It is not for a lack of creative and catchy ideas that the governorship campaign of Jimi Agbaje is being described in many quarters as blasé and boring; it is majorly an issue of funding. The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, candidate’s major headache is lack of money. At a period...
The volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in January dropped by 42.38 per cent due to uncertainties surrounding the forthcoming general elections, said analysts. Specifically, 6.24 billion shares worth N59. 28 billion were exchanged in 80,888 deals by investors in January. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc on Monday commenced full banking operations in Mali, extending its footprint and fulfilling the aspiration of deepening banking penetration in Africa. The launch of UBA Mali brings to 20, the number of African countries, where the Group...
United Bank for Africa (UBA Group) kicked off the first session of the week-long Social Media Week Lagos 2019 with the announcement that its chatbot Leo now covers 17 African countries and has one million subscribers. Leo was launched in January 2018 to enable customers of the bank have access...
Fast rising Independent measurement and evaluation agency, P+ Measurement Services, has launched a measurement and evaluation training program, MATE+ to train young and mid-level marketing and communications professionals in Nigeria. Measure|Analyze|Train|Evaluate + (MATE+), is designed to help close the knowledge and experience gap in media measurement and evaluation,...
Nigeria’s Premier and foremost financial services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced its sponsorship of the 2019 Social Media Week (SMW), Lagos, scheduled to start on Monday 4 February 2019 and end, 8 February 2019. The 2019 event is themed; STORIES: With Great Influence Comes Great Responsibility” The...
Union Bank Introduces TechVentures to Support Tech-based Businesses Lagos, Nigeria – Union Bank has announced the launch of TechVentures, a unique banking proposition which provides tailored services to technology companies. The solution was unveiled at TechPoint Build, a leading technology conference for tech experts, investors, start-ups and owners of tech-enabled...
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has indicated its readiness to support the Japanese government in its drive to promote Small and Medium Scale Enterprises across Africa. The Chairman, UBA Group, Mr. Tony Elumelu, indicated this on Monday, when the members of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO),...
The Managerial skills of Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, has again come under interrogation because of the ease at which a whopping sum of N7.4 Billion Naira of depositors’ money was fleeced out of the Bank by fraudsters under the disguise of a loan. A recent...
A new African free trade area could be just weeks away as the last few countries ratify an agreement signed last year. The plan to boost intra-African trade by half is gaining much attention in Davos this year.        When you ask Tony Elumelu if Africa would profit from free trade,...