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Africa Leads The World In Women Entrepreneurs: But It’s Not Yet Uhuru

How are things looking for African women in various spheres of leadership, especially in the business and corporate spheres? Impressive, I would say. First, in terms of the number of African women who have...

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Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe Emerges New CEO of Fidelity Bank

On January 1, 2020, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe assumed office as the new CEO of Fidelity Bank PLC, becoming the 4th Chief Executive and first female to occupy the position since the inception of the bank in 1988. She...

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Like The Internet Did In The 90’s, Blockchain Will Take Over The World Economies — Hakeem Disu

Mr. Hakeem Disu, CEO of Koinwa, an emerging leader in the digital assets exchange industry for the trade and storage of cryptocurrency has predicted that blockchain will become the new norm, just like when the...

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Nigerian Govt Begins Ogoni Clean-Up in August

“The federal government is to begin the remediation phase of oil-impacted sites in Ogoniland in August,” Marvin Dekil, the Coordinator of the Hydrocarbon Pollution and Remediation Project (HYPREP), has said...

April 21, 2018

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Nigeria: ‘Your Children Will Learn Less, Earn Less in the Future’, World Bank Tell Nigeria, Others

The world bank President, Jim Young Kim, in the ongoing meetings of IMF and the World Bank in Washington D.C, has said many African Countries are not prepared to compete in what is increasingly becoming a...

April 21, 2018

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Tanzania Ranked Highly in Investment Report

Dar es Salaam — A new report has ranked Tanzania as among highly attractive investment destinations in Africa. This is because an anti-corruption campaign raised its status two places in 2017 from number seven in the...

April 21, 2018

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Dangote Rekindles Interest in Zimbabwe

NIGERIAN billionaire Aliko Dangote has rekindled his love for Zimbabwe after almost three years since he turned his back on the southern African country due to bureaucracy and corruption. Dangote, who visited the...

April 19, 2018

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Nigeria: Shell to Invest U.S.$15 Billion in Nigeria, Buhari Says

The Shell Group is preparing to invest $15bn in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday. The president disclosed this at the Commonwealth Business Forum at Guildhall, London, where he also canvassed for a...

April 19, 2018

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Nigeria: Rising Debts Pose Risk to Nigeria, Other Emerging Economies – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday warned that rising public debts in emerging economies may constitute a direct risk to financial stability. The IMF Financial Counselor and Director of the Monetary and...

April 19, 2018

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CBN Injects $210M as Naira appreciates to N360.16/$

The Naira yesterday appreciated by 31 kobo to N360.16 per dollar in the Investors’ and Exporters’ (I&E) window, even as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) injected $210 million into the foreign exchange market...

April 19, 2018

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Tanzanian Govt Demands $930 Fee from Bloggers in Internet Clampdown

As part of sweeping new internet regulations, the Tanzanian government has introduced a $930 fee for those wanting to have an online blog, giving the authorities unprecedented control over the internet. The government...

April 18, 2018

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Over 10,500 business transactions carried out daily at Computer Village – CAPDAN

About 10,500 business transactions are carried out daily at the Computer Village in Lagos. Mr Ahmed Ojikutu, the President of Computer and Allied Product Dealers Association of Nigeria (CAPDAN), disclosed this to the...

April 16, 2018

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Nigeria Rejects West Africa-EU Free Trade Agreement

President Buhari of Nigeria has declined to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement which aims to reduce trade restrictions between West African countries and the EU. While the UK prepares to leave one of the...

April 16, 2018

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