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- 25 Jan 2022
Dangote Retains Africa’s Richest Man Status on Forbes
Aliko Dangote, billionaire businessman has retained his status as the richest man in Africa, according to Forbes. Aliko Dangote Forbes, an American business magazine, is renowned for tracking the…
- 15 Jan 2023
DG NITDA Bags Forbes’ Africa Outstanding Corporate Governance CEO Award
It was a night of glowing tributes for Kashifu Inuwa, Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), as Forbes Magazine recognised him as Best of Africa Outstanding…
- 19 Nov 2015
Forbes Lists Chronic Debtors as Richest Nigerians
Again, Forbes, the American business magazine may have stirred another varied assortment of controversies with its recent listing of some of Nigeria’s greatest debtors as the richest in the country.…
- 30 Oct 2013
Dangote More Powerful Than President Jonathan in Forbes Ranking
Aliko Dangote, founder, Dangote group and the richest man in Africa has been named by Forbes magazine as the 64th most powerful person in the world. The 56-year old Kano born multibillionaire is the…
- 9 Oct 2014
Dangote Falls 3 Places Down in Forbes Billionaires Table
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man slipped three places down to 26th in the new Forbes Magazine billionaires ranking. He had occupied the 23rd position before the latest ranking. Dangote, the self…
- 26 Dec 2014
Nigeria Loses $40Bn to Naira, Stocks Crash
The devaluation of naira by nearly 10% after a plunge in world oil prices and dwindling dollar reserves has knocked more than $40 billion off the value of Nigeria’s economy, Forbes magazine has…
- 7 Mar 2019
Dangote, Adenuga Lead Black Billionaires List
Aliko Dangote, business mogul and Mike Adenuga, oil and telecoms mogul are the richest black people in the world, according to by Forbes, the influential American business magazine. Dangote…
- 5 Mar 2013
Dangote, Adenuga among World’s Richest Men
It is now official; Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Nigeria’s business mogul and Otunba Mike Adenuga, owner of Nigeria’s second national carrier are among the richest men in the world. Dangote and Adenuga are…
- 15 Jun 2017
Poll Ranks Adesina 3rd Most Reputable Person on Earth
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has been rated third most reputable personality in the world on the 2017 Most Reputable People on Earth list released by South…
- 13 May 2020
COVID-19: Forbes8 Launches Nigeria’s First Digital Startup Accelerator Program To Support Business Resilience
Forbes8 has announced Nigeria’s First Resilience Digital Startup Accelerator programme, a free virtual accelerator that will welcome 100 top companies from Nigeria. Founders selected for the program…
- 13 Oct 2014
Billionaire Pastors Running Nigeria's Megachurches
When a guesthouse belonging to one of Nigeria's leading Christian pastors collapsed last month, killing 115 mostly South African pilgrims, attention focussed on the multimillion-dollar "megachurches"…
- 8 Jun 2009
Alao-Akala Commends Intercontinental Bank
Intercontinental Bank Plc has been commended by Adebayo Alao-Akala, the executive governor of Oyo State, for celebrating her customers as kings at the grand finale of the bank’s months-long…
- 4 Mar 2014
Dangote Makes History, Becomes First African to Enter Top 25 Richest List
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Nigerian business magnate and owner of the Dangote Group can’t just stop making money. His reported wealth now is $25 billion from $16.1 billion in 2013 and enough to help him…
- 13 May 2022
Elon Musk Puts $44Bn Twitter Takeover Deal on Hold
Elon Musk said his $44bn (£35bn) deal to buy Twitter is on hold after he queried the number of fake or spam accounts on the social media platform. Elon Musk Musk said he was waiting for information…
- 28 May 2020
FG to Create 1m Jobs on Digital Platforms
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is targeting the creation of about one million jobs through digital platforms between now and 2025, according to, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi of…
- 17 Mar 2015
Tara Fela-Durotoye, Others to Mentor Winners of Microsoft Mobile’s “From Passion to Empire” initiative
Microsoft Mobile Devices and Services has announced that it will be working with three highly successful indigenous entrepreneurs to mentor eventual winners of the ongoing ‘From Passion to Empire’…
- 29 Apr 2015
FMC Technologies, UniPort to Develop Next-Gen Subsea Engineers
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced on Tuesday, collaboration with one of Nigeria’s premiere academic institutions, the University of Port Harcourt, with the intent to create the first Master of Science…
- 26 Jun 2015
Jobberman Facilitates 5000 Northern Youths Employment into Financial Industry
Jobberman.com, an employment website in Nigeria, has revealed that in an almost unprecedented drive to put as many qualified Northern professionals and candidates as possible back to work and as well…
- 23 Mar 2020
The Man Behind the Movies: Who is Tom Cruise?
M-Net Presents the Tom Cruise Pop-Up Channel which launched on DStv channel 109 earlier this month. And with its arrival, we thought this the perfect opportunity to take a closer look at the…
- 18 Dec 2019
Stanbic IBTC Named Amongst Top 10 Brands Making Impact
Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has been named amongst the Top 10 brands making a difference in Nigeria. The first-ever Nigeria Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)…
- 23 Jun 2013
Digital Platforms Provide Opportunity to Target Export Markets-Ehimuan -
Juliet Ehimuan Chiazor is the country manager, Google Nigeria, the global Internet-software giant; with specialisation in internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Ehimuan has…
- 23 Nov 2015
Iyanda Becomes First African Woman to Bag Fellowship from UK Varsity
Funmi Iyanda, Nigerian media entrepreneur, will on Wednesday, November 25 receive an honorary fellowship from the University of Cumbria in recognition of her significant global contribution to human…
- 7 Aug 2019
Nigeria Guzzles Chinese Loans, Debt Threatens Economy
Nigeria is guzzling China loans and at last count Chinese credit accounts for 80% of all bilateral lending to Nigeria. Debt Management Office (DMO), the government agency established to…
- 24 Mar 2017
Glo-Sponsored African Voices Celebrates Female Achievers
The next edition of the popular TV magazine of the Cable News Network (CNN), African Voices, will be celebrating two female achievers from Nigeria and South Africa. One of the two achievers is…
- 9 Apr 2014
Alabi Named 2014 Yale World Fellow
Biola Alabi, immediate Africa Managing Director of M-Net, has been named a 2014 Yale World Fellow. She joins 15 other World Fellows selected this year from thousands of applicants across the…
- 21 Jun 2017
AI, Bots Will Free Smart Businesses’ Employees from Mundane Processes
Bots won’t take away (all of) your work, but they will help build a more creative workplace, says Jennifer Sutherland of Standard Bank who sat down with Sage’s Kriti Sharma to talk about the future…
- 16 Jul 2014
How Aliko Dangote Made $1.7Bn in 3 Months
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, business magnate who owns the Dangote Group reportedly made some $1.7 billion in the first three months of this year, according to research carried out on Bloomberg…
- 18 Sept 2014
Ellison Bows Out as Oracle CEO
Larry Ellison on Thursday stepped down as chief executive of Oracle, handing off the helm of the successful technology company he co-founded in 1977, the company announced. Ellison, who…
- 7 Jul 2008
Etisalat to Ring Value, People in Nigeria
Etisalat’s expansion strategy in the West and Central African region is driven by the opportunity to add value to lives of the people, a special CommunicationsWeek investigation has revealed As…
- 4 Jun 2013
Dangote with $20Bn Becomes World’s 25th Richest Man
Aliko Dangote, Nigerian billionaire and Africa’s richest man is now officially the continent’s first $20 billion man and has also climbed to become the 25th richest man in the world, according to…