GENEVA, Switzerland – A meeting of developing countries has resolved to create policies to bridge the digital divide, as it emerged that financial services within Nigeria’s...
Nigeria and more than 100 other nations have signed a key trade facilitation agreement (TFA) with the World Trade Organisation. According to Okechukwu E Enelamah, Nigeria’s...
Africa is falling off the immediate radar of local retailers after the region posted its slowest growth rate in two decades in 2016, and with the...
The growing local e-commerce industry presents an exciting solution for fast-track growth in the SMME sector. “E-commerce represents a fundamental change in the way that trade...
South Africa’s “turbulent” economy and uncertainty about the country’s future direction are taking their toll, and have impacted two-thirds (65,8%) of South African business executives’ operations...
The traditional cigarette business will generate smouldering profits for British American Tobacco (BAT) for the foreseeable future, but next-generation products are set to light up the...
The share prices of Shoprite and Steinhoff both jumped 7% on Monday morning after they called off their proposal to merge into Retail Africa. Retail tycoon...
The federal government has announced that it will not reduce the pump price of petrol following a recommendation from the House of Reps that the commodity...
Today, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria will have its first meeting in 2017. Decisions made at this meeting are expected to...
The value of Bitcoin surged above $1,000 on Monday as the digital unit continues a dizzying rise that made it the best-performing currency of 2016. Its...
Ghana’s financial sector is currently struggling to recover from a major financial crisis involving Ponzi investment schemes.Millions of Ghanaians have been denied access to their savings...
Algeria has adopted a 2017 budget that will see taxes raised to compensate for falling revenues from its key oil sector, officials said on Wednesday. The...
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu has said that in spite of over 40 per cent recent rise in the price of cement...
The Minister for mines and steel, Kayode Fayemi has said that the government has approved 13% Derivation for states with solid minerals in Nigeria. He announced...
President Muhammadu Buhari has requested state governors to settle outstanding salaries and entitlements of their workers with at least 25 per cent of refunds to them...
The Speaker, House of Representatives, on Wednesday advised the Federal Government to focus on proper implementation of the 2017 budget, particularly the capital projects. Dogara gave...
Aminu Usman says that the Federal Government’s N7.30 trillion budget proposal for 2017 is achievable if the government can resolve the challenge of pipeline vandalism in...
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, will give a breakdown of the N7.30tn 2017 budget estimates on Monday, according to a...
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