Calling All Africa Enthusiasts! Immerse Yourself in the AfroFlavour Food Festival!
Calling all foodies, music lovers, fashionistas, and art admirers! The AfroFlavour Food Festival is coming to Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, August 3rd, 2024, and it promises to be an explosion of African culture! This vibrant event is your gateway to a sensory adventure. Tantalize your taste buds with a journey through the rich and diverse flavours of African cuisine. From savoury Nigerian jollof rice […]
Acuity Partners: A Private Client Services and Business Advisory Law Firm Making Strides in Nigeria
Imagine a law firm that looks beyond legalese, a firm that understands your family’s legacy is as important as your business’s bottom line. That’s the vision behind Acuity Partners, a Lagos-based firm led by the dynamic Olanrewaju Olumide. Olumide, a lawyer by training with a keen eye for business, launched Acuity Partners in 2018. He saw a gap in the legal […]
Cardoso’s banking consolidation to drive NGX’s N3 trillion expansion
20 years after the first banking consolidation that led to significant expansion of the capital market, the Yemi Cardoso led Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is set to drive the next wave of growth on the NGX. Already, two of the largest banks in the country have provided signs of what is to come in […]
From TV Producer to Public Relations Powerhouse: The Rise of Worktainment Limited
Worktainment Limited is a public relations (PR) agency founded in 2017 by Obinna Inogbo, a seasoned professional with a unique background. Prior to venturing into PR, Mr. Inogbo spent eight years honing his skills as a TV producer and screenwriter. This experience proved invaluable, fostering strong relationships with public figures across various industries. The seed of Worktainment was planted when […]
Ndiame Diop becomes Nigeria’s World Bank Country Director after Shuham Chaudri
Ndiame Diop resumed office yesterday as the new World Bank country director after Shubham Chaudri, the man that occupied the office since 2019 left last month. This is the second time in under a year that the Bretton Woods institution are changing their leadership in Nigeria. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) replaced Ari Aisen as […]
Interest rate decisions cannot be arbitrary … Let’s focus on stability first
Later this month, the monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will meet to determine interest rates – unchanged, raise, or reduce. The committee at the 295th meeting of the MPC held on 20th and 21st of May 2024 raised the monetary policy rate by 150 basis points to 26.25% from […]
ESRI User Conference West Africa to Take Place in Abuja on 10 – 11 September 2024, at NAF Conference Centre
The NAF Conference Centre in Abuja, Nigeria, is preparing to transform into a hub of geospatial intelligence. The ESRI User Conference West Africa, hosted by leading geospatial applications firm Sambus Geospatial, convenes on September 10th – 11th, 2024. This premier event promises to be a catalyst for innovation and collaboration, uniting GIS professionals, academics, and industry leaders from across West Africa. To register for […]
Nigeria’s Central Bank’s discontinuation of the price verification will reduce transaction costs – NESG
The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), one of Nigeria’s foremost think tank has said that the discontinuation of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) price verification system will help to streamline the importation process and reduce transaction costs for importers. It said this in its latest brief that it “supports the recent decision by the […]
Nigeria must grow its foreign reserves. – Ogho Okiti
Hello and welcome to my commentary this week. For some time now, the government and many Nigerians have been trying to forget the eight disastrous years of President Muhammadu Buhari. But that did not last very long. Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reminded us again after it projected that the Nigerian economy will […]
Cardoso’s strategy paying off as exchange rate markets converge
For as long as anyone can remember, the Nigerian foreign exchange market has always been known for its multiples and the disparity between the official and the parallel exchange rates. However, following critical measures undertaken by Yemi Cardoso, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since September 2023, the two broad markets are […]