The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed more than $35 billion in trade and project financing to Nigerian public and private entities since its inception to support the country’s economic and trade growth, Bank President Dr. Benedict Oramah has said.…
This is Chisom Anekwe (nee Okereke), a young, vivacious, graceful, kind-hearted and intelligent woman who had devoted her life to helping indigent kids and giving their lives a meaning. She’s an alumna of LEAP Africa. Two weeks ago, precisely April…
The management of Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) would like to bring to the attention of Nigerians on the recent cyber-attack that is affecting computers across the world – the ransomeware attack. This attack, known as “WannaCry” or “WannaCrypt”,…
Nigerian civil society organisations and media houses have come together to collaborate to create the Whistleblower Network Nigeria (WNN) to, among other things, advocate for the review of legislative bills and regulatory provisions threatening press and Internet freedom in Nigeria.They…
The Managing Director of Nigerian Breweries, Nicholaas Vervelde, has resigned. According to a notice posted to the Nigerian Stock Exchange by the company, Thursday afternoon, Mr. Vervelde resigned to take up a new role within the Heineken group outside Nigeria.…
Expanding a service to a new country is never easy and always carries a degree of risk, but when it works the impact can be huge. That’s why we have decided to support Nigerian budget monitoring organisation, BudgIT, as they…
A financial technology bank, SunTrust, has won the most innovative bank of the year award for providing services entirely based on electronic channels, telephone, and the internet. It is the first commercial bank in Nigeria that runs minimal branches. According…
The Africa Energy Forum (AEF) is the global investment meeting for Africa’s power, energy, infrastructure and industrial sectors. Nineteen years in the running, AEF brings together senior-level representatives from governments, utilities, regulators, power developers, financial institutions, technology providers, consultants, law…
The Federal Government of Nigeria’ indebtedness to China stood at $3.22bn at the end of December 2016, according to a report released on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is part of the total foreign debt…
The Nigeria Network of NGOs, NNNGO has announced the launch of Yemisi Ransome-Kuti (YRK) Leadership Award to commemorate its 25th Anniversary. At the launch of the maiden edition, Ms Ndifreke Andrew-Essien, was the very first YRK Award winner. Read more…
