The 2023 Toyota Sienna will be celebrate its nameplate’s 25th anniversary. The original model, designed as a U.S.-specific replacement to the (always fascinating) Toyota Previa, went on sale in 1997 as a 1998 model. And naturally, Toyota has a 25th Anniversary Edition for the occasion.
This anniversary is known as a “silver” anniversary, so the special Sienna is offered in…
Airtel Africa Plc has announced that its payment service bank subsidiary, SmartCash, has commenced operations in Nigeria.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the company’s secretary, Simon O’Hara and filed with the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX).
The statement…
Small loans enable entrepreneurs to start or expand micro, small and medium enterprises.
Microfinance also called “microcredit” is a way to provide small business owners and entrepreneurs access to capital. Often, small and individual businesses don’t have…
Nigerian logistics startup Topship has raised a US$2.5 million funding round as it continues to build the “Flexport for Africa”.
Launched in June 2020, Topship allows African businesses to export and import cargo, freight and parcels to their suppliers, distributors and customers at any location worldwide.
The startup says it is building “Flexport for Africa”, and it has now raised a…
Access Holdings Plc has announced plans by Access Bank to divest from its pension custody subsidiary.
The Group released a statement signed by the company secretary, Sunday Ekwochi and filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX).
According to the statement, the group is…
French multinational oil and gas giant, TotalEnergies SE, has formally launched the sale of its 10% stake in its Nigerian joint venture with Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SDPC) and Eni.
According to Reuters, a sale…
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has imposed a penalty of ten million euros on Google for transferring data to third parties without a legal base to do so and for hindering citizens’ right to erasure. According to the Agency, these contravene Articles 6 and 17 of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
AEPD said it found out that Google had passed information that could…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has issued the regulatory framework for Open Banking in Nigeria in its efforts to enhance data sharing across the banking and payments system to promote innovations and broaden the range of financial products and services available to bank…
First City Monument Bank (FCMB), a member of FCMB Group Plc, has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to provide subsidized loans to 100,000 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), to scale their operations to create work opportunities for young Nigerian women and…
At a technology conference in Miami, Mr. Musk, the world’s richest man, said striking a deal for Twitter at a lower price was “not out of the question,” according to a person who attended the event.
Mr. Musk’s comment came in response to a question over whether he would renegotiate his planned $44 billion acquisition of Twitter over its stated figures of how many bots, or spam accounts…