Western Africa

Ejisu (Ash), Aug. 10, GNA – About 40 per cent of start-up businesses in Ghana do not make a profit at all, Mr. Sherif Ghali, Chief Executive Officer of the …

Business mogul, Aliko Dangote, is the only Nigerian to make a list of 500 billionaires published by Bloomberg Billionaires Index on Tuesday. The index which was updated by the close …

WEMA Bank Plc., one of Nigeria’s oldest financial institutions, has renewed and expanded its long-term business agreement with Network International the leading enabler of digital commerce across Africa and the …

USS Hershel “Woody” Williams, the first ship permanently assigned to Africa, arrived in Nigeria’s commercial capital city of Lagos on Saturday as part of the U.S. government’s support to combat …

International financial markets have opened a window for African governments to diversify their funding sources from traditional multilateral institutions and foreign aid. For example, they can now borrow through issuing …

Kaspersky researchers have identified the top malware families in Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya as ransomware, financial/banking Trojans and crypto-miner malware. In a report, Kaspersky researchers said when comparing the …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Eight companies have been chosen from a pool of 38 bidders to ensure the successful sale of the $6.2 billion Eurobond to be issued by the Nigerian government. The federal …