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Nigeria: FBN Insurance announces board appointments
FBNInsurance Limited has announced the appointment of Dr. Femi Oyetunji as Chairman and Mohammed Borodo as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Oyetunji has over ...
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Nigeria: Nigerian startup, Kippa, raises $8.4 million to expand offerings to Nigerian SMEs
Kippa, a Nigerian financial management and payments platform, announced Monday it has raised $8.4 million in a new financing round. The round included ...
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Nigeria: Regulator Authorises FBN to Purchase Access Bank’s Pension Division
The acquisition of Access Pension Custodian Limited by First Pension Custodian Limited has been authorized by the National Pension Commission (PenCom). It said Access Bank ...
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Nigeria: Creditswitch Achieves ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 20000 Certification
Creditswitch, a leading Value-Added Service company, has been awarded ISO 27001:2013 and ISO/IEC 20000:2018 certification. The certification emerged after a rigorous audit and evaluation by Cognicert, a member of the International Services ...
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Nigeria: Nigeria’s SEC says crowdfunding will accelerate financial inclusion
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that the operationalization of Crowdfunding will accelerate the Financial Inclusion agenda in Nigeria while increasing ...
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Nigeria: Heritage Bank appoints George-Taylor as Acting Managing Director.
Heritage Bank Plc has announced the appointment of Akinola George-Taylor as its acting Managing Director. The appointment follows approvals from the Board of ...
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Nigeria: Nova Merchant Bank’s Funke Okoya Appointed Chairperson, Women’s Empowerment Commission of Women In Finance Nigeria
Mrs Funke Okoya, an Executive Director, NOVA Merchant Bank has been appointed Chairperson, Women’s Empowerment Commission of the Women in Finance Nigeria. Okoya’s appointment was announced ...
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Nigeria: Ecobank Group appoints new CEO as Nigeria’s Ade Ayeyemi retires
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the parent company of the Ecobank Group, announced that the current Group Chief Executive Officer, Ade Ayeyemi, will retire ...
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Nigeria: Estate intel, Nigeria’s real estate analytic startup makes Google’s list after raising $500k in pre-seed funding
Estate Intel, an African-focused real estate data analytics platform, is among the 60 startups that have been accepted into the second cohort of ...
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Nigeria: PenCom approves FBN Holdings takeover of Access Bank’s pension business
The deal involves 100 per cent ownership transfer. The National Pension Commission (PenCom) says it has approved the acquisition of Access Pension Custodian ...