Canada concludes air transport agreements with Nigeria, Mali and Oman
The Canadian government concluded agreements on Monday with Nigeria, Mali and Oman to enable Canadian airlines to better serve passengers travelling between Canada and these […]
Nigeria
Nigeria: Buhari fires his military chiefs
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has fired Nigeria’s Chief of Defence, and the heads of Army, Navy and the Air Force. The service chiefs were relieved Monday. […]
New Foundation for African Ulemas, another Pillar of Morocco’s Spiritual Diplomacy
Part of its multifaceted African strategy, Morocco announced on Monday the creation of the Mohammed VI Foundation for African Ulemas, an institution seeking to unify […]
Nigeria: Transcorp plans to increase power generation capacity by 2018
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp) is planning to expand its power generation capacity to 2,500MW by 2018 with an investment of $1.57bn. Transcorp, which also […]
India’s M&M looks to maintain double-digit growth in Africa
India’s largest utility and tractor producer, Mahindra and Mahindra or M&M, has set up an Africa-focused business unit as it looks to maintain double-digit growth […]
Tony Elumelu Foundation Welcomes 1000 Pan-African Entrepreneurs
A thousand entrepreneurs selected from over 20,000 applicants from all over Africa are expected to converge in Nigeria for a two-day boot camp session. This […]
Nigeria: The central bank increases foreign-currency curbs
The central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has curbed access to the interbank currency market for the purchase of foreign currency bonds as well as a […]
Nigeria’s Central Bank approves initial N152bn release in real sector facility
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved an initial N152 billion loan under its newly set up N300 billion Real Sector Support Fund (RSSF) […]
Nigeria: Sanusi to head Blackstone Africa energy fund
Blackstone and Black Rhino, the giant private-equity firm, has revealed on Thursday, the appointment of Lamido Sanusi, Emir of Kano and Former Governor of the […]
Ecobank names Nigerian Ade Ayeyemi as new Group CEO
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African bank with operations in 36 countries across the continent, has announced the appointment […]