Chairman, Heirs Holdings, and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu, has called on African heads of state to develop policies that will attract private sector investment. He made the call while speaking to private sector captains, global investment leaders, and key players in Africa’s development sector at a plenary discussion at the Africa Investment…

The Chief Executive Officer, Outsource Global, Amal Hassan, is partnering with world leaders to create job opportunities for African youths. Hassan, a leading Nigerian technopreneur, who is passionate about fostering economic development through growth-enabled career path for knowledgeable youths, recently discussed with world leaders on ‘How to deliver a new approach that raises ambition and…

Just when the dust she raised with her Fever video featuring Wizkid was beginning to settle, Tiwa Sagave returned to spotlight once again, winning the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV EMAs) in the Best African Act category.

In a strategic move that will definitely benefit African artistes and stakeholders in the music industry, Boomplay, Africa’s leading music streaming and download service and Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, have announced the signing of a landmark licensing agreement covering multiple markets within Africa. UMG is the first major music…

Lai Olurode, Professor of Sociology at the University of Lagos and former National Commissioner with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) takes a panoramic view of the electoral process preparatory to the 2019 general election and declares, ‘the forthcoming elections present an opportunity to weaken politicians who treat popular yearnings of the grassroots with disdain.’…

With the latest signing of Radisson Blu Niamey in Niger Republic, Radisson Hospitality AB, publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm, Sweden and part of Radisson Hotel Group, is set to enter a new African market, with Niger at target. Radisson Hotel Group today has 90 hotels and 18,000+ rooms in operation and under development across 31…

Africa is being increasingly targeted by hackers, and must invest in cyber security, industry leaders have said. According to them, cyber threats have no more borders, and data pirates attack anything that moves. They stated this at the third Africa Cyber Security Conference in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. To them, in Africa, attacks have gone up…

The challenge and the opportunity that Africa represents of the 195 countries in the world today, 54 of them are in Africa. That is 30% of sovereign states and with a population of 1.3bn people, 16% of the world, Africa, my continent can’t be ignored. Take our medical professionals out of the United States medical…

Africa's food import bill may surge to $110 billion by 2025, going by the current import reliance trend. However, the African Union (AU), and the United Nations (UN), have canvassed unhindered trade integration among countries in the continent. Stakeholders, who gathered at the Africa Trade Forum 2018, in Lagos, believe the continent would not meet…

Emerging rich consumers in Nigeria have been assessed to have plans to start a business, as a way to increase their wealth, more than observed in any other market, the Standard Chartered, in a new study, said. The Emerging Affluent Study 2018, titled "Climbing the Prosperity Ladder", examines the views of 11,000 emerging affluent consumers,…

China is gradually becoming the most attractive source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Africa. According to a Washington Post publication dated January 7, 2018, China’s FDI to Africa between 2000-2014 was $30 billion with an average of $2 billion flow each year. In a recent gathering of African leaders, China promised to make an…

Stack Diagnostics, Nigeria’s first molecular diagnostics and personalised medicine company has launched DiagnoseMe.Africa, an online platform that provides diagnostics and treatment tools for healthcare providers in Africa. According to the company, the diagnostic platform provides over 300 specialist tests across a wide range of conditions such as genetic disorders, infections (viral/bacteria), cancer, sexual transmitted disease…