The Rise Fund Invests $200m In Airtel Africa Mobile Money Business

The Rise Fund Invests $200m In Airtel Africa Mobile Money Business

Airtel Africa Plc has announced the signing of an agreement of 200 million dollars investment in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (AMC BV) by TPG’s Rise Fund, a global impact investing platform.  According to a statement signed by Mr Simon O’Hara,...
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Minister Tasks Capital Market Operators On Retail Investments

Minister Tasks Capital Market Operators On Retail Investments

The Federal Government on Thursday advised capital market operators to consider retail investments, to enable ordinary citizens in the country to invest in the market.  Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, made the call at ...
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Nigeria To Boost FTZs Competitiveness Through AfCFTA

Nigeria To Boost FTZs Competitiveness Through AfCFTA

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) is to leverage on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCTA) to boost the country’s Free Trade Zones (FTZs) competitiveness.  Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, the Managing Director of NEPZA,  made t...
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CBN Explains Framework For N75b Youth Investment Fund

CBN Explains Framework For N75b Youth Investment Fund

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released guidelines for implementation of the proposed N75 billion Nigeria Youth Investment Fund (NYIF). CBN, in a statement by its Development Finance Department, stated that the fund was a built-in strategy to effectivel...
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CIS Tasks FG On Capital Market Investment Opportunities

CIS Tasks FG On Capital Market Investment Opportunities

The Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) on Sunday urged the Federal Government to leverage investment opportunities in the capital market for medium and long-term capital to bridge infrastructure deficit.  The CIS President, Mr Olatunde Amolegbe, in...
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Nigeria Highlights Capital Market Investment Opportunities

Nigeria Highlights Capital Market Investment Opportunities

Representatives of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Nigerian International Securities Limited (NISL) and the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) on Monday committed to expanding retail investment opportunities in the capital market.   The rep...
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LCCI Seeks Regional Collaboration On Agriculture

LCCI Seeks Regional Collaboration On Agriculture

Collaboration by South-West states, with a renewed focus at unveiling viable and sustainable investment opportunities in the agribusiness value chain, is critical to national economic diversification and self-reliance, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industr...
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NIPC Unveils Nigeria Investment Guide

NIPC Unveils Nigeria Investment Guide

The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) and its partner, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) on Monday inaugurated the Nigeria Investment Guide at the ongoing UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020. NIPC’s Executive Secretary, Yewand...
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Train 7: NLNG Takes Final Investment Decision

Train 7: NLNG Takes Final Investment Decision

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Friday in Abuja took the Final Investment Decision (FID) for its Train 7 Project, which will increase its production by 35% and its competitiveness in the global LNG market.  A statement issued by General Manager,...
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AfDB Explains $20bn Investments’ Portfolio In ECOWAS Region

AfDB Explains $20bn Investments’ Portfolio In ECOWAS Region

The African Development Bank (AfDB) portfolio investments in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region is 20 billion dollars. This is contained in a statement released by the bank’s Communication and External Relations Department on Sunda...
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CBN To Sanction Oil Palm Investment Saboteurs

CBN To Sanction Oil Palm Investment Saboteurs

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday threatened to suspend the account of any person hiding under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme to sabotage  the federal government’s investment in reviving the palm oil sector. The Governor of the Bank,....
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Nigeria Seeks Future Investments In Riyadh

Nigeria Seeks Future Investments In Riyadh

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Monday for Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to attend the third edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) organised by Saudi’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). The three-day event will be held under the.....
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Nigeria To Explore More Investment Opportunities In UAE

Nigeria To Explore More Investment Opportunities In UAE

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Richard Adebayo, has said that Nigeria would explore more investment opportunities in the United Arabic Emirate (UAE). According to a statement signed by Mr Julius Toba-Jegede, Special Assistant (Media) to the...
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Obasanjo Urges DR Congo To Invest In Agriculture

Obasanjo Urges DR Congo To Invest In Agriculture

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invest in agriculture and particularly cassava, soybean, cowpea and plantain to help Africa cut down annual food imports that is estimated at $50billion....
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