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- 12 Aug 2018
Mines Secures $13M Series A to Grow Digital Credit Platform for Emerging Markets
Mines, a fintech startup re-inventing credit in emerging markets, has closed a Series A round of $13M led by The Rise Fund, a global fund managed by TPG Growth. Also participating are Velocity…
- 6 Aug 2018
Skrumble Network Unveils Blockchain dApp in Beta
Skrumble Network (SKM), a communication-centric public blockchain that simplifies the way people contact and contract, last week announced the global Beta release of its first dApp – Ally – on iOS…
- 25 May 2012
IT Will Ease Registrar’s Job, Capital Market - Ogogo
Dr. David Ogogo, is the Registrar and Chief Executive of Institute of Capital Market Registrars; an Associate of the prestigious Association of Business Executives (London), he holds an…
- 19 Dec 2017
Farmcrowdy Closes on Seed Funding of $1m
Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s first and leading digital agriculture platform which allows Nigerians to venture in and sponsor agriculture, has announced that it had closed on seed funding of $1 million from…
- 26 Sept 2024
Moody’s Affirms AFC’s A3 Rating with a Change from Negative to Stable Outlook
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, today announced that it has received an uplift to its credit ratings outlook from Moody’s Investors…
- 11 Aug 2020
FMDQ says New Companies & Allied Matters Act to Reposition Nigerian Financial Markets
FMDQ Securities Exchange commended the new Companies and Allied Matters Bill 2020 assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying it would reposition Nigeria as a compelling destination of capital.…
- 21 Mar 2018
Phase3 Joins Efforts on Access to Healthcare for Indigents in FCT
Phase3 Telecom said that its grant access portfolio has been expanded to support local high impact health based initiatives nationwide; principally those that are designed to combat the…
- 26 Aug 2016
Perishable Cargo Exporters Loss N100m, Seek Probe of Incidents
Exporters of perishable cargo/vegetable have lost a whooping N100 million due to government’s closure of export warehouses of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO) and the Skyway Aviation…
- 25 Jan 2017
Africa Finance Corporation Issues US$150m Maiden Sukuk
Finance Corporation (AFC), a leading Pan-African multilateral development finance institution and project developer, has issued its maiden Sukuk, the highest-rated ever Sukuk issuance from an African…
- 22 Jan 2019
Companies And Allied Matters Bill Passes Third Reading At the House Of Representatives
The Companies Allied Matters (CAM) Bill has passed the third reading at the Federal House of Representatives. Dr Jumoke Oduwole, SSA Industry, Trade & Investment to the President (OVP) in a…
- 25 Apr 2017
Lagos State Govt Unrelenting, Again Pushes for Computer Village Relocation
The government of Lagos state has reiterated plans to relocate Computer Village in order to decongest the capital of the state. The state government made the announcement during the 2017 Press…
- 22 Jun 2016
Exploiting Economic Potentials of the Nigerian Aviation Industry
The aviation industry is a catalyst for socio-economic development anywhere! It provides the fastest and safest means of transportation of persons and cargo within and between countries thereby…
- 10 May 2024
SEC Issues Rules on Issuance, Allotment of Private Companies’ Securities
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has unveiled new rules on Issuance and Allotment by Private Companies Securities. The rules declared that any person who issues or allots securities…
- 18 Feb 2017
REDTV Extends Presence to Francophone Africa, Premiers Boutique Hotel
REDTV, a dynamic online lifestyle channel that puts the spotlight on Africa with a distinct global appeal,launched its Francophone version on Thursday. The fun-filled event, supported by the…
- 6 Apr 2016
AFC Total Assets Grows 25%
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has announced that its 2015 fiscal year results, showing that despite a difficult operating environment, it delivered strong underlying operating results, achieving…
- 10 Apr 2014
Africa Finance Corporation Welcomes Cape Verde
Cape Verde on 25 March 2014, during the inaugural Infrastructure Investment Summit of the AFC- “AFC LIVE”, became the newest member of the Corporation (AFC). AFC is an African-led multilateral…
- 17 Apr 2019
Murtala Sani Emerges Winner of N12m ARM’s DAAYTA 2019 Award
The Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) by Asset & Resource Management Holding Company Limited (ARM) during an event, over the weekend, held at Four Points by Sheraton Hotels Victoria…
- 23 Jun 2008
The Internet and African IT Journalism
A while back, I attended the first ever IT Journalism Conference in Nigeria in 2003. I was one of the speakers (sandwiched between Adrian Woods (then CEO, MTN Nigeria) and late Dr Charles Alaba…
- 4 Mar 2014
AFC Gets First International Credit Rating Moody’s Aassigns A3/P-2
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) a multilateral development financial institution headquartered in Lagos, has secured its first International credit rating from Moody’s Investors Service…
- 19 Dec 2013
AFC Closes US$250m Syndicated Term Loan Facility
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has signed a US$ 250 million syndicated term loan facility, marking its debut in the international syndicated loan market. The facility, which was oversubscribed,…
- 17 Oct 2016
Buhari’s Men Join Chorus, Criticise PMB for Economic Hardship
Fund managers first expressed their concerns over President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of Nigeria’s economic crisis by taking billions of dollars of funds from its markets. Then, multinationals and…
- 19 May 2008
Communication Networks & Infrastructure Security (1)
Africa is growing..... The continent's rate of growth is projected at between 5 - 7 % over the next 3 years (World Bank). Compared to the sub- 3% rates of growth for Europe and North America (if you…
- 20 May 2008
Communication Networks & Infrastructure Security (1)
Africa is growing..... The continent's rate of growth is projected at between 5 - 7 % over the next 3 years (World Bank). Compared to the sub- 3% rates of growth for Europe and North America (if you…
- 2 Jul 2021
Okeke, Nigerian Asks Court to Wind up CNN Africa in Nigeria
Kenechukwu Okeke, a Nigerian dragged CNN Africa to the Federal High Court in Lagos, praying the court to shut down the operations of the multinational news-based television channel in Nigeria.…
- 10 Dec 2020
SEC @ Senate Hearing Opposes FG’s Move to Manage Unclaimed Dividends
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is opposed to a proposed amendment in the Finance Bill 2020 that prescribes that unclaimed dividends be handed over to the federal government as trustee,…
- 29 Jun 2016
7700sqm New Maryland Mall Commissioned
Lagos is fast becoming Africa’s real estate and retail capital. Despite the plethora of markets, street side shops and grocery stores across the state, social evidence suggests that residents still…
- 4 May 2018
MTN Faces R4.6Bn Repatriation Problem
MTN faces the risk of not being able to repatriate about R4.6billion from Iran if US President Donald Trump persuades his allies in Europe to reimpose sanctions on the Middle Eastern nation,…
- 4 Feb 2021
How Konga is Revolutionizing Agriculture in Nigeria through e-Commerce
Konga, Nigeria’s foremost composite retail giant, has once again led from the front, revolutionizing agriculture in Nigeria by leveraging e-Commerce in helping rural farmers access better…
- 29 Jul 2025
Moonshot Returns with a Defining Third Edition, Charting Africa’s Next Phase of Innovation
Moonshot, Africa’s flagship tech and innovation gathering, officially announces its third edition. Scheduled to take place from October 15 –16, 2025, at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos, Nigeria,…
- 12 Apr 2017
Africa Finance Corporation Issues $500m
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a leading Pan-African multilateral development finance institution and project developer, has issued a US$500 million 7 year Eurobond. The senior, unsecured…