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- 21 Jun 2022
CardinalStone Securities Executes Largest Block Deal in Nigerian Capital Market
CardinalStone Securities has announced its recent execution of the sale of 27,336,952,296 ordinary shares of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc at N7 per share by Atlas Mara Limited and Union Global Partners…
- 18 Aug 2014
Western Union Partners First Bank on Outbound Service Launch
The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, has announced the launch of the outbound remittance service in Nigeria. Since the Western Union Money Transfer service was launched in…
- 17 Oct 2019
Union Systems Partners Daon to Transform Cross-Channel Customer Authentication & Onboarding in Africa
Union Systems Limited (USL), a leading African financial technology company and Daon, a global leader in biometric identity technology, today announced its partnership to deliver innovative,…
- 1 Feb 2023
IFC Partners Union Bank of Nigeria to Support Trade, SMEs
To boost access to finance for smaller businesses in Nigeria and to support increased trade, IFC yesterday announced a partnership with Union Bank of Nigeria Plc to help the bank expand lending to…
- 23 Dec 2021
Titan Trust Bank Acquires Union Bank
Titan Trust Bank Limited (TTB), one of the fastest-growing and customer-centric financial service providers in Nigeria, has acquired Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. This followed an agreement by Union…
- 19 Nov 2012
Profitability, New Investors Bolster UBN Confidence
Increased volatility in the volume and price of Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) shares at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is suggesting renewed investors’ confidence on the bank which has just emerged…
- 3 Jun 2022
Union Bank Completes Sale to Titan Trust Bank
Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc announced it has completed the transfer of its 93.41 per cent share capital to Titan Trust Bank (TTB). This comes as it also revealed it has completed the divestment…
- 4 Jun 2018
N3.6bn Grant: O-mobile Signs Agreement with Digital Economic Partners
Technology innovation company, O-mobile Limited, has signed a partnership agreement with several companies that will enlist small, medium and enterprises in its digital economy development programme.…
- 3 Dec 2014
NATCOM Offers $252m, Wins Bid for NITEL, Mtel
NATCOM Consortium, a special purpose vehicle has emerged the preferred for the Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (Mtel), its mobile subsidiary…
- 3 Jun 2021
FMDQ Exchange Admits Union Bank’s Series 8/9 Commercial Papers
The FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited, has approved the Quotation of the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, ₦2.58 billion Series 8 and ₦32.38 billion Series 9 Commercial Papers under its ₦100.00 billion…
- 26 Sept 2024
Afrinvest Pioneers Remittance for Investment in Nigeria Through Integration with Western Union
Afrinvest (West Africa) Limited (“Afrinvest”), a leading investment management holding company acting through its wholly owned subsidiary, Afrinvest Asset Management Limited, a fund manager licensed…
- 20 Aug 2024
Airtel Africa Commences Second Tranche of $100m Share buy-back Programme
Airtel Africa Plc has announced the commencement of the second tranche of its $100 million share buy-back programme. This latest tranche, valued at up to $50 million, follows the completion of the…
- 20 Mar 2017
Vodacom Partners eBusiness Life on Int’l Girls in ICT Celebration
The 6th edition of the International Girls in ICT Day Celebration is gathering steam as key stakeholders in the industry have lined up to partner with eBusiness Life Limited in its bid to create…
- 21 Mar 2016
NCC, MTN Partner eBusiness Life to Celebrate Girls In ICT Day
The celebration of the International Girls in ICT Day 2016 in Nigeria is gathering steam as key stakeholders in the industry have lined up to partner with eBusiness Life Communication Limited in its…
- 4 Mar 2015
ITU Unveils Online Platform, Storytelling Campaign to Mark 150th Anniversary
A new website, www.itu150.org, has been launched to highlight ITU’s achievements and ongoing activities marking the Union’s 150th anniversary this year. The website contains new integrated…
- 29 Aug 2019
Kobo360 Expands to Kenya to Power Coast-to-Coast Pan-African Logistics
Kobo360, the African e-Logistics start-up, announced it has launched its operations in Nairobi, Kenya, marking the company’s first physical expansion into East Africa. The new regional office, led by…
- 27 Oct 2022
AfreximBank Boss, ECOWAS, Diplomats and others to Speak at GAIN Youth Summit 2022
The President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export Import Bank (AfreximBank) Professor Benedict O. Oramah; High Commissioner of Namibia to Nigeria, H.E Humphrey Geiseb; Ambassador…
- 29 Jun 2010
Airtel, Ogilvy Africa BV Ink Partnership Deal for Africa
Bharti Airtel Limited, new owners of Zain Group has inked marketing services partnership agreement with Ogilvy Africa BV , that will see the latter providing integrated marketing solutions for Airtel…
- 26 Nov 2024
Remittance Services in Africa: What Businesses Need to Know
Remittances represent a major source of financial inflow for African countries. The United Nations identifies remittances as a vital lifeline for more than 200 million Africans. It notes that beyond…
- 27 Apr 2016
ITU to Chart Roadmap for Future Digital Financial Services
The International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Focus Group on Digital Financial Services (FG DFS) is set to meet in Washington DC, 27-29 April to discuss key elements of a global roadmap it is…
- 26 Aug 2020
Ericsson, UNICEF Launch Global Partnership to Map School Internet Connectivity
Ericsson and UNICEF announced today a global partnership to help map school connectivity in 35 countries by the end of 2023. Mapping the internet connectivity landscape for schools and their…
- 4 Apr 2022
Swedish AI Fund Looks for African Start-ups to Support
The Swedish AI Fund (SAIF), a global non-governmental organisation (NGO) is searching for early stage African artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups seeking funding. SAIF says it is looking…
- 9 Dec 2025
How Nigerian Companies are Leading a More Responsible Digital Transformation
By Kehinde Ogundare, Country Head, Zoho Nigeria Artificial intelligence is everywhere–in polished social media posts, in the recommendations that guide our viewing habits, and in the bots that handle…
- 2 Nov 2021
Elumelu@ GEN-U Sahel, Says TEF Funded 10, 898 Entrepreneurs across Africa
Tony Elumelu, founder and chairman of Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), has said that the foundation has funded 10, 898 entrepreneurs across Africa, who have gone on to create further 400, 000 direct…
- 1 Jun 2026
Easybuy Partners WAWUAfrica to Upskill 10 Million Youths and Women, Boosting Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Inclusion
Easybuy, Africa’s leading smartphone and electronics financing provider and a pioneer in the continent’s Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) sector, has partnered with WAWUAfrica to empower 10 million Nigerian…
- 20 Feb 2022
Nigeria, 5 Others Get WHO Technology to Produce mRNA Vaccines
World Health Organisation (WHO),has name Nigeria among five other African countries that will receive its needed technology to establish mRNA vaccine production in Africa. The global health body…
- 17 Jan 2021
Heirs Holdings Acquires 45% Per Cent of OML 17 from Shell, Total and ENI
Heirs Holdings (“HH”), the leading African strategic investor, in partnership with affiliated company Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (“Transcorp”), Nigeria’s largest publicly listed…
- 10 Dec 2012
NSE Conducts Elections with NigComSat e-Voting System
Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) at the weekend successfully conducted its yearly general elections online real-time using an e-voting system manufactured locally by engineers at Nigerian…
- 2 Mar 2023
Liquid Intelligent, Microsoft Partner to Bring Connectivity to 20M Underserved in Africa
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, announced a new collaboration to deliver internet access to 20 million underserved people in Africa by the end of 2025, with…
- 8 Dec 2024
Seedstars Africa Ventures I Announces $42m First Close
Seedstars Africa Ventures I, a venture capital fund making early-stage investments in highly scalable start-ups in Africa, has achieved a first close of $42 million, with participation from the…