Year: 2021
U.S. Charges Ukrainian And Russian In Major Ransomware Spree
The U.S. Justice Department charged a Ukraine national and a Russian in one of the worst ransomware attacks against American…
Nigeria: Over 40 Million Unbanked Adult To Enjoy Mobile Money
Estimated at over 40 million, Nigeria’s unbanked adult population who are mostly in the hard-to-reach rural communities are expected to…
Robinhood Said Third Party Obtained Access To Customers Email
Robinhood Markets said on Monday a third party had obtained access to the email addresses of about five million of…
SoftBank Shares Rise Above 10%
SoftBank Group Corp shares jumped 10% on Tuesday, the first trading session after the Japanese conglomerate said it would spend up…
Shares In Asia-Pacific Market Mixed; Bitcoin Touches Record High
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Monday trade following overnight gains on Wall Street that took the major indexes to…
Nigeria Stock Market Investors Gain N643.1 Billion
The Nigerian stock market began the week on a positive note as investors gained N643.14bn at the end of trading…
CBN 100 For 100 PPP Maximum Is N5 Billion
The Central Bank of Nigeria has fixed the maximum loan amount that a participant in its newly introduced initiative, called…
Rainoil Acquires Majority Stake In Eterna Plc
Rainoil Limited, a leading player in the downstream oil and gas industry, has completed the acquisition of majority shares in…
Twitter Users Suggest Elon Musk Should Sell Part Of Tesla Stake To Pay Tax
Twitter users have voted that Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., should sell 10 percent of his stake…
Cryptocurrency Market Now Worth Over $3 Billion
The world cryptocurrency market is worth more than $3 trillion for the first time, according to calculations Monday, as mainstream investors…
EFCC Operatives Clash With Prison Officials Over Custody Of Maina
There was a commotion at the federal high court in Abuja on Monday after the sentencing of Abdulrasheed Maina, former…
FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited Partners With Luxembourg Stock Exchange
FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited has partnered with Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) to facilitate the dual listing of securities issued by…
Yuan Steady Against A Firm Dollar After Strong China Trade Data
The yuan hovered around 6.40 per dollar on Monday as strong Chinese trade data lent support and helped offset strength…
Customs Explores E-Naira For Duty Collection
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has expressed readiness to begin collection of import duty with the e-naira that was recently…
Freight Forwarders Vowed To Resume Industrial Action
Freight forwarders have vowed to resume the suspended industrial action at the expiration of a new notice issued to international…
N4tr Power Liquidity Crisis: Stakeholders Urge CBN To Review Interventions
Stakeholders in the Nigerian power sector are unsettled on the need for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to continue…
CBN Confiscates 67,000 Counterfeit Naira Notes In 2020
Higher banknotes’ share of value of currency in circulation is 98% A total of 67,265 banknotes with a nominal value…
Japan Economic Stimulus Seen Topping $265 Billion, Require New Debt
Japan is considering an economic stimulus package worth more than 30 trillion yen ($265 billion) aimed at easing the pain…
China’s Crude Oil Imports Plunged In Oct Fall To Lowest In Three Years
China’s crude oil imports plunged in October to the lowest since September 2018, as large state-owned refiners withheld purchases because…
CBN’s Suspension Of Foreign Exchange Supply To BDCs Boosts Banks’ Income As 6 DMBs Rake In N145.6bn
With Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) suspending Foreign Exchange (FX) supply to Bureau De Changes (BDCs), a total of six…
Still On Osinbajo’s Call To Float Naira
What other options do we have to increase the supply side of forex to the Nigerian economy, or do we…
Forex Scarcity: How We Help Manufacturers Get Dollars – Adebayo, Trade & Industry Minister
Otunba Richard Adeniyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, giving his mid-term report, explains how his ministry supports manufacturers…
Delivery Platform Breadfast Lands $26 Million For Its Series A
The market for food and grocery delivery across Africa and the Middle East is worth nearly $1 trillion. And Egypt,…
US-Based At One Ventures Leads Round For Electric Vehicle Manufacturer
Opibus, the first company in Kenya to commercially future-proof diesel and gasoline vehicles by converting them to electric, is set…
OP Finnfund Backs Moroccan Healthcare Business
OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, a Finnish global emerging markets impact fund anchored by Finnfund, has invested $10 million…
Creadev Leads Series C Round For Twiga
Years ago, Americans spent most of their disposable income on food, but consistent investment in retail infrastructure has changed that.…
Chipper Cash Raised $150 Million In Series C Extension Round
Chipper Cash, an African cross-border payments company, has raised $150 million in a Series C extension round led by Sam…
Nigerian Stock Exchange Dropped By 0.06 Percent
The Nigerian stock market lost N12.58bn last week as investors took profits in oil and gas, banking and consumer goods…
SoftBank Group Reported $3.5 Billion Q3 Loss
SoftBank Group Corp reported a 397 billion yen ($3.5 billion) net loss for the July-September quarter, dragged down by a…