01/06/2015
Concerned by the huge housing deficit in the country, Fidelity Bank Plc, through its ‘Fidelity Diaspora Mortage,’ is offering Nigerians in the Diaspora the opportunity to own homes in Nigeria.
01/05/2015
Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc has been included in the Nigerian Stock Exchange 30 Index, just as Unity Bank Plc joined the NSE Banking Index.
01/05/2015
London-based International Finance Magazine has conferred the 2014 award for 'Best Managed Bank' in Angola to Standard Bank.
01/05/2015
Eleven Nigerian banks, led by the country’s oldest financial institution the Bank of Industry (BOI), have partnered to fund the establishment of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the West African country.
01/01/2015
In a clear move to replicate feats already achieved in South Africa’s creative arts sector, Rand Merchant Bank Nigeria Limited has unveiled a new partnership with the Nigeria Theatre Society, aimed at harnessing the immense potentials of the country
01/01/2015
The market had appreciated by over 47 per cent in 2013 before the decline in 2014.
12/31/2014
Despite fears been nursed in some quarters over the future of the Nigerian economy, the nation’s insurance sector has in the last one year attracted about $750 million in foreign direct investment.
12/30/2014
The first insurance company of Somali in over 20 years opened in its capital Mogadishu on Monday
12/30/2014
The Sahel Women’s Empowerment and Demographic Dividend Project would also help promote regional knowledge and data on proven gender development programmes
12/30/2014
After an initial investment of J$38 million in 2006, the investment bank says it will earn approximately J$955 million or US$8.34 million from the transaction.
12/29/2014
Expanding its suite of Emerging Market products, the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange, today announced the launch of three new currency contracts Russian Ruble Futures, Korean Won Futures and South African Rand Futures.
12/29/2014
CAHL, which FTIL said had agreed to pay $40 million, is six months old, with share capital of 1,000 Mauritian rupees; FTIL says deal followed transparent bidding
12/29/2014
Skye Bank Plc says it has appointed Mrs Amaka Onwughalu as interim Managing Director for Mainstreet Bank.
12/25/2014
Bank liquidity may be affected by oil prices, says HBSC debt-capital markets head for MENA.
12/23/2014
This was facilitated via the acquisition of about 20.9 percent of Union Bank’s holdings from the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), for a purchase price of approximately $250 million.
12/23/2014
Two banks, Access Bank and United Bank for Africa Ghana, have expressed their readiness to integrate their online banking gateways to that of the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System to enable them to take part of direct transfers between banks.
12/22/2014
One of Morocco's biggest lenders Attijariwafa Bank announced on Friday it has begun trading in the Chinese yuan to help local and African businesses in their growing commercial partnership with China.
12/22/2014
The Chief Executive Officer of Universal Merchant Bank, Ms Nilla Selormey, has said it is time for the banks in the country to identify new niches in the market where each can play efficiently and still achieve good growth.
12/19/2014
Africa's attractiveness as an investment destination continues to grow in recognition
12/19/2014
This, in turn, allows the flexibility to facilitate some of the pressing reforms in the area of parastatals by carrying out a thorough due diligence audit over management systems.