Brands & People

Cadbury Honors Talent Winners

Cadbury Nigeria Plc has said that winners of Season 4 of its Bourn Factor School Talent Competition have emerged. The company, in a statement, noted that the winners emerged from different states across the country. It disclosed that the competition, which has been running since 2019, rewards winning schools with monetary prizes and sponsorship of a social impact activity of their…
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Real Estate

FCMB, firms partner on housing loans

First City Monument Bank says it has partnered with real estate firms, Brains & Hammers Limited and Brooks Assets & Resources Limited, to provide affordable housing for salary earners and self-employed residents in Lagos State. A statement by the bank said the…
Real Estate

US system, bank invests $274 million in affordable housing

The United State Government’s Prosper Africa initiative has announced the close of $274min long-term financing for the housing sector in Nigeria and other West African countries. TO achieve this goal, Prosper Africa is partnering with Bank of America Securities Inc, Brean Capital LLC, The Bank of New York Mellon, Togo’s Caisse Régionale de Refinancement Hypothécaire, the US Agency for…
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Brands & People

LAPO MfB rewards its clients.

Lapo Microfinance Bank has rewarded its customers with cash prizes in its raffle draw promo. During the live draw that took place at its head office in Lagos, Lapo said it organised the event to encourage savings culture among Nigerians. At the promo, 170 winners got…
Fashion

Business development requires good knowledge - Fashionpreur

The Chief Executive Officer, Mykmary Fashion House, Micheal Onyemah, has said that a sound knowledge of the principles of business is needed to make entrepreneurs succeed. He made this disclosure at his Lagos office over the weekend. He said, “It takes more than just…
Brands & People

Unilever exits Nigeria's home and skincare markets

Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Unilever Nigeria, has said that it will be exiting the home care and skin cleansing markets to reposition its business for sustained profitability. This was revealed in a corporate notice to the Nigerian Exchange Limited and signed by its Company Secretary, Abidemi Ademola. The company said that it was changing its business model to accelerate the growth of the company…
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Technology

FG provides grants to mini-network developers.

The federal government has announced plans to award subsidies to mini-grid developers for the deployment of solar power mini-grids to 150 underserved and unserved electricity sites across seven states. The government announced this in a statement issued by the Rural…
Real Estate

Completed Lagos real estate projects fall 14% –Report

Real estate development activities in Lagos, the country’s commercial hub, plunged by 14 per cent in 2022 as a result of heightened election uncertainty, currency challenges and inflation, an Intel report said. The report titled “Lagos Real Estate Development Pipeline…
Blockchain

KPMG appoints former NBS president as chief economist

KPMG Nigeria has appointed a former Nigerian Statistician-General, Dr Oyeyemi Kale, as its chief economist. IKPMG Nigeria disclosed the appointment in a statement, stating that the partners and staff of the firm were pleased to welcome Kale, the former statistician-general of the federation between 2011 to 2021. According to the statement, the new chief economist would lead the firm’s view on…
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