Twenty-three startups out of the 60 shortlisted in Africa for $4 million funding by Google are Nigerian firms.
The ”equity-free cash” comes under the tech giant’s funding scheme called Google Black Founders Fund (BFF) for startup tech firms in African nations.
Google’s Head of Startup Ecosystem, Sub-Sahara Africa, Folarin Aiyegbusi, who made this known in a statement yesterday, did not…
Customers accessed loans worth N3.38tn at single-digit interest rates under the Central Bank of Nigeria’s intervention funds as of the end of June.
A member of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting, Aliyu Sanusi, disclosed this in his personal statement at the last MPC…
The Federal Government, on Thursday, presented certificates of registration and sales permit to authorised fertiliser dealers in Nigeria.
It stated that based on the registration and permits, non-licensed operators were not allowed to produce, blend, import, market or…
Stanbic IBTC has intensified efforts in providing financial products and services for businesses in the agro-allied industry.
The product development drive aligns with the bank’s determination to expand and support the agriculture and agro-allied industrial sector in Nigeria
The agro-allied industries are central to sustainable development. The agricultural sector is critical for…
The price of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) basket of 13 crude oil samples stood at 101.04 dollars per barrel as of Wednesday.
This is compared with 106.41 dollars per barrel recorded on Tuesday, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations…
Emirate airline has announced the reinstatement of its flight operations to Lagos, starting September 11.
The airline said this in an email to customers yesterday.
The development comes almost a week after the federal government released the sum of $265 million to foreign…
The value of Point of Sale transactions in Nigeria has jumped 39 per cent to N8.03tn in 2022, according to data obtained from the Nigeria Interbank Settlement System.
The data showed that the aggregate PoS transactions between July 2020 and July 2021 were estimated at N5.77tn. However, between July 2021 and July 2022, the volume of transactions increased to N8.03tn, indicating a 39.16 per cent…
Amid the Federal Government’s N250bn intervention funds on the National Gas Expansion Plan, which intends to deepen usage across the country, data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics said on a year-on-year basis, price of refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of Liquefied…
Health-tech organisation, Wellahealth has been named among the 100 most impactful companies by the Norrsken Foundation.
The firm, according to a statement, was one of the two Nigerian companies that made the list, which included foremost startups from across the globe.
On…
Project Management Institute has appointed George Asamani as the managing director for Sub-Saharan Africa.
A statement said “Asamani takes over from Ashwini Bakshi, who leaves the company having steered the region during the pandemic.”
Asamani, previously the business development lead for Africa, is highly accomplished with a proved track record of growth.
Together with the team, Asamani…
