Africa Agriculture Banking Business

First Agric Expo to promote new business opportunity

Ihesiulo Grace 28 August 2019 0

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

Aviation Business Oil & Gas

NEPAL expands operations into aviation space

Ihesiulo Grace 16 August 2019 0

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 […]

Banking Business

FirstBank boosts financial inclusion through digitisation in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2019 0

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

Features Health

Burden of malaria and its negative impact on Nigeria

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2018 0

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 […]

Sports

StarTimes acquires media rights for Russia 2018

Ihesiulo Grace 5 April 2017 0

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 […]

Business

IMF Advises Nigeria, Others to Make Fiscal Policy Adjustments

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2015 0

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