China Southern Airlines, as it seeks to establish itself in the Asian aviation market. The state-owned airline said…
- 4 Apr 2025
DHL Signs MoU with Temu to Drive Sustainable Supply Chain Solutions for SMEs
DHL Group, the world’s leading logistics company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the e-commerce marketplace Temu to deepen their cooperation and to further expand their…
- 11 Dec 2015
Xiaomi Declares for Nigeria, Brandishes Redmi 2 & Mi4 Smartphones
Xiaomi, the world's fastest smartphone maker has established a strong presence in the Nigerian market, with the roll out of the Redmi 2 and Mi 4 into the market. MIA Group confirmed the launching of…
- 4 Oct 2013
DMO Says Demos tic Market Has Increased Forex Inflow
Debt Management Office (DMO) on Friday said that its domestic debt market initiative had helped to increase inflow of foreign exchange. It said that this had also contributed to the growth of…
- 12 Jun 2025
LASERC Takes Full Control of Electricity Regulation in Lagos
Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission (LASERC) has issued a new directive establishing a formal regulatory framework for electricity market operations within Lagos. With the release of Order…
- 17 Feb 2022
MFS Africa Looks to Strengthen PAPSS Backbone
African digital payments network MFS Africa has joined the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) network, the newly established African cross-border and financial markets infrastructure…
- 18 Feb 2020
Stanbic IBTC Signs Agreement with Afreximbank on ₦300bn Bond Issuance
Stanbic IBTC Capital Limited, a subsidiary of the Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has established a ₦300 billion Domestic Bond Programme for the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). The signing…
- 4 Sept 2013
TD, OEMs Partner to Excite Enugu Market
Technology Distributions Limited, number ICT distributor in West Africa, which recently established a branch in Enugu, has given the ICT market in the coal city a positive push towards structure,…
- 24 Mar 2015
NSE, MSCI Sign Strategic Agreement
MSCI Inc., a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, and The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the stock exchange servicing the largest economy in Africa, announced a strategic…
- 14 Sept 2015
The Value of Market Intelligence
In the current volatile market with thin margin as heavy competition reigns, it is essential to place some good premium on being market ‘smart’ by ensuring you have some good intelligence with which…
- 17 Nov 2008
Oceanic Registrars Sign New Clients
Oceanic Registrars, a subsidiary of Oceanic Bank International Plc has signed in new big time accounts Registrars and agents of company secretaries to maintain registers of shareholders. The new…