Sterling Bank and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria have launched a platform called Databanc that provides data on businesses in Nigeria and N5bn worth of …
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SEforALL board approves Ogunbiyi’s reappointment as CEO
The Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Governance Board has approved the reappointment of Ms Damilola Ogunbiyi for a second term of five years as Chief Executive Officer. A company …
Read More »TIES Global partners CAM to boost education
The TIES Global, in partnership with Campus Abroad Mauritius, has organised the ‘Study in India’ education fair, in Kigali, Rwanda. The organisers explained that the collaborative initiative was meant …
Read More »AfCFTA: FG urges African nations to enhance SME training
The Federal Government has tasked African countries to invest more in the training of Small and Medium Enterprises to improve trade standardisation and boost the continent’s economy. This was …
Read More »Naira slumps marginally against dollar, trades N1, 483/$1 at official window
The Naira slumped marginally against the United States dollar in the first official trading session after the Eid-El-Kabir holidays on Wednesday. Data from the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) …
Read More »TotalEnergies to invest $550m in Nigeria’s gas project
French multinational integrated energy and petroleum company, TotalEnergies is set to invest $550 million to develop a gas processing facility in Rivers State to boost exports and domestic supplies. A …
Read More »NGX: Investors return from Sallah break with N47bn loss
The equities market resumed from the Eid-El-Kabir holiday with investors losing N47 billion at the end of trading session on Wednesday. This followed a dip in the share price of …
Read More »Lower import, export crash Nigeria’s trade with UK by N105bn in one year
Declining export and import have crashed Nigeria’s total trade with the United Kingdom by N105bn in the first quarter of 2024 despite the higher value realised from the naira devaluation. …
Read More »NERC okays 450MW deal to avert Zungeru plant shutdown
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has approved a deal for the procurement of 450 megawatts of electricity from Zungeru Hydro Electricity Generation Company Limited. The directive, said to have …
Read More »Investing $124bn in epidemic preparedness can save trillions – Report
Resolve to Save Lives, a non-profit organisation dedicated to epidemic preparedness, has released a new report titled “Epidemics that Didn’t Happen,” celebrating six successful outbreak responses in 2023, This …
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