COVID-19 shifts consumer behaviour significantly to favour online payments, but there’s still work to do — Flutterwave

Aderemi OjekunleSeptember 30, 2020

Saviour Adugba The COVID-19 pandemic might have significantly changed consumer behaviour to favour online payments, but there is a still a lot of work to do to get more people onboard, executives of Flutterwave, a Nigerian-owned payments processing company have said. This assertion was made when executives of Flutterwave answered questions fielded by Business A.M […]

800 African real estate investors, developers converge online for API summit

September 30, 2020

Target building a post-pandemic future Onome Amuge Eight hundred African real estate investors and developers from 32 African and international countries are converging online for two days from today, 30th September, at the 11th annual African Property (API) summit virtual to network, gain new insights and build for the post-Covid-19 future. They are looking at […]

FrieslandCampina WAMCO expands footprint in Nigeria with acquisition of Nutricima dairy business

September 29, 2020

Onome Amuge FrieslandCampina WAMCO, the Dutch-owned multinational dairy production company has finalised agreements validating the purchase of Nutricima’s dairy business in Nigeria, a statement signed by Ore Famurewa, the company’s executive director, corporate affairs, and made available to Business A.M. in Lagos has dislcosed. Prior to the eventual acquisition, Royal FrieslandCampina headquartered in the Netherlands […]

BUA pledges support for AfCTA infrastructure projects, addresses despondent challenges affecting success

September 28, 2020

Onome Amuge   Nigerian leading foods, mining, manufacturing and infrastructure conglomerate, BUA Group, has expressed its interest to support the success of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) towards bolstering infrastructure projects across the continent. Abdul Samad Rabiu, executive chairman and chief executive officer of BUA Group made the pledge when he received  Wamkele […]

Alta Semper to inject fresh capital as HealthPlus appoints Okoro as CTO

September 28, 2020

New funding is to accelerate growth; Utilize emerging opportunities in global healthcare Alta Semper Capital, which controls the majority shareholding in HealthPlus, the Nigerian headquartered leading West African pharmaceutical chain, is planning to inject fresh funds into the business, it has been confirmed. Information about this plan is coming amid the announcement of the appointment […]

Flour Mills appoints former Jumia Nigeria CEO to board 

September 17, 2020

Charles Abuede Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) Plc, Nigeria’s integrated food business and agro-allied group, has announced the appointment of Juliet Anammah, the former chief executive officer of Nigeria’s leading e-commerce company, Jumia Nigeria, to its board of directors with effect from September 10, 2020. Flour Mills in a statement signed by Umolu Joseph, the […]

WorldRemit offers UK-based Nigerians freebies, to celebrate Nigeria’s 60th independence anniversary

September 17, 2020

Offers Nigerians in the UK exciting freebies, money saving service bundles As Nigerians  prepare to roll out the drums in celebration of the country’s 60th independence anniversary, WorldRemitt, a leading digital payment platform, is offering special freebies and unique service offers  to approximately 215,000 Nigerians living and working in the United Kingdom. Gbenga Okejimi, the […]

UNESCAP admits AITCR trade policy submission to repository

September 16, 2020

Onome Amuge A submission by the Africa International Trade and Commerce Research (AITCR) has been acknowledged and added to the online repository of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). The submission titled “Trade Facilitation and Sustainability in the ECOWAS Region in Crisis Time” was presented by AICTR during […]

SMEs to benefit from N2m impact investment fund by author of Borderless Trade

September 15, 2020

Hamid Ayodeji As part of efforts to support entrepreneurs, The Ark Coaching Company recently announced the launch of its N2 million trade impact investment fund in partnership with Viniko Group, which has been set up to enhance the activities of Small, Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs) that are at the stage of venturing into exporting their products […]