SoftBank Makes First Africa Bet On OPay At $2 Billion Valuation
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led a $400 million funding round for OPay, valuing the Nigerian mobile-payments platform at…
Chinese Electric Carmaker Xpeng Starts Exporting Flagship P7 Sedan For The First…
Xpeng Inc. began shipping its flagship P7 sedan to Europe on Tuesday, underscoring the Chinese electric carmaker’s…
World Leaders Prepare For Emergency G-7 Meeting On Afghanistan As U.S. Withdrawal…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will host an emergency meeting of G-7 leaders Tuesday to address the chaotic…
Elon Musk Says SpaceX Has Shipped 100,000 Starlink Terminals
Elon Musk said in a series of tweets on Monday that his aerospace venture, SpaceX, has shipped 100,000 Starlink…
Walmart Launches Delivery Business To Connect Other Local Retailers With Consumers
Walmart on Tuesday announced the launch of a delivery service called GoLocal, which will carry goods from other…
European Markets Edge Higher On Pfizer Vaccine Approval And Easing Taper Worries
European stocks edged higher on Tuesday as investors took heart from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s full…
Chinese Tech Stocks Rally As JD.com Surges 13%, Tencent Climbs 7%
Hong Kong-listed Chinese tech stocks staged a huge rally Tuesday as investors got a little more clarity on the…
FG Pays $266.141m Cash Call Arrears To JV Partners In One Year, $1.464bn…
The federal government through the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was only able to pay $266.141…
Shareholders Disagree With SEC Over N170bn Unclaimed Dividend
Shareholders of quoted companies in the country have disagreed with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the…
As Access Bank Intensifies Fight Against Financial System Fraud
Oluchi Chibuzor writes on efforts by Access Bank Plc to protect customers from the activities of fraudsters
In…
NPA Rakes In N300b From Ship Dues At Lagos Ports
The over $1.8million the agency is generating from the lease of the two hoppers is seen by the senior…
Brent Oil Jumps With Stocks After Worst Losing Streak Since 2018
Brent oil climbed amid a broader market rebound after capping the longest run of declines in more than three years.…
Forex Transactions At Investors, Exporters’ Window Fall 24.56%
Foreign exchange transactions at the Investors’ & Exporters window declined by 24.56 per cent last week,…
Nigeria To Attract $150bn Investment From $4trn Halal Trade
Organisers of the International Halal Expo, Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) have stated that Nigeria…
Declining Forex Reserves Stokes Naira Depreciation
The naira suffered its weakest performance in recent weeks at the weekend after Nigeria’s foreign exchange (forex)…
Citigroup Says Short Treasuries But Hedge With Bet Against Yuan
China’s sagging growth outlook helped drive up the U.S. dollar, and fresh signs of deterioration are…
Govt N4.8bn Pledge: FG Can’t Be Trusted, Says NARD, We Negotiated With NMA,…
The National Association of Resident Doctors, on Sunday, faulted the N4.8bn which the Federal Government promised…
Private Equity Firms Circling Sainsbury’s With View To Launch Bids –…
Private equity companies are circling British supermarket group Sainsbury's (SBRY.L) with a view to possibly…
Wall Street Analysts Bet On Robinhood’s Potential To Add Users
Wall Street analysts on Monday took a largely upbeat view on Robinhood Markets Inc in their first ratings on the…
Gold Rises Above $1,800 As Dollar Dips On Doubts Fed Will Taper Soon
Gold vaulted over the key $1,800 psychological level on Monday as a retreat in the dollar pushed investors to…
Pfizer To Buy Cancer Drug Developer Trillium In $2.3 Bln Deal
Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) said on Monday it would buy Canadian drug developer Trillium Therapeutics Inc (TRIL.TO) in a…
Didi Suspends UK Launch Plans Amid China’s Crackdown On Tech Firms…
China's ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) has suspended its plans to launch in Britain and continental…
IMF’s $650 Bln Reserves Distribution Is ‘Shot In Arm’ For Global…
The IMF will distribute about $650 billion in new Special Drawing Rights to its members on Monday, providing a…
China Telecom Jumps 34% On Shanghai Debut, Defying Weak Market
China Telecom Corp surged 34% on its Shanghai debut on Friday, defying a bearish market after raising $7.3 billion…
Finland’s Nokia Wins 5G Order For Three European Markets
Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia (NOKIA.HE) said on Monday it had won a 5G network order from A1 Telekom Austria…
Ethiopia To Build Local Rival To Facebook, Other Platforms
Ethiopia has begun developing its own social media platform to rival Facebook (FB.O), Twitter (TWTR.N) and…
Bitcoin Price Rises Past $50,000, Rebound Slows
Bitcoin's price surged past $50,000 on Monday for the first time since May, although its rebound from a months-long…
S&P 500, Nasdaq Scale New Peaks On Tech, Oil Boost
Energy and technology stocks powered the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq to record highs on Monday as investors…
Shareholder Payouts To Hit $1.4 Trillion in 2021, Nearing Pre-Pandemic Levels,…
Company payouts to shareholders are projected to hit $1.39 trillion in 2021, just 3% below their pre-pandemic peak,…
Millennials And GenZs Are Driving The Adoption And Penetration Of Digital Banking…
The banking world has gone through exciting transitions—from the days of taking tallies and manual filings to…