TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, today announced it has acquired a minority equity interest in Interswitch, an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Helios Investment Partners will remain the majority shareholder of Interswitch,Fintech Africa reports. Founded in Continue Reading
by Sanya Ademiluyi Perhaps, Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun may be better known for her prominent British accent than her actual performance as chief of the Nigerian economy. She may also have deepened her uninspiring reputation as the country’s finance chief by her frequent prominent announcements of discoveries of ‘ghost workers’ on the government’s bloated […]Continue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to restore the Export Expansion Grant ,EEG, which was suspended early last year, Segun Awolowo, Chief executive of Nigerian Export Promotion Council of Nigeria ,NEPC has said. Awolowo who was speaking during a fact-finding visit of the Senate Committee on Trade and Investment to the headquarters of NEPC in Abuja […]Continue Reading
Adeosun President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a reduction in the import duties of 115 items in various sectors of the economy. These are part of the new fiscal policy measures being introduced by the Federal Government. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, while communicating the approval through a circular obtained by our correspondent in […]Continue Reading
sirika ‘Al-Makura Minister of State, Aviation Hadi Sirika has again applauded the Nassarawa State airport project. The Minister said that having an airport in Lafia the Nassarawa capital would be beneficial to the state and also to the Federal Capital, Abuja. This is due to the proximity of Nassarawa to the FCT. Sirika said Continue Reading
By Sanya Ademiluyi One of the country’s leading airlines, Aero-Contractors has resumed flight operations after four months on the ground. Aero Contractors airlines on Tuesday, December 20,2016,in a statement signed by its Chief Executive, Fola Akinkuotu announced the resumption of its scheduled services across the country from December 22. Akinkuotu said that the Continue Reading