BLUE, yellow, green: As night falls, the dome of the Kigali conference centre lights up, resplendent in the colours of Rwanda’s flag as it aims to attract all eyes on the capital, and beyond. In less than a decade, the…
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has predicted agriculture and economic boom following the coming on stream of the $2.5 billion Dangote Fertiliser Plant in, Ibeju-Lekki Lagos. Buhari spoke while inaugurating the plant – the world’s second-largest – with an installed capacity of…
KOGI State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) on Wednesday, March 17, 2022, sealed the network facilities of two telecommunication companies operating in the state for their refusal to remit tax liabilities worth over Three Hundred and Sixty Million, and Thirty Five…
MULTICHOICE has increased the prices of its DStv and GOtv packages in Nigeria. This was announced in a statement on Tuesday, March 22, 2022, stating the rising costs of inflation and business operations led to the increment in the prices…
THE government of Rwanda is moving ahead with plans to go into the medical marijuana business. The Rwanda New Times reports that the government has dedicated 134 hectares to cannabis production and is in the process of having the site developed. The…
GHANA central bank announced its biggest ever interest rate hike on Monday as it seeks to slow rampant inflation that threatens to create a debt crisis in one of West Africa’s largest economies. The Bank of Ghana (BoG) raised its…
GHANA ended 2021 with pubic debt exceeding 80 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the central bank said late Friday. Bank of Ghana said this in the summary of economic and financial data released after the latest round of…
Opens 45 Branches across Nigeria in 10 years, By ABDULLAHI Rabiu, Kano THE Managing Director of Jaiz Bank Alhaji Hassan Usman has said that the bank has succeeded in assisting the business Class with over One Hundred and thirty billion…
THE integration of the African continent is well above average with regional economic communities demonstrating progressive efforts toward integration, a newly published African Union (AU) report disclosed. The latest African Integration Report said the East African Community (EAC), the Economic…
THE Africa Investment Forum boardrooms have drawn $32.8bn in investment interest in bankable projects. Unveiling the results of the Forum’s virtual boardroom sessions on Thursday, African Development Bank Group President Akinwumi A. Adesina told the 500 project sponsors, investors, deal…
