The 2018 Africa Trade & Investment Global Summit (ATIGS), is scheduled on June 24 to 26, 2018 at the World Trade Center Washington […]
Olatorera Oniru to Speak at Africa Fintech Summit Ghana 2018
Africa FinTech Summit (AFS) 2018 will be held in Accra, the capital of Ghana on September 26th and 27th, 2018. […]
Ecobank, Mastercard Launch Payment Channel Promo
Ecobank Nigeria and MasterCard have launched a discount promotion with 9Mobile Nigeria to drive the use of Masterpass QR payments […]
Afreximbank Pledges $25bn for Intra-African Trade
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will disburse about $25 billion in support of intra-African trade for five years ending in […]
Bill Gates visits Nigeria
The international philanthropist and Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates, will visit Nigeria on Thursday. According to a press statement made available […]
Zuckerberg Breaks Silence on Facebook Crisis as Criticism Grows
Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke his silence on the crisis over political-advertising firm Cambridge Analytica’s access to user data […]
World Economy: Global Tourism Predicted to Slow After Best Year Ever
London: The travel and tourism sector is set for a modest slowdown in 2018 as a result of higher oil […]
Forty-four Countries Sign Historic African Union Free Trade Agreement
Forty-four African countries have signed up to a historic trade agreement aimed at paving the way for a liberalized market […]
Amazon Rises Above Alphabet to Become World Second Biggest Company
Amazon has passed Alphabet and now trails just Apple among the list of the world’s most valuable companies. The e-commerce […]
The Story Behind Africa’s Free Trade Dream
The European Union and its free trade agreement took decades to establish. Africa is now hoping it can achieve the […]
Africa’s Richest: Dangote Cement grows 2017 profit by 43%
Dangote Cement Plc has posted a group net profit of N204.25bn for the year ended December 31, 2017, representing a […]
The Challenge of FinTech: Rethinking Traditional Banking
Whether the banking public likes it or not, the lines of Financial Services industry are being redrawn by Financial Technology […]
ALIBABA INVESTS ADDITIONAL $2 BILLION IN LAZADA, SEEKS TO DOMINATE SE ASIA ECOMMERCE MARKET
Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba announced Monday that it would be investing an extra $2 billion in Lazada as part of […]
Milost Plans $1 Billion Investment in Unity Bank
Milost Global Inc. is looking to inject as much as $1 billion to recapitalise Unity Bank Plc, which is struggling […]
Toyota in Talks With Uber on Self-Driving Tech
TOKYO: Uber Technologies is discussing the possibility of installing its self-driving system in Toyota Motor Co vehicles as the US […]
Ghana named Africa’s biggest mobile market
A recent report on the Ghanaian Mobile Sector by Africa’s leading e-commerce company Jumia has revealed that Ghana is one […]
“Where can I buy?” – Google strives to turn searches into cash
Alphabet Inc’s Google routinely fields product queries from millions of shoppers. Now it wants to take a cut of their […]
Total PoS transactions rose to N1.41tn in 2017 – NIBSS
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System has disclosed that Points of Sale transactions increased by 54.3 per cent to N1.41tn in […]
Mobile-First Consumer Feedback Platform Debuts in Nigeria
The mobile-first consumer feedback platform known as mSurvey which allows businesses to obtain feedback directly from their consumers real-time, has […]
Nigeria Ecommerce: Zinox Group acquires Konga
The Zinox Group, an integrated Information Communication Technology (ICT) solutions conglomerate and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), has concluded the acquisition […]