Category: BUSINESS

Members, Africa50 General Assembly

Africa50 raises $830 million for infrastructure in Africa

Africa50, the new and innovative infrastructure investment platform promoted by the African Development Bank held its Constitutive General Assembly on the 29th of July...

Muhammadu Buhari at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Dinner

Ten great reasons to invest in Africa

By Stephen Hayes More than anywhere else in the world, Africa has been discussed as the last emerging market in the world, the largest emerging market, the land of...

Nigeria state governors

Nigeria total debt at 12.1 trillion naira: DMO

Nigeria’s total debt rose to 12.1 trillion naira ($60.8 billion) as of March 2015, up from 11.2 trillion naira at the end of December 2014, the Debt Management...

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NNPC kept nearly half of oil revenue - NEC

By Felix Onuah, Reuters Nigeria’s state oil company earned 8.1 trillion naira ($41 billion) from 2012 until the end of May, but only paid 4.3 trillion to the...

manufacturing in africa

Using trade to boost Africa’s industrialization

By Franck Kuwonu Sanusi Lamido, a former governor of the central bank of Nigeria, once railed against his country for spending “huge resources importing consumer goods...

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Africans investment in China now $14 billion

By Bo Li China, the world’s newest economic superpower, surpassed the United States as Africa’s largest trading partner in 2009. Since then, China’s investments in...

MBA at LBS

LBS MBA fair: Business as a tool to transform society

By Dr Henrietta Onwuegbuzie Once upon a time, we used to say Nigerians loved life too much to ever become suicide bombers. We looked upon such acts as foreign...

Aliko Dangote

Game changer: Behind Dangote’s $15 billion empire

Aliko Dangote lives as you might expect, given he’s the richest person in Africa and resides in the same country being bullied by the insidious Boko Haram terrorist...

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Lamido Sanusi appointed as Black Rhino’s Chairman, Board of Directors

Lagos, Nigeria, June 10, 2015. Funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE:BX) and Black Rhino today announced that His Highness Emir Muhammad Sanusi II will join Black...

She Leads Africa 2014 winner

She Leads Africa launches talent hunt for female entrepreneurs

She Leads Africa has announced the launch of its second annual Entrepreneur Showcase for the most talented female entrepreneurs across Africa and the diaspora. This...