Etihad allows passengers from U.S. ban countries to board flights
Businessam Staff
June 29, 2017
Etihad Airways is allowing nationals from six Muslim-majority countries on a U.S. travel ban list to board flights to the United States if they have valid travel documents, the Abu Dhabi-based airline said on Thursday. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday to allow part of the ban which applies to citizens and refugees from […]
Ecobank’s $400m convertible bond to include 6.7bn share option
Businessam StaffJune 28, 2017
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) Plc, the pan-African financial services holding company for the Ecobank group, is billed to issue about 6.7 billion ordinary shares under a $400 million convertible bond issue already authorized by its shareholders. Businessamlive gathered that the convertible bond issue will include equities option that allows unit holders to convert their bonds […]
Afreximbank issues $750m notes under Euro medium-term note programme
Businessam StaffJune 26, 2017
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has successfully closed a $750 million note under its Euro Medium Term Note programme, according to a release by the bank at the weekend. The Cairo-based bank closed the seven-year Regulation S (Reg S) only notes on 13 June, priced at a spread of 220 basis points (bps) over mid-swaps […]
Lasvit insignia of excellence bestowed on Nestoil
Businessam StaffJune 26, 2017
Lasvit, the UK-based global leader in glass-to-light transformation and design experience, has bestowed on the architecture masterpiece of Nestoil Limited headquarters in Lagos, Nestoil Tower, its insignia of excellence. The building is adorned with the Black Gold Chandelier by Lasvit, but the award represents the investiture of Lasvit’s aesthetic tradition and craft on the Tower. […]
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala fund pulls out of Etisalat Nigeria
Businessam StaffJune 26, 2017
Abu Dhabi state investment fund Mubadala has pulled out of Etisalat Nigeria after the telecoms firm failed to renegotiate a $1.2 billion loan taken out four years ago with 13 Nigerian banks, the central bank said on Friday. It gave no details on what it meant by “pulled out” but said it had intervened in […]
Etihad to allow flyers bid to keep adjacent seats empty
Businessam StaffJune 26, 2017
*A move considered sensible with some drawbacks There are few things that airlines will not now put a price on. Even so, Etihad Airways has come up with an intriguing idea. The Abu Dhabi-based carrier is offering flyers the chance to bid to keep adjacent seats on a flight empty. Passengers can suggest the price […]
Japanese airbag maker Takata files for bankruptcy, gets U.S. sponsor
Businessam StaffJune 26, 2017
Japan’s Takata Corp, the firm at the centre of the auto industry’s biggest ever product recall, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Japan, and said it would be bought for $1.6 billion by U.S.-based Key Safety Systems. In the biggest bankruptcy of a Japanese manufacturer, Takata faces tens of billions of dollars […]
Naira floatation, cost cut-back boost Okomu Oil revenues by 47%
Obodo EjiroJune 23, 2017
The technical devaluation of naira by Central Bank of Nigeria, which increased demand for local crude palm oil (CPO) and a cost cut-back strategy have seen Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc. record 47.42 percent growth in revenue in 2016. Okomu Oil grew revenues to N14.3 billion in 2016 as against N9.7 billion recorded in 2015. Gbenga Oyebode, […]
Ford recalls 15,600 cars in South Africa over fire risk
Businessam StaffJune 23, 2017
Ford Motor Co is recalling nearly 16,000 Ikon and Figo models in South Africa due to a potential fire risk, it said on Friday, Reuters reports. The models were built between 2004 and 2012 in India, Ford said in a statement. “A power steering fluid leak could result in fumes being emitted from the engine […]
Africa’s richest man may quit Ethiopia over mining dispute
Businessam StaffJune 22, 2017
Dangote Cement Plc, controlled by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, said it may shut its operations in Ethiopia if authorities in the central state of Oromia don’t reverse an order to cement makers to hand over control of some parts of their businesses to local young people. Oromia state’s East Shewa Zone administration wants the […]