Goddy Ikeh
The Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) hosted the Executive Governor of northern Katsina State, Dr. Dikko Umar Radda, at the Exchange, marking a significant step towards advancing the state’s economic vision through capital market opportunities.
The Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative (ASCI) has been selected as a winner of the Schwab Foundation Awards 2025. Proforest’s Africa and Global Director, Abraham Baffoe, receives the award for Collective Social Innovators on behalf of ASCI today at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.
Ghana’s Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Baah Forson, says that Ghana has been granted debt relief of $2.8 billion by its Official Creditors as a result of the debt restruc¬turing exercise embarked on by the government under the three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement with the International Monetary (IMF) in 2022.
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has announced the suspension of operations by a local airline, Max Air, following a burst tyre in one of the airline’s aircraft on Tuesday night in Kano in northern Nigeria.
Nigeria’s leading maritime and logistics company, Nigerdock has announced that it achieved a significant safety landmark of 17 million man-hours without lost time injury across its operations.
Nigeria’s Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Mr. Ekperikpe Ekpo, has lamented the low natural gas utilisation among Nigerians, urging Seplat Energy Producing Nigeria Unlimited (SEPNU) to accelerate its natural gas delivery efforts for domestic use and export.
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, has announced that the Nigerian Government has cleared the outstanding $7 billion foreign exchange backlog to various firms after the successful verification exercise by forensic auditors.
As Burkina Faso recently withdrew from ECOWAS, Senegal’s ambassador concludes his mission in Ouagadougou, praising the “exceptional” relations between the two countries despite regional tensions.
The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) announced on Wednesday the launch of its local currency guarantee mechanism, dubbed “Mission 300,” which can boost access to energy.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading champion of entrepreneurship, has announced that applications for its 2025 Entrepreneurship Programmes are now open and aspiring and existing entrepreneurs from across Africa are invited to apply for a chance to receive world-class training, expert mentoring, and non-refundable seed capital funding to scale their businesses.