Nigerian health tech startup, HelpMum, has been announced as one of and the only African among the four global winners for the 2021 Waislitz Global Citizen Award. HelpMum was selected …
Radarr Africa Business Desk
Radarr Africa Business Desk
The Radarr Africa Business Desk reports daily on companies, markets, banking, energy, technology and policy across Nigeria and Africa. Stories are reviewed and edited by The Radarr Africa Editorial Team in Lagos. Story tips and corrections: business@radarr.africa.
Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday approved $2.75 billion for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to buy a 20 per cent stake in the Dangote Petroleum …
- Banking, Finance & InvestmentPress ReleasesWestern Africa
NOVA Merchant Bank Appoints Onokpasa as Executive Director
NOVA Merchant Bank has announced the appointment of Emmanuel Onokpasa as executive director for wholesale bank and treasury. NOVA which announced the appointment in a statement said the Central Bank …
Lately, the oil bulls just can’t seem to catch a proper break. Just when oil prices were consolidating after OPEC+ reached an agreement on production quotas, the markets have gone …
With over 7000 cryptocurrencies out there in the market, the total cryptocurrency market capitalization is estimated to be approximately US$1.3 trillion. The market cap which started at $1.41 trillion in …
Supporters of the crypto industry in the U.S. Senate filed an amendment to the bipartisan infrastructure bill to make clear that miners and providers of crypto services would not be …
- Banking, Finance & InvestmentSpotlightWestern Africa
Cellulant acquires PSP License in Ghana to deploy digital payments solution for businesses
Digital payments have seen tremendous growth in the past couple of years. As of January 2021, 38.9 per cent of the population aged 15 years and older had a mobile …
Leo Stan Ekeh, serial digital entrepreneur and chairman, Zinox Group has heaped praises on two recently retired executive management staff, Mr Olusiji Ijogun, chairman of Konga Group, and Mr Etiene …
- Banking, Finance & InvestmentBusiness PoliciesWestern Africa
CBN Bars PSHCs from Accessing Bank Loans
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred the proposed Payments Service Holding Companies (PSHC) from borrowing from the Nigerian banking system for the purpose of capitalising itself or any of …
The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers have rejected the monthly house rent proposal of the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. NIESV President, Emmanuel Wike, told journalists …