PARTICIPANTS at a webinar to present the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) African Economic Outlook Supplement to Asian audiences on Monday have endorsed the report as critical for post-Covid-19 Africa. The supplement revises the growth projections and outlook for Africa for 2020…
ANGOLA’S attorney general has seized buildings and hotels belonging to AAA, a company associated with Carlos Manuel de São Vicente whose $900 million fortune has been frozen by Swiss authorities. De São Vicente was a key figure in Angola’s oil…
MONTHLY cryptocurrency transfers to and from Africa under $10,000 soared more than 56 percent from a year ago to reach $316 million in June, according to new research by US crypto analytics firm Chainalysis. Altogether, $8bn worth of crypto was…
BRAND South Africa hosted an Africa nexus research reference group webinar with key objectives to determine insights and perspectives on how the African Continental Free Trade (AcFTA) could enable economic recovery and development in the context of the impact of…
FOLLOWING a meeting convened by the Pan-African Private Sector Trade and Investment Committee (PAFTRAC) and hosted by the Afreximbank, a communiqué addressed to members of the WTO and the eight candidates who have been shortlisted as the institution’s next Director-General…
FREEPRESS – Oando Plc has obtained an ex-parte order from the Federal High Court (FHC) restraining the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) from implementing a technical suspension of its shares. The company’s Head, Corporate Affairs, Mrs Alero Balogun, said on Tuesday that…
PRESS STATEMENT Airtel’s Digital journalism training begins 21 August The digital journalism training being sponsored by Airtel Nigeria under the aegis of The Journalism Clinic, will start in Lagos on Monday, 21 August. A statement by the Founder/Director of The…
FREEPRESS – Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, has stressed that telecom firms in Nigeria can successfully list on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and contribute significantly to the socio-economic development of the country, barring challenges confronting…
FREEPRESS – Etisalat has repaid 42 per cent of the debt owed Nigerian banks and is not owing the humongous $1.2 billion, as being reported in the media. The clarification was made by the troubled telecommunications company today. “As at today,…
FREEPRESS – Strong indications emerged on Wednesday that consortium of 13 banks, involved in Etisalat Nigeria’s 1.2 billion dollar loan is seeking the Federal Government’s intervention to investigate the management. A management source close to the banks told the News Agency…
