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19 APRIL 2018, WASHINGTON, DC – During the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, DC, African philanthropist and entrepreneur Tony O. Elumelu insisted that prioritizing Africa’s youth by fixing the policy and regulatory issues impeding their innovations would also help attract foreign investors. …

Today, Dangote Industries Limited Executive Delegation led by GP/CE, Aliko Dangote visited Siemens Africa Booth at the ongoing Hannover Technology Fair in Germany, a leading global trade fair for Industrial Technology, providing insights into the wave of Industrial revolution and how it is reshaping industries of the future. Key discussions at the event …

l-r: CEO, Airtel Nigeria, Mr Segun Ogunsanya; Chairman, Forte Oil Plc, Mr Femi Otedola; GMD/CEO, UBA Plc, Mr Kennedy Uzoka; President, Dangote Industries, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; Group Chairman, UBA Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu; Deputy Managing Director, Total E&P Nigeria, Alhaji Ahmadu-Kida Musa; and Group Deputy Managing Director, UBA Plc, Mr. …

L-R: Mr. Lai Labode, CEO, CeLD, Mr. Segun Ogunsanya, MD/CEO, Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Obeahan Ohiwerei, GMD/CEO, Keystone Bank Limited and Mr. Leo Stan Ekeh, Chairman, Zinox Group at the official launch of ‘CashToken’, a new age of hyper consumer centricity in Nigeria, held in Lagos…recently. Fastest growing financial institution in …

The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, on Friday led some members of the bank’s executive management team on a courtesy visit to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State at the State House, Ilorin. This visit follows the recent armed robbery attack in the town of Offa in Kwara. …

Chairman, Heirs Holdings and Founder, The Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu will join Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group and Jeff Weiner, LinkedIn CEO at the opening debate of the ‘Digital Economy for Africa’ Forum in Washington, D.C organised by the World Bank Group. The event, which will …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has charged telecommunications company, Globacom Limited, before the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja for an alleged fraud of $6,786,674.61. The firm was charged alongside its Indian Chief Marketing Officer, Ashok Israni, who was listed as the first defendant in the case. The …

Renowned preacher and senior pastor of Champions Royal Assembly, Abuja, Bro Joshua Iginla in his usual manner has blessed a helpless widow who attended the Service of Stars at the Champions City of Wonders with a cash gift of N200,000. The man of God also announced scholarship award to four …

  LAGOS, NIGERIA – Entrepreneur, and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu will lead a 5-day working visit to East Africa, where he will meet with national leaders of Kenya and Uganda. In his capacity as Chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr. Elumelu will travel to Uganda (April 10) and Kenya …

  MTN Group Ltd. expects the listing of its Nigerian unit on the Lagos stock exchange to be done by the end of this year, its CEO Rob Shutter has said, after suggesting last November that the process would be concluded by mid-year. “We are progressing very well with the …