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- 12 Oct 2017
Sage, ACCA Nigeria Partner to Develop Finance Professionals’ Skills and Expertise
Sage,, the market and technology leader for cloud accounting, people & payroll, and payment systems, has announced that they have signed a partnership agreement with the Association of Chartered…
- 12 Jul 2021
Standard Chartered Appoints Regional Head of Sustainable Finance for Africa & Middle East
Standard Chartered has appointed Lina Osman as Regional Head of Sustainable Finance for Africa and the Middle East, as part of the Bank’s ongoing efforts to provide sustainable financing solutions…
- 14 Sept 2021
DLM Capital Group Attributes Global Finance Award to Teamwork, Dedication
Developmental Investment Bank, DLM Capital Group, has been awarded the ‘Best Development Finance Company Nigeria 2021’ by Global Banking and Finance Review magazine. The award is in…
- 26 May 2016
AfDB to Expand Trade Finance Portfolio across Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is planning to expand its trade finance products across the continent in the coming years as it seeks to bridge the existing funding gap to support trade…
- 12 Mar 2021
Ecobank Reiterates Interest in Export Trade
Ecobank has reiterated that it remains the partner of choice in Africa for export trade because of its unique positioning, wide network, pan African payment switch, settlement capabilities,…
- 20 Mar 2026
UBA UK, BII Sign Letter of Intent to Slash Africa’s $80Bn Trade Finance Gap
United Bank for Africa (UK) Limited (“UBA UK”) and British International Investment plc (“BII”), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, today announced that they have signed a…
- 14 May 2026
UK Reaffirms Development Partnership with Kano, Jigawa States
Ms. Cynthia Rowe, the Head of Development Cooperation at the British High Commission Abuja, has completed high-level engagements with Kano and Jigawa States, reaffirming the United Kingdom's…
- 26 Jul 2022
DFC, Access Bank Sign $280m Financing to Boost SMEs in Nigeria
Scott Nathan, CEO of U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has signed a commitment letter for $280 million in financing for Access Bank Plc in Nigeria. Nathan disclosed that the…
- 24 Sept 2025
Ould Tah, AfDB President Presses for Scaled-Up Financing and Stronger Partnerships to Realize Africa’s Development Goals @ UNGA80
Sidi Ould Tah, President, African Development Bank Group is attending the United Nations’ 80th General Assembly this week to push the continent’s development priorities and mobilise support for the…
- 9 Jul 2021
Cities & Villages Development Bank Partner ICSFS to Become a Cloud-first Bank
Cities and Villages Development Bank (CVDB), a publicly owned bank that finances Jordanian municipalities for the development of their infrastructure, has selected ICS BANKS Universal Banking…
- 15 Jul 2021
CDC Group Announces US$50m Trade Finance Facility with Ecobank as Part of its Covid-19 Response
CDC Group announces US$50m trade finance facility with Ecobank as part of its Covid-19 response. CDC Group, the UK’s Development Finance Institution and impact investor, has announced a US$50 million…
- 14 May 2026
FCMB, REA Others Launch $188M Fund to Finance 191mw Solar Capacity
The Green Finance Investment Facility (GFiF), a blended finance platform to mobilise large-scale private and institutional investment into distributed renewable energy infrastructure across Nigeria,…
- 29 Jul 2015
OPIC, Microsoft begin Financing Discussions with Kenya’s Mawingu Networks
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s Development Finance Institution, yesterday signed a mandate letter to begin financing discussions with Mawingu Networks, a…
- 8 Apr 2026
How Sterling Bank Is Empowering 1m Women with ₦500Bn
Sterling Bank, through its women focused initiative, OneWoman, convened a powerful gathering of women entrepreneurs, development finance institutions, ecosystem leaders, and business stakeholders at…
- 22 Nov 2021
Heritage Bank CEO Wins Banker of Year SMEs & Agric 2021 Award
Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria most innovative service provider has been adjudged Banker of the Year 2021 under SMEs and Agric category, which was awarded to the MD/CEO of the Bank, Ifie Sekibo. R-L:…
- 8 Mar 2026
Mojisola Sayo-Kazeem Reflects on Leadership, Opportunity, Women in Tech @ IWD
As the world marks International Women’s Day, Mojisola Sayo-Kazeem, Head of Finance, Jumia Nigeria & Ghana, reflects on how giving opportunity, mentorship, and support helps women thrive and…
- 8 Jun 2021
UBA, DEG Sign $50m Term Loan to Support SMEs in Nigeria
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Pan African financial institution, and Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, the German Development Finance Institution, have entered into a…
- 5 Nov 2024
Standard Chartered, BII Renew $350 million Commitment to Support Trade Finance in Emerging Markets
Standard Chartered, a leading international cross-border bank, and British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, announce the signing of…
- 20 Aug 2013
Ecobank Nigeria Gets Department to Finance Small Businesses
Ecobank Nigeria has set up a Microfinance department to support small business owners in Nigeria. These groups of people constitute the unstructured market and are small entrepreneurs whose…
- 28 Jan 2014
AFC Holds Summit on Infrastructure Development in Nigeria
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) will host its inaugural summit in Lagos, titled ‘AFC LIVE: Bridging the Infrastructure Investment Divide’. The event responds to the need to open a dialogue with…
- 28 Sept 2022
EFInA, GIZ Conclude Hackathon Challenge
EFInA and GIZ have announced the winners of its recently concluded ‘MSME Finance… Breaking Barriers’ Ideathon-Hackathon. The hackathon challenged innovative developers to develop groundbreaking…
- 3 Oct 2012
Nokia, Co-Creation Hub Growth Academy Invite Applications
Nokia, global leader in the manufacturing of mobile devices, in partnership with Co-Creation Hub (CCHUB), foremost social innovation centre in Nigeria, are inviting applications for the sophomore…
- 22 Sept 2022
NIMC DG Charges Staff on Professionalism, Service Delivery
Engr. Aliyu Aziz, Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has charged staff of the Corporate Communications Unit of the Commission to be professional in the discharge…
- 7 Feb 2024
IsDB Restates Commitment to Support Nigeria
The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) says it is ready to support Nigeria to address its development challenges. Javed Khan, who headed a Mission from the Abuja Hub of the bank to Kano, stated this…
- 7 Jul 2022
Afreximbank Signs Deal with UTM on Financing for Historic Floating LNG Project
African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, yesterday disclosed that it has executed a project preparation facility financing head of terms with UTM Offshore Limited, under which the Bank will…
- 16 Mar 2020
CRC Gets Recognition from UK Body
Policy Development Facility Phase II (PDFII), funded by the United Kingdom government, has recognised Nigeria’s Credit Bureau Limited (CRC) for ‘Outstanding Facilitation of Access to Finance’ in the…
- 1 Feb 2022
CDC Establishes Ghana Presence with Appointment of New Coverage Director
CDC Group, the UK's development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, on Monday announced the appointment of Kwabena Asante-Poku as Coverage Director for Ghana, effective 1 February 2022.…
- 30 Jun 2022
British International Investment Commits $20m in Moove a Nigerian Fintech Mobility Firm
British International Investment (“BII”), and Development Finance Institution (DFI), have announced a US $20 million, 4-year structured credit investment in Moove – a mobility fintech democratising…
- 22 May 2022
Sterling Bank Signs MoU with Optometrists on Funding, Capacity Building
Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Optometrist Association (NOA) to automate operations, enhance capacity and…
- 12 Sept 2013
Nigerians Have Just 28m Bank Accounts-CBN
Nigeria with a population of 165 million people can only boast of about 28.6 million banks’ accounts despite having over 900 licensed microfinance banks, 22 deposit money banks and other formal…