West Africa business news from Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and the wider ECOWAS region.
Calendly, a $3 billion scheduling startup has acquired Prelude, a startup specializing in the hiring process. Prelude is specifically geared toward scheduling job interviews or other types of recruitment-related meetings. Tope …
The Federal Government of Nigeria says it is set to deploy an Integrated Secure Track and Trace Solution to boost revenue earnings through excise and tax collection. Michael Ohiani, director-general, Infrastructure Concession …
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it will debit all banks in the country on Thursday, Sept. 29, for the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) to allow for the mopping-up of liquidity. …
The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has indefinitely postponed the commencement of its campaigns for the 2023 presidential election, which was earlier scheduled for Wednesday, September 28. The decision follows plans …
The National Assembly says it will pass the Data Protection Bill within 30 days once it receives the draft from the Federal Executive Council (FEC). Yakubu Useni, the chairman of the …
Fidelity Bank Plc in a bid to reinforce its support for SMEs has entered into a strategic partnership with the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN). At a Memorandum …
As the world finishes unpicking its Covid-19 travel restrictions, business trips and tourism are firmly back on the agenda in most places, anyway. The question is, who to fly with? Qatar Airways …
Ghana began talks with the International Monetary Fund on Monday for an IMF-supported lending programme, the government said in a statement, in a bid to reduce economic hardship that spurred …
The Ghana National Petroleum Commission (GNPC) is set to commence the technical decommissioning of the Saltpond Oil Field in the Central Region. The decommissioning which was announced in 2016 was …
Sterling Bank PLC has announced it will take a new name after receiving shareholders’ approval to convert from a core banking business to a holding company. The leadership of the Bank …
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