Good morning, here are the latest top business news headlines for today Saturday, June 2021.
TeamApt Reiterates Commitment to Transform Financial Services in Africa
TeamApt, one of Nigeria’s leading Fintech companies, has reiterated its commitment to transform financial services in Africa.
The company, “currently leading the country’s agency banking industry…Read more
Use Digital Disruption To Drive Business Growth, Tech Leaders Advise
Business leaders in the technology space have advised organisation to utilise digital disruption to drive business growth.
The tech experts who spoke at the NerdsUnite, a flagship virtual tech…Read more
Nigeria Needs To Fund Startups, Established Firms To Realise Digital Economy Goal
For Nigeria to achieve the goal of becoming a truly digital economy, it would need to support startups and already-established companies as they provide digital solutions for market development in the country.
This was stated by the Director-General of the National Information…Read more
Air Peace Expands Fleet As More Aircraft Is Expected To Be Delivered Till 2022
Air Peace on Thursday received the third of its brand new Embraer 195-E5 aircraft at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and noted that the complete delivery of 13 aircraft it ordered from the Brazilian plane marker will run into 2022.
The company stated that about 17,000 jobs will be created…Read more
African CEOs Expect Post COVID-19 Economic Recovery This Year – PwC
A survey of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Businesses in Africa showed that about 68 percent are optimistic that the global economic will recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic this year.
The study report by PwC and launched at a virtual event on…Read more
Naira sees Gain Against Dollar, Pound Sterling At Parallel Market
The Naira, on Thursday, recorded a 1.8 percent appreciation, closing trade at N493 to a dollar at the parallel market as foreign exchange supply to banks by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) surged.
The Naira commenced trading at N502 to a dollar, appreciated to…Read more
IMF Says Imports Are Rebounding Faster Than Exports In Nigeria Post-COVID
The International Monetary Funds (IMF) says that imports to Nigeria are rebounding faster than exports post-pandemic.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the IMF following a series of…Read more
Togo’s Economy Hit Hard By Pandemic-Forced Border Closure
When the global pandemic forced Togo’s government to close its land borders, taxi driver Kossigan lost his lucrative business ferrying people across the frontier.
Now like many others who lived off frontier trade, he is still waiting for…Read more
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