Standard Bank issues inaugural green bond

By Benjamin Omoike, Lagos Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (“SBSA”) has issued its first ever green bond, via private placement with IFC, a development finance institution focused on the

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African Finance Ministers, Central Bank Gov to Parley At Agric Confab

Ministers of Finance and Governors of Central Banks in Africa will converge on Transcorp Hotel, Abuja from Monday, March 9 to Tuesday 10, 2020, for a Senior Policy Seminar on

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‘Africa Oil transaction could precede surge in M&A in sub-Saharan Africa’

By Benjamin Omoike, Lagos Africa Oil Corporation’s acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in Nigeria-focused Petrobras Oil and Gas B.V. (POGBV), could be the start of a new wave

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Olam Nigeria’s Pilot Farming Project To Boost Nigeria’s Tomato Value Chain

By Benjamin Omoike, Lagos In line with the Federal Government of Nigeria’s initiative to attain self-sufficiency in tomato production and processing, Olam, a leading player in the Nigerian agriculture value

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Interswitch Partners American Express on AmEx Cards Acceptance in Nigeria

By Benjamin Omoike, Lagos Interswitch Limited, a leading technology-driven company focused on the digitisation of payments in Nigeria and other countries in Africa, and American Express (AmEx), are pleased to

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Stanbic IBTC Unveils New Feature On Its @ease wallet

By Benjamin Omoike, Lagos Leading end-to-end financial solutions provider, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has unveiled the addition of a new feature: ‘paycode’ to its

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CBN Clarifies Operation of Domiciliary Accounts in Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has formally clarified issues surrounding the operations of domiciliary accounts in Nigeria. Making the clarification in a chat with newsmen in Abuja , the

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AfDB set to establish agro processing zone in Nasarawa state, Engineer Sule reveals

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule has confirmed that the state has been identified as one of the six states selected by the African Development Bank (AfDB), for the establishment

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SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL, CUSTOMS TO WORK FOR SINGLE-WINDOW PLATFORM

By Martin Odiete, Abuja The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) will work together for the introduction of a single-window platform that would enable all regulatory

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Forex Intervention: CBN injects $292.34m, CNY 22.8m into Retail SMIS

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, February 21, 2020, continued its intervention in the inter-bank foreign exchange market by injecting the sum of $292.34million into the retail Secondary

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