A 41% jump in online sales for the owner of Zara helped drive higher sales and profits last year. Inditex, […]
GTB Announces Year 2017 PBT of N200.24b
Guaranty Trust Bank released its audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2017 to the Nigerian and London […]
Nigeria Loses Crown to South Africa as Africa Biggest Smartphone Market
Africa’s two biggest markets saw extremely strong growth in the shipment of smartphones and feature phones, up 19.9 per cent […]
Zenith Bank partners Facebook and Mastercard to pioneer QR payments on Facebook Messenger
Zenith Bank has confirmed that it is in a strategic partnership with Facebook and Twitter to launch a Masterpass QR […]
Stanbic IBTC Empowers Start-Ups in Nigeria With ‘Stanbic IBTC Blue Lab’
Stanbic IBTC Blue Lab, a facility that gives start-ups and small businesses opportunity thrive has been launched. Inauguration of the […]
Fintech: Grab Financial could disrupt banking sector
BANKS might soon be the next taxis. Grab’s new fintech platform Grab Financial – which it launched on Tuesday – […]
Land Use Charge: Real Estate Professionals Call For Review
Following criticisms that have trailed the introduction of the Land Use Charge Law, 2018 by the Lagos State Government, professionals […]
Africa Economy: Africa Driving Its Own Development Agenda
“Large parts of Africa are rapidly approaching a market standard where risk is increasingly less of a factor,” says Charl […]
Apple acquires digital magazine service Texture
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has acquired Texture, a digital magazine subscription service which gives users unlimited access to their favourite titles […]
How Driverless Cars Could Disrupt The Real Estate Industry
Driverless cars could become a regular feature of the roads as early as April – at least in California, which […]
Oil Price Rises Towards $70 on Reduced U.S. Drilling Activity, Booming Job Market
Oil markets climbed on Monday on the back of a drop in the number of United States rigs drilling for […]
US duty hikes may trigger retaliatory action, hurt global growth: S&P
US President Donald Trump’s decision to hike duties on steel and aluminium could result in retaliatory action from EU and […]
Africa News: AFC wins ‘Africa Power Deal of the Year’
Andrew Alli, Managing Director, African Finance Corporation Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has been named the winner of the Africa Power […]
CBN: External reserves hit $46bn
The nation’s external reserves hit $46bn on Friday, the Central Bank of Nigeria disclosed in a statement on Friday. The […]
Trump tariffs: US chided over duties on steel and aluminium imports
Major trading partners of the US have condemned President Donald Trump for signing off new tariffs on steel and aluminium […]
China Builds Ambitiously in Africa, and US Sounds the Alarm
The United States is sounding the alarm that the Chinese money flooding Africa comes with major strings attached. In this […]
Economy: CBN to increase women’s access to credit
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Wednesday said it would improve women’s access to formal financial services, especially credit, through […]
African News: Frank Adu wins African Banker of the Year
Managing Director of CalBank, Frank Adu Jnr., has won the prestigious African Banker of the Year at an award ceremony […]
NIESV: Nigeria can make N1tn from idle assets
The government can raise over N1tn annually from the auction of idle assets, the Faculty of Auctioneering of the Nigerian […]
Windows 10: Microsoft to Ditch New IOS Plan
Windows 10 S will no longer exist as a separate operating system, Microsoft has confirmed. Instead, the Redmond technology company […]