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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of the Bank’s mandate to empower female entrepreneurs with financial and business skills, Access Bank Plc has unveiled the third edition of its Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa programme. The Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa programme is designed to provide female owned businesses across Africa an opportunity to access finance, world-class business trainings as […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Sunday, June 20th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acting Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Atsuko Toda has said that the bank has supported African countries with $10 billion in their fight against COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020. Toda disclosed this in a statement distributed by APO Group on behalf of AfDB and endorsed […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Eighteen companies are to face sanctions from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for allegedly abusing the country’s foreign exchange auction system. Dr John Mangudya, the RBZ governor on Tuesday said the companies face allegations of flouting the Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021 (SI 127) put in place to provide for penalties […]
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Sunday, June 13th, 2021
… Excites Marketers, Farmers in North (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – After months of speculations, Dangote Urea fertilizer is now finally on sales nationwide and it currently pushes out a minimum of 120 trucks per day across the country Group Executive Director, (Strategy, Capital Projects & Portfolio Development) · Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin, revealed to the […]
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, the German Development Finance Institution, have entered into a partnership aimed at supporting small and medium scale businesses (SMEs) in Nigeria. To this end, both institutions have signed a USD 50m Term Facility Agreement. The facility […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Tuesday, June 8th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – While the age-old saying and philosophy of virtue being its own reward (or seeing doing good as its own reward) remains a strong motivating factor in doing good persistently, it helps when virtue gets recognition from time to time. Even though anyone or organisation committed to doing good will keep doing so […]
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Monday, June 7th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it remains committed to the promotion of sustainable environment across it operations, stressing that its energy transition programme and support for carbon neutral projects are proofs of that commitment. The Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Mallam Mele Kyari, stated this at an event organized […]
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Saturday, June 5th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – To the admiration of key financial sector operators present, the Dangote Fertilizer Limited announced on Friday the formal commencement of production of Urea in commercial quantity and the plan to hit the Nigerian market on Monday. In what industry watchers have described as a potent step to liberalize of the fertilizer market […]
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria has urged Nigerians to disregard the news making the rounds that its South East branches are closed. The rebuttal was contained in a statement sent to African Examiner and signed by Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications of the bank. The statement simply reads: “Public Announcement […]
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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
…Heirs Insurance, Heirs Life To Offer Reliable Insurance To Nigerians (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heirs Holdings (HH) announced the Group’s transformative insurance industry play, with the launch of Heirs Insurance Limited (HIL) and Heirs Life Assurance (HLA), on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at the companies’ Victoria Island headquarters in Lagos. Heirs Holdings will bring a dynamic, […]
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has revealed that it is currently considering equity participation in a number of private refineries in the country in line with a Federal Government policy directive which stipulates the mandatory participation of the Corporation in any privately-owned refinery that exceeds 50,000 barrels per day capacity in keeping […]
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Friday, May 28th, 2021
…As Dangote Sugar Records 13.7 Percent Increase In 2020 Production (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has urged government to faithfully follow through the Backward Integration Policy in the sugar industry as the nation stands to rake in foreign exchange up to $700millon yearly from Sugar production self-sufficiency. Chairman of Dangote Sugar Refinery Aliko […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shareholders of Dangote Cement Plc on Wednesday commended theManagement of the company for an impressive performance despite the economicchallenges in the year under review. Unanimously, theshareholders approved N272.6 billion as dividend, translating to N16 per sharefor the year ended December 31, 2020. The 16 per cent increase in the company’srevenue led to […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
…Deal To Yield Over $780million In Immediate Revenues To Government (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its Production Sharing Contract (PSC) partners – Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG), Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) and Nigerian Agip Exploration (NAE) – have […]
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Bank for Africa (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services institution, has announced the appointment of Mrs. Caroline Anyanwu to its Board of Directors, effective May 19, 2021. Caroline Anyanwu holds a First-Class degree in Statistics from the University of Ilorin in Nigeria and has worked extensively in the fields of accounting, […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, has been awarded the 2021 ‘’Retail Banking CEO of the Year Nigeria’’, ‘’Most innovative Retail Banking App Nigeria’’ and ‘’Best CSR Bank Nigeria’’ awards by Global Banking and Finance magazine. The respective awards conferred on the Bank are in recognition […]
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Thursday, May 20th, 2021
…Tasks W/African Leaders On Youth Unemployment (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – West African Student’s Union (WASU) has commended the aggressive employment generation drive of the Aliko Dangote led companies, urging other wealthy West African leaders to invest in industries that will rid the region of high unemployment rate. President of WASU, Comrade Romans Pillah in a press […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Sunday, May 9th, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has rewarded 10 of its loyal customers with a total sum of N10m in the quarterly draws of the ongoing UBA Savings Promo. This promo, which is held every quarter, is intended to appreciate loyal customers of the bank, who have stayed […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Monday, May 3rd, 2021
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Shareholders of Nigeria’s leading diversified conglomerate, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (“Transcorp”), showed their strong confidence in the Board and management, at the Group’s 15th Annual General Meeting (AGM), which took place this week at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja. The shareholders commended the company for declaring dividends, noting that despite the negative […]
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Monday, May 3rd, 2021
…Impacting Hundreds of Thousands of Lives and Communities Across Nigeria (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – If you live in Lagos, Abuja or Port Harcourt, or you reside in any of the other state capitals, you probably take for granted that you actually live in the better of the two worlds that make up Nigeria when it comes […]
