Value Financing Will Spur Growth of Payment Ecosystem
Africa’s leading Integrated payments and digital commerce company, Interswitch, has restated its commitment to continue supporting customers to meet urgent needs through its technology-driven lending solution called Value Financing. The Value Financing solution is designed to provide customers with credit…
Scope Ratings Publishes 1st Sovereign Credit Rating In Africa
Scope Ratings, the European credit rating agency, has published its first sovereign credit rating of Africa, with a credit assessment of the Republic of South Africa (rated BB+ with Stable Outlook). “The rating of South Africa marks Scope’s first public…
Retail Banks Recognize Need To Invest In ESG Initiatives – BCG Banking Report
As interest in sustainability continues to rise over the years, and concerns over climate change have become decision drivers for customers, investors, and policymakers, retail banks are responding by building sustainability into their digital transformation programs. Three-quarters of retail banks…
FIRS Opens 25 New Satellite Tax Offices Across Nigeria
… Officially Launches, Micro And Small Tax Office, Epe, Lagos The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has announced the opening of 25 new Tax Offices across the country. According to a statement signed by the Special Assistant to the Executive…
Stanbic IBTC Wins Multiple Awards at 5th FMDQ Gold Awards
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of the Standard Bank Group, has won four awards at the recently concluded 5th Annual FMDQ GOLD Awards Ceremony held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. The company was recognized for its significant performance…
Unity Bank, Kitian Training Hub Partner to Empower Over 300 Youths with Digital Skills
In a bid to promote Sustainable Development Goal eight (SDG 8) for decent work and economic growth, Nigerian lender, Unity Bank Plc is collaborating with Kitian Training Hub, an Ibadan-based career advice and skills acquisition training centre to empower no…
National Carrier: Domestic Airlines Drag Buhari Government To Court Over Ethiopian Airline Deal
Nigeria’s domestic airlines have taken the Federal Government and its foreign technical partner and majority shareholders to court in the recently announced national carrier deal with the Ethiopian Airlines. About eight local airlines and their association took the government to…
Niger Group Reacts To Appointment of Acting NDDC MD, Makes Demands
A Nigeria’s South-southern group under the aegis of the Association for Non-Violence in the Niger Delta (ANND), has lauded the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Obong Umana Okon Umanah, over the appointment of Emmanuel Audu Ohwavborua, as the Acting Managing…
How Leveraging Novel Solutions Will Drive Growth – Interswitch
As the adoption of digital payment continue to rise in the country and customers continue to yearn for more sophisticated digital payment offerings, Africa’s leading Integrated payments and digital e-commerce company, Interswitch has said it is pertinent for businesses to…
NISS Participants Urged To Promote Self-suffiency In Food Production
The Coordinator of Nigeria Institute of Soil Science (NISS), South East Zonal Office, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Charles Livinus Anija (C.L.A) Asadu, has called on the participants in the NISS programmes of activities in the Zone to evolve ideas…
2023 Budget: We Must Ask The Right Questions, Lagos Speaker Tasks Lawmakers
…As Assembly Holds Retreat The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has charged committees of the House to ensure a proper screening of the 2023 budget of the State so as to close the…