30 results
- 8 Nov 2019
FBNQuest Bank Shares Insights to Generational Wealth Transfer at its Wealth Management Customer Forum
FBNQuest Merchant Bank, the investment banking and asset management business of FBN Holdings Plc, recently hosted its clients to a Wealth Management Customer Forum, facilitated to share in-depth…
- 4 Sept 2024
FBNQuest Asset Management ABC of Investing
Whether your dreams include buying a home, starting a business, or traveling the world, sound financial management is the key to turning these dreams into reality. Personal finance is the…
- 6 Feb 2015
CBO Partners British Council to Provide Seed-Funding for IT Entrepreneurs
Management of CBO Investment Management has provided seed-funding worth $2500 to three IT entrepreneurs, in furtherance of its vision to provide funding & growth capital for small businesses in…
- 20 Jun 2016
Operators Consider N7.2Bn Investment to Replace Generators
Worried by high cost of maintenance of generators at base stations in the country, occasioned by the notoriously unreliable public power supply; tower operators are eyeing massive investment put at…
- 18 Jul 2025
First Asset Management Launches National Initiative to Raise 100m Investment-Smart Nigerians
First Asset Management, one of Nigeria’s leading investment managers and a subsidiary of FirstHoldCo Plc, launches the 100 million Smart Inventors campaign. Nigeria's investment market has huge…
- 10 Oct 2016
Actis $300m Investment Boosts Amaya Capital Azura Power Generation Platform
Amaya Capital, the African-focused principal investment firm is has announced over $300m of equity commitments in its power generation platform. The new investment follows the acquisition by growth…
- 9 Sept 2015
Nigeria Invested N2.740trn on Power Generation from 1999 to Date - Igali
The Senate was told yesterday that a total of N2.74 trillion has been invested in the country’s power sector from 1999 to date. The Senate was also told that for nineteen years before 1999, no single…
- 7 Jul 2014
CBO Prioritises SMEs Funding For Nigeria’s IT Growth- Nwawudu
Bex Nwawudu, managing partner and co-founder, CBO investment management, has nearly two decades of experience in private equity, investment banking, proprietary trading, and principal investing with…
- 9 Mar 2026
First Asset Management Secures Ratings Upgrade
First Asset Management investment management rating just got an upgrade to ‘AA’ from ‘AA-’ by DataPro and affirmation of A+(IM) by Agusto & Co. This reflects how we are continuously improving to…
- 25 Jan 2026
First Asset Management Receives Upgraded Ratings from Agusto &Co and DataPro
First Asset Management, a subsidiary of FirstHoldCo Plc has recorded a significant milestone as its rating was upgraded to ‘AA’ from ‘AA-’ by DataPro, reflecting the firm’s strong fundamentals and…
- 10 Dec 2021
How Project Management Will Help Nurture the Next Generation of Changemakers in Nigeria
A quick look at Africa today and one thing is clear, the continent is a growing economy overflowing with opportunity and potential. Organisations such as The African Leadership Academy (ALA)…
- 24 Jan 2019
Andela Secures $100M Series D Funding to Accelerate its Technology Platform
Andela, the company building distributed engineering teams with Africa’s top software developers, announced the completion of a $100M Series D funding. The round was led by Generation Investment…
- 30 Jul 2013
Sidra Capital goes Live on Agile FT’s Agilis IMS Software
Sidra Capital (DIFC) Limited, a Category-3A company, licensed by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), has completed the successful implementation of Agilis Investment Management Suite. The…
- 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…
- 19 May 2026
AFC Invests $100m in Africa-focused Technology Fund Managers
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), said its board has approved a commitment of $100 million to invest in Africa-focused technology fund managers. The commitment comes amidst growing interest in…
- 16 Oct 2024
CFA Nigeria, FMDQNext Equip Students with Investment Skills
In pursuit of one of its goals to develop future finance and investment management professionals, CFA Society Nigeria in collaboration with FMDQNext, have exposed some outstanding students of Ekiti…
- 4 Nov 2019
FBNQuest Merchant Bank Hosts Wealth Management Customer Forum
FBNQuest Merchant Bank, the investment banking and asset management group of FBN Holdings Plc, will tomorrow be hosting a Wealth Management Customer Forum, to provide extensive insights to its varied…
- 28 Jan 2019
Andela to Hire 1000 Software Developers with $100m Funding Boost
Andela, an African company that develops talents in software engineers, said it will hire a total of 1000 software developers in 2019. The company said that it has completed its $100 million…
- 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…
- 1 Mar 2022
M-KOPA Secures $75M Growth Equity Round
M-KOPA, the fintech platform that provides connected financing and digital financial services to underbanked consumers across four markets in Africa, has announced its $75M Growth Equity round. The…
- 11 Oct 2022
6 Tips to Help Young Nigerians Start their Investment Journey
According to statistics, Gen Z, the demographic group succeeding Millennials, is the most prevalent in Nigeria. One in every four Nigerian belongs to the Gen Z group and they tend to be more…
- 7 Sept 2022
Agusto & Co. Affirms “A” Rating, Stable Outlook for FBNQuest
FBNQuest Merchant Bank, the investment banking and asset management subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc, has once again received an “A” rating from Agusto & Co., which affirms the Merchant Bank’s…
- 11 Aug 2022
SFS Capital Unveils SFS Fund Mobile App
SFS Capital, leading investment management firm in Nigeria, has launched the SFS Fund Mobile App that would enable individuals start their Mutual Fund investment journey with ease. L-R: Dimeji…
- 12 Feb 2016
IFC, NSIA Map out Strategies to Increase Investments in Nigeria
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), managers of Nigeria’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, have co-hosted a hospital sector focused roundtable to foster…
- 11 May 2023
Visa, African Women Impact Fund Initiative (AWIF) Unveil Recipients of Funding to Empower African women
Three women fund managers from Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa have been selected to receive Visa’s grant funding from the African Women Impact Fund Initiative (AWIF), a collaboration between…
- 28 Mar 2023
Why we Invested $30m in DeFi Wallet Bitkeep - Gracy Chen, Managing Director of Bitget
As a cryptocurrency exchange and digital asset trading platform, Bitget has begun to explore new vistas of opportunities as it hopes to collaborate with BitKeep in order to leverage the respective…
- 27 Oct 2015
FBN Holdings Unveils FBNQUEST for Merchant Banking & Asset Group Brand Identity
In line with a commitment to improve service delivery to clients and position the group at the forefront of the emerging merchant banking and asset management sector in Nigeria, the Investment…
- 3 May 2021
DLM Capital Group Unveils 5,000,000 Units of Fixed Income Fund
Leading developmental investment institution, DLM Capital Group, has unveiled its Fixed Income Fund which aims to provide capital preservation and income generation. The Fund, called the DLM…
- 10 Jun 2017
AfDB Approves €5m Equity Investment to Support SBs in sub-Saharan Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a €5 million equity participation in Investisseur & Partenaire pour le Développement 2 (IPDEV.2), to support Small…
- 8 Apr 2024
FBNQuest Promotes Financial Literacy to Secure Your Future Initiative
FBNQuest, the investment banking and asset management subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc, recently held its financial literacy and enlightenment session to commemorate the 2024 Global Money Week, and as…