• Kenya

    Business: Kenya gets ready for green bond

    Kenya's push to float the first bond with a bias on environment-friendly projects has gained momentum with key partners signinga deal to develop the framework.

  • Kenya

    The cutting edge

    Nairobi’s backstreets and alleys, even in the central business district, have been terribly neglected.

  • Nigeria

    Humanity and the sins of Ambode

    Ayo Sogunro Sometime last week, the Norwegian Ambassador to Nigeria visited the rarely remarked Otodo Gbame, a fishing settlement at the Lagos waterfronts. This foreign leader had gone there to assess what has become an emerging refugee crisis in the Otodo Gbame community and to offer them his encouragement. When ...

  • USA

    Mum got angry if we folded or tore books — Adimora-Ezeigbo’s daughter

    Nwanneka is a daughter to celebrated novelist, critic and lecturer, Prof. Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo. She talks about her mother’s career with GBENGA ADENIJI Tell us about yourself. I am Nwanneka Justin; a graduate of finance and a chartered accountant. I am in my thirties and I have built a career as ...

  • Nigeria

    Nigeria loses N127bn annually to Internet fraud

    Ozioma Ubabukoh Nigeria is losing over N127bn yearly to cases of Internet frauds across all sectors of the economy, the Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, has said. The minister stated this in a document he made available to our correspondent on Friday, adding that majority of the frauds were ...

  • Nigeria

    Retelling the story of Lagos National Stadium

    IDRIS ADESINA reports that night business inside the National Stadium, Lagos, has experienced a boom while the sporting facilities have continued to decay in the arena once regarded as one of Africa’s best It is no longer news that the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, once the pride of the nation, ...

  • Nigeria

    ‘Why Naira falls despite CBN’s intervention’

    President, Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, has blamed the recent depreciation of naira on speculators’ onslaught and resistance by the banking industry. Gwadabe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Lagos that the refusal of some banks to sell the invisibles such ...

  • Giappone

    Marking 100 years, Fuji Heavy changes name to Subaru

    Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. on Saturday officially changed its corporate name to Subaru Corp., the name of its most popular car brand, to enhance its image and boost sales as it marks 100 years since its founding. “By changing the company name, we’re making a resolution to take a step ...

  • Giappone

    JTB set to launch 11-seat luxury tour bus service

    Travel agency JTB Corp. is putting an 11-seat luxury tour bus into service this month that it says will offer comfort similar to first-class plane cabins. The company says the luxury ride, specially modified from a 45-seat bus, features leather-covered seats that recline deeper than conventional seats and have viewing ...

  • Cina Regno Unito

    Nigerian Remains A Fertile Ground For e-Marketting -Expert

    Despite being ranked sixth in the world; above Germany and the UK with China leading the chat, experts have said the untapped potentials in the Nigerian e-Marketting environment is unparalleled. They said, out of the over 180 million Nigerian population, over 100 million are yet to tap the from the ...