One Finance Limited (OneFi) has been assigned a “BB” rating with a Stable outlook, from Global Credit Rating Co. The company behind Paylater, Nigeria's leading digital financial services platform that specialises in consumer lending, becomes Africa’s first fintech company to secure such a rating, as it looks to increase transparency around its credit and lending…

Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Laure Beaufils, has commended Africa’s increasingly impressive achievements in Fintech. She expressed this yesterday while delivering a keynote speech at the third annual Africa Fintech Festival held at the Landmark Event Centre, Lagos. Beaufils added that United Kingdom’s plan to be one of the G7 top investors in Africa…

President Muhammadu Buhari has enjoined heads of anti-graft agencies in Africa to deploy Corruption Risk Assessment (CRA) methodology in the fight against the menace. Opening a three-day training on the concept for the affected persons yesterday in Abuja, the president urged the participants to widen knowledge and skills by supporting the training of risk assessors…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday challenged African youths to champion the fight against corruption, saying their involvement is critical to winning the anti-graft crusade in the continent. Buhari gave the challenge while declaring open the 2018 Africa Youth Congress Against Corruption (AYCAC) at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to him,…

MTN Nigeria has teamed up with The Walt Disney Company Africa to launch the Disney mobile web service in Nigeria, Disneynigeria.mobi. Loaded with Disney-themed short-form content, games and shareables, the two-year deal grants MTN Nigeria exclusivity for the first year of the collaboration. The mobile web service was launched amidst fanfare on Saturday, December 1,…

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX Certified Four Star Global Airline, has won the 2018 Best Airlines in Africa Award for the 7th year in a row from African Airlines Association (AFRAA). The award was given recently in recognition of the airline’s exceptional financial performance at the 50th high profile African…

As part of its continued commitment to tackling false news, fake accounts and hate speech, as well as improving the transparency of advertising on its platform, Facebook has held an Election Integrity Exhibition for media, civil society partners and other stakeholders in Nigeria. Outlining the work it has been doing in Nigeria, the exhibition also…

Christian Chukwu, a former Green Eagles captain and former Super Eagles coach, on Monday urged the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to introduce a Champions League for the continent’s women footballers. Chukwu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the league was imperative to improving women football in Africa, especially at the…

The massive petrol subsidy currently being reported by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), may be a reflection of petrol consumption not only by Nigerians, but also those used by neighbouring African countries.

The amount of insulin needed to effectively treat type 2 diabetes will rise by more than 20 per cent worldwide over the next 12 years, but without major improvements in access, insulin will be beyond the reach of around half of the 79 million adults with type 2 diabetes who will need it in 2030,…

A report that African political leaders and their business counterparts rose from a meeting recently in Johannesburg and resolved to dismantle all disincentives to sustainable investment in the continent has raised a glimmer of hope for the rising continnent. We can only wish them God’s speed to achieve this objective as quickly as possible.  Nevertheless,…

As one drives on the highway from Dakar into Diamniadio, the new capital city of Senegal that is under construction, is a shiny new glass building on the left with the big sign “Dakar Arena”. This ultra-modern 20,000 capacity indoor sports centre is one spotlight that shows the importance of sports to Senegal. As I…