Ecobank Nigeria Launches Scaling Up Podcast to Champion African Entrepreneurship

July 27, 2026 90

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Ecobank Nigeria has launched Scaling Up! its flagship business storytelling podcast designed to inspire, educate and empower entrepreneurs, founders, business leaders and the next generation of African innovators, July 24,2026. The podcast will deploy authentic conversations with some of the continent’s most accomplished business personalities.The podcast, which will be Continue Reading

ByteDance Plans TikTok IPO To Win U.S. Deal As Deadline Looms

September 21, 2020 521

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By David Shepardson, Stephen Nellis and Echo WangChina’s ByteDance is planning a U.S. initial public offering of TikTok Global, the new company that will operate the popular short video app, should its proposed deal be cleared by the U.S. government, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.Sept 17,2020ByteDance is racing to clinch an agreement […]Continue Reading

NDIC To Shutdown 37 Micro Finance, Primary Mortgage Banks

August 3, 2020 410

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About thirty seven Micro Finance Banks, MFBs may soon be liquidated officially, according to Ronke Sokefun, Chairman of the Board of directors of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).Sokefun was speaking at a chat with the theme: “A Conversation on Deposit Insurance, Banking Supervision, Failure Resolution and Bank Liquidation in Nigeria,” organized by Babalakin Continue Reading

Ukraine’s Parliament Confirms New Central Bank Head

July 20, 2020 542

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The Rada ,Ukraine’s parliament, has approved President Zelenskiy’s nomination of Kyrylo Shevchenko, CEO of state-owned Ukrgasbank, as the new Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU),mid July. Shevchenko replaces Yakiv Smoliy who resigned abruptly on July 3,2020, citing political pressure.“ Given the very sensitive nature of Smoliy’s departure and accusations, in Continue Reading

Positive Vaccine News Lift Global Markets

July 20, 2020 522

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Market Overview Markets traded higher this week on vaccine developments and navigated through U.S. earnings in an acceptable fashion. China’s 2Q growth beat (3.2%) was marred by weak retail sales, which led to some equity panic, although volatility was contained regionally without a major spill-over. The same followed after Singapore’s weak GDP print. A heavy […]Continue Reading

MultiChoice Invests $2.1Bn in Nigeria in 5 Years – Accenture Report

June 23, 2020 475

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MultiChoice Nigeria, the country’s leading cable TV provider ,has invested an estimated $2.1 billion in the Nigerian economy, in the past five years ,a recent study by Accenture has said.Multichoice which operates the DSTV and GoTV platforms had commissioned the study, to measure the socio-economic impact of its business in Nigeria between 2015 and 2019.Accenture […]Continue Reading