Western Africa

Sam Omatseye, chairman of The Nation newspaper editorial board, has asked Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), to call his supporters to order. In a tweet on Tuesday, Omatseye, …

StarLife Assurance, one of Ghana’s leading indigenous insurance companies, has unveiled its new USSD code; *7373#, and Mobile App, MyStar to the public to ease clients’ insurance needs. For the …

Vodafone, British telecom group has announced plan to sell its 70% stake in Vodafone Ghana to Telecel Group.  The transaction, which is still subject to “certain conditions”, will allow the …

Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has declared a Profit Before Tax of N29.73 billion for the half year ended June 30, 2022. It said this on Tuesday in a report by …

The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) says it will acquire drones to monitor its pipelines and wellheads in the Niger Delta region. Igo Weli, SPDC’s general manager, external relations, made …

The Federal Government of Nigeria, on Tuesday, launched the National Cocoa Management Committee (NCMC), to tackle some of the challenges in the cocoa sector. Speaking at the inauguration of the …

Wema Bank Plc said its gross earnings rose by 50 per cent N39.82bn in the first half of 2021 to N59.59bn in the corresponding period of 2022. This information is …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is conducting a review on the activities of Flutterwave in the country. This is coming after the Central Bank of Kenya ordered banks and microfinance …

eTranzact International Plc posted a profit before tax (PBT) of N536.4 million for the 2021 financial year. The figure is 128.66 per cent improvement from the N1.87 billion loss recorded …

Keystone Bank Limited, a commercial bank in Nigeria, has launched special savings account for business owners known as the ‘Keystone Apprentice Settlement Savings Account.’ According to the bank, the new …