30 results
- 18 Aug 2008
Acorn Petroleum Heads to Capital Market, Expands, Shareholder Base
Acorn Petroleum plc, fresh from its hugely successful private placement exercise, is poised to issue fresh shares through an initial public offer (IPO). Ahead of this, the company has held an…
- 26 Sept 2021
Digital Economy: NITDA Assures e-Business Industry Heads of Public Private Partnership
In line with the implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS), the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has assured the Committee of e-Business…
- 13 Jan 2023
Strengthened Ericsson Private Network Portfolio Leads the Market in Solution Choice
A broad range of enterprises and industries are set to benefit from a significant expansion in the Ericsson Private Network portfolio with the addition of a new IT-focused offering from the Ericsson…
- 29 Jul 2020
FMDQ Restates Commitment to Development of Derivatives Market
Mr. Bola Onadele. Koko, the Group Managing Director/CEO of FMDQ Holdings Plc, expressed the company’s commitment to the development of a thriving derivatives market in Nigeria by launching new…
- 16 Aug 2021
CapitalSage Raises $4 Million to Pursue Expansion Agenda
CapitalSage Technology Limited, an integrated fintech group in Nigeria, has successfully raised $4 million (N2.2 billion) in a Series 1 Private Company Notes (“PCN”) issuance, under its N10 billion…
- 21 May 2025
IFC, Standard Chartered Expand Lending in Local Currencies
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has partnered with Standard Chartered to bolster local currency financing for private enterprises in emerging markets. Standard Chartered will provide local…
- 19 Nov 2014
NSE, LSEG Sign Capital Market Agreement
Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) signed a capital markets agreement at the UKTI and the Emerging Capital event held at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) The…
- 22 Sept 2023
NGX, UN Women Partner to Promote Gender Bonds in Nigeria
Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and United Nations Women (UN Women) will partner on the integration of gender bonds and other gender-themed sustainable financing mechanisms as strategic instruments…
- 28 Sept 2021
Heritage Bank MD Tasks Govt on Policies to Support Private Sector Interventions for Infrastructure Growth
Ifie Sekibo, MD/CEO of Heritage Bank Plc, has called on governments to provide enabling policies that would support private sector interventions to achieve the vision of infrastructural development.…
- 31 Jan 2022
5 Customer Experience Trends You Need to be Aware of this Year
By Prashanth Krishnaswami, Head of CX Market Strategy & Thought Leadership, Zoho Corp. It’s no secret that customer experience (CX) is a major point of differentiation between organisations. "One…
- 11 Oct 2024
Samsung Unveils New Galaxy A06 dubbed 'Galaxy Wey Sabi' Nigeria - Nigeria
Samsung Electronics has officially unveiled the latest addition to the popular Galaxy A series smartphones - the Samsung Galaxy A06. From left to right: Stephen Okwara, product manager, Mobile…
- 3 Mar 2020
Actis Acquires Majority Stake in Rack Centre
Actis, a leading investor of private capital into global emerging markets announced it has acquired a majority stake in Rack Centre, Nigeria’s leading provider of data centre colocation and cloud…
- 21 May 2013
Cisco Believes ‘The Internet is Everything’-Sullivan
Den Sullivan is the head, Architectures and Enterprise, Emerging Market, Cisco. He joined Cisco and the IT Architecture Group in year 2000. Prior to joining Cisco, Sullivan held a number of…
- 13 Oct 2021
AfricInvest Acquires Minority Stake in Royal Exchange
AfricInvest, a pan-African asset management company has bought minority share of the Royal Exchange General Insurance Company (“REGIC”). The company, said the investment was made through its…
- 28 Sept 2010
FirstBank Appoints 5 Management Executives
The Board of Directors of FirstBank of Nigeria Plc (FirstBank) has made five key strategic appointments to its business operations in a bid to deepen specialization and service delivery as well as…
- 14 Feb 2012
Dataflex Re-Strategizes, Poised for Growth with Key Appointments
Dataflex, one of Nigeria’s foremost information technology companies, has in line with deepening its offering in the Information technology space re strategized through the expansion of its solutions…
- 8 Dec 2016
Dana Air Selects Spectra net to Offer Travellers Free Wi-Fi
Dana Air has joined the growing list of brands associating with Spectranet to enjoy its unique broadband service offering. In what appears to be a subtle endorsement of Spectranet as the fastest and…
- 15 Oct 2014
IFC Supports $400m Seven Energy Bond Issuances for Nigeria
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has subscribed to $50 million of notes in the inaugural bond issuances by Seven Energy International Limited, one of the few companies developing and…
- 24 Jun 2020
Financial Experts Call for Reorganization of Nigeria's Market Architecture
Stakeholders in the Nigerian Capital market, Asset Management and Banking Industries have called for a rethink of the nation's economic philosophy and a reset of the financial market architecture.…
- 28 Nov 2013
Private Equity Africa Reports $2Bn in 2013
Private Equity Africa, the industry publication for fund managers, investors and advisors has today reported that Africa-focussed fundraisers have brought in excess of £2billion in reported closings…
- 9 May 2021
Heritage Bank-Dukia Gold Set to Unlock N344tn Market Worth of Gold
Heritage Bank for being part of valuable private sector collaboration with Dukia Gold & Precious Metals Refining Co. Limited is set to unlock over N344trillion market worth of gold investible…
- 26 Jun 2023
Samsung Launches Galaxy A14 5G in Partnership with the Airtel 5G Launch
Samsung, Nigeria’s consumer electronics brand, has announced the launch of Galaxy A14 5G. This latest addition to the popular Galaxy A series is aimed at offering a complete package of the latest…
- 3 Aug 2020
Deloitte Launches Initiative to Support SMEs, Others
Deloitte Africa Leadership has launched the Deloitte Private in West Africa, a practice established to focus on serving SMEs), high net worth individuals, family-owned businesses and Private Equity…
- 4 Feb 2016
AG Mobile, Africa’s Leading ODM Launches Presence in Nigeria
AG Mobile, recognised as one of the Africa’s first Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) has launched presence in Nigeria. The African mobile technology brand was the first South African brand to…
- 12 Jun 2015
Mathiasson, Spotself App Founder Reveals the Platform’s Peculiarities
Jens Mathiasson is an entrepreneur from Sweden has revealed that Spotself App is all about a shift in paradigm, in which social media becomes a definer of social discourse in Nigeria. Mathiasson has…
- 29 Oct 2019
Stakeholders at MoDiTECH 2019 Harp on Leveraging Digital Services to Boost Nigeria’s Economy
To fully embrace the possibilities that digital technology has to offer both the private and public organisations have to be willing to use agile approaches in which requirements and solutions evolve…
- 27 Aug 2019
Tony Elumelu to Deliver Keynote Address at TICAD Africa Development Conference in Japan
Tony O. Elumelu, founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation and chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), will speak at the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD),…
- 8 Mar 2017
Africa Leads in Creating Resilient Women Entrepreneurs – Mastercard Index
Following the release of the Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship (MIWE) on Tuesday, it was revealed that 34.8 percent of businesses in Uganda are owned by women, making it one of the top…
- 20 Jul 2023
ASEA, ECA Sign MOU for Africa Financial Market Development, Integration
The African Securities Exchange Association (ASEA) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) have announced the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which aims…
- 21 Aug 2014
Kunoch Holdings Buys Diamond Bank Stake from Actis, CDC Group
Actis, and CDC Group, two major private equity firms have sold their 14.79% stake in Diamond Bank Plc to Kunoch Holdings, according to a statement on the bank’s website. The statement read: “Diamond…