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South Africa Sells Its AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses To AU
South Africa has sold a million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for distribution in 14 fellow African…
COVID-19 Has Opened New Opportunities In Digital Economy In Africa — ECA
A new report launched by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on the impact of COVID-19 on e-commerce in the…
Elumelu: Foreign Investors Need Long-Term Plan For Africa
Foreign investors should have long-term investment plans for Africa, because it boasts of huge returns on…
Stakeholders To Explore Africa Commodity Ecosystem At Investment Summit
Following the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on African economies, stakeholders are to meet to review solutions…
Harnessing The Power Of Mobile Marketing To Drive The Growth Of Fintech Across…
Although relatively new, fintech has become a hit with Africa’s mobile-first population. While traditional…
Nigeria, Largest Economy In Africa – UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday, said Nigeria remained the largest economy in Africa. This was…
UBA Launches Mobile Banking App For 20 African Countries
United Bank for Africa (UBA) yesterday launched a new mobile banking for Nigeria and 19 other African countries.…
Cash Crunch Reduces National Assembly’s Sittings To Once A Week
The two chambers of the National Assembly may not meet the mandatory constitutional requirement of 181 sittings…
The Pains Of Doing Business Online In Africa
With an estimated population of 1.216 billion people, you will agree with me that Africa is a great continent. But,…
The African Union Claims 300m Africans Live 50km Away From Broadband Connections
The African Union (AU) has noted that though there has been a huge expansion of fibre optic networks on the…
Africa Prudential appoints new Director
Africa Prudential Plc has appointed Mrs Zubaida Rasheed as an independent non-executive director.
The firm in a…
Old Mutual Raises Its Stake In Namibia’s Renewable Energy Market
An infrastructure investment fund managed by Old Mutual Investment Group (Namibia) has acquired a majority stake in…
Oil Majors’ Green Energy Pivot Hammers Africa’s Largest Economies
The decline of Angola, from being Africa’s top crude producer five years ago to barely pumping more than war-torn…
Brazil, Nigeria Are Most At Risk Of Oil-Induced Rate Hikes
After an epic collapse last year, oil prices have tripled since April, raising inflationary pressures in emerging…
N2.2bn Fraud: Fayose Gets Permission For Foreign Medical Trip
Justice C.J. Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos has granted permission to a former governor of Ekiti State,…
African Union Receives Sputnik V Vaccines From Russia
The Africa Vaccine Acquisition TaskTeam (AVATT), set up by the African Union to acquire additional vaccine doses so…
COVID-19 Infection Rate Slows In Nigeria, Major Slump In Cases
COVID-19 infection rate in Nigeria appears slowing down as another major slump in confirmed cases was reported on…
Department of Petroleum Resources Woos Investors For Modular Refineries
The Department of Petroleum Resources has said it is willing to license more modular refineries to come on stream,…
African Union To Set Up Infrastructure Fund For The Continent
The African Union is setting up a fund to finance the construction of much-needed roads, railways and power plants…
Nigerian Marketers Raise Petrol Price To N170, Depots Suffer Shortage
Fuel marketers have started adjusting their petrol pump prices amid the supply shortage facing private depots in…
West Texas Intermediate Crude Breaks $60 A Barrel On Oil Supply Worries
US oil prices rallied past $60 a barrel on Monday for the first time in more than a year, fuelled by concerns about…
UAE Suspends Flights From Nigeria, Says Air Peace
The Management of Air Peace on Thursday announced that the UAE Government had stopped the airlifting of passengers…
Access Bank Nigeria Gets Sustainability Certification
As the sustainability leader in Africa, Access Bank PLC was invited to participate in the Sustainability…
DMO: Nigeria’s Debt-GDP Will Increase By 15 Percent
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved a new medium-term debt management strategy (MTDS), that will guide…
United Nigeria Airline Conducts Inaugural Flight On Friday
A new entrant into Nigeria’s scheduled domestic air operations, United Nigeria Airline, will conduct its inaugural…
Africa’s Miners And Winemakers Toast China’s Row With Australia
Bottles of its reds, whites and roses piled up when South Africa banned alcohol sales under a strict lockdown and…
Africa Business Leaders Optimistic Of Swift Economic Recovery In 2021
Business leaders in Africa have expressed the hope that economic prosperity and increase in trading activities…
Nigerian Federal Government Approves Bankers’ Committee Takeover Of National…
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of…
Belgium Eyes Prospects In Nigerian Ports
Investors from Belgium have expressed interest in the National Maritime Transport Policy being developed by…
Africa’s Recovery From Covid-19 Will Be Slow
A second wave could play havoc with commerce, public finances and schools
At first glance, sub-Saharan Africa…