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FBN Insurance Brokers Limited, a subsidiary of Nigeria’s leading financial services group, FBN Holdings Plc, has announced a webinar to sensitise SMEs on risk management and cyber security. Spearheading discussions at the webinar are seasoned experts on insurance brokerage, cyber security and risk management.   The event is themed Risk Management and Business Continuity amidst […]

Veteran business growth executive, Stjepan Udovicic, has been appointed the Chief Commercial Officer of 9mobile (https://9mobile.com.ng/) by the Board of Directors of Emerging Markets Telecommunication Services Limited (EMTS), trading as 9mobile, the company said in an emailed statement Wednesday.   Udovicic possesses vast international experience working in the telecoms, technology and service sectors in Asia, […]

  Africa’s leading financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced its audited financial results for the half year ended June 30, 2020, showing commendable growth across key performance indices as well as an increased contribution from its African subsidiaries.   Despite the challenging business and economic environment occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic, […]

Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has made her debut in a movie produced by award-winning, and proudly Nigerian movie producer, Kunle Afolayan. The movie, Citation, is created to correct one of the greatest ills – rape and sexual molestation – which affects the educational system and indeed societies around the world.  […]

MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), a global leader in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, today announced a new partnership with Airtel Africa PLC, a leading provider of telecommunications and mobile money services with a presence in 14 countries across Africa.   The partnership enables Airtel Money’s 19 million customers to quickly and conveniently receive […]

A growing number of UK and global investors are likely to move their assets overseas as Britain enters its worst recession in history, affirms the boss of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and Fintech organizations.   The observation from Nigel Green, founder, and chief executive of deVere Group, which has $12bn under […]

  Standard Chartered Bank and Airtel Africa on Thursday announced a strategic collaboration to drive financial inclusion across key markets in Africa by providing customers with increased access to mobile financial services.   Through the collaboration, Standard Chartered and Airtel Africa will work together to co-create new, innovative products aimed at enhancing the accessibility of […]

Nova Merchant Bank, a three-year-old Nigerian lender, said it has raised long-term funds to finance projects in Agriculture, Fintech, healthcare, and telecoms, among others.   Nova is focusing on these sectors for financing projects because they are the areas where the bank currently sees opportunities, managing director Anya Duroha said.   Nova set to raise […]

 *Acts as Lead Arranger for $1.5 billion Facility to Boost Nigerian Oil Production and Government Revenue.   The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, has acted as the lead arranger of a consortium of Nigerian commercial and international banks in a $1.5 Billion Pre-Export Finance Facility for the Nigerian […]

Shop Rite Holdings Limited, the South African company which has stores in many states in Nigeria, says it is pulling out of the country.   The company entered the Nigerian market in December 2005.   In an “Operational and Voluntary Trading Update (52 Weeks Ended 28 June 2020)” it released on Monday, Shop Rite blames […]

…Six New Country CEOs in Africa, International and Senior Group Roles   United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) (www.UBAgroup.com), the leading pan-African financial services institution on Monday announced the appointments of Rokia Hacko, Chioma Mang, Chinedu Obeta, Bode Aregbesola, Kingsley Ulinfun and Usman Isiaka as chief executive officers of six of its 20 subsidiaries across […]

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced the convening of a Business Clinic to promote the growth and sustainability of the educational sector, especially in the light of the coronavirus which is having an adverse effect on the operations of schools across the world. The event is […]