By SAMUEL MOBOLAJI Sub-Saharan Africa has vaulted into the global spotlight with $205 billion in on-chain transactions processed between July 2024 and June 2025, a 52 per cent surge that rivals the GDP of mid-sized economies. The figure underscores how stablecoins are transforming everyday commerce, shielding households from currency collapse, and slashing the cost of […]
A new report by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) has revealed that the global mortality rate has fallen by 67 per cent since 1950, despite the effects of population growth and ageing. The study, which examined data from 204 countries and territories as well as 660 subnational locations between 1990 and 2023, was published […]
Godwin Anyebe FirstBank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its 2019 edition of FirstBank Agric Expo – the third in the series, would promote new business opportunity in the country. The lender’s Agric Expo will hold on Friday 2019 at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, 30 August, with the theme, “Agricultural Value Chain – […]
Michael Ajayi NEPAL Oil and Gas services Ltd., one of the leading indigenous companies operating in Nigeria’s Downstream Oil & Gas Sector has recently ventured into the Aviation business with the introduction of its newest subsidiary, NEPAL Fly Limited. This is in line with the company’s plans to expand its business operations within Nigeria and […]
Ladesope Ladelokun FirstBank of Nigeria Limited has announced its organisation of a Joint Seminar with sub-Saharan African Banking and Telecom Regulators to promote financial inclusion through digital innovations in sub-Saharan Africa. The event which was held in Lagos recently was themed “Advancing ePayment and Digital Innovations in Africa- Evolution of Nigeria’s Payment Systems.” The seminar […]
Malaria is a major public health problem, with high global burden. However, large regional disparities exist in malaria burden. In 2015, Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounted for 90% of the malaria cases and 92% of the malaria deaths worldwide. According to the 2018 World Malaria Report, about 70 percent of all malaria cases and deaths recorded […]
Africa’s leading pay TV operator, StarTimes, has acquired media rights to the 2018 FIFA World Cup holding in Russia, as FIFA officially granted media rights to all 2017-2018 FIFA events in Sub-Saharan Africa. StarTimes has been awarded pay-TV transmission rights for exploitation in all 42 territories of sub-Saharan Africa except South Africa with regard to […]
Nigeria and other oil exporting countries in the Sub-Saharan region have been advised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to make fiscal policy adjustments in the light of crashed oil prices. Unveiling the April 2015 IMF Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa, Ms. Antoinette Sayed, Director, IMF African Department commented: “Sub-Saharan Africa’s economy is set to […]