Business

By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos 9PSB, a leading payment service bank, is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) to promote financial inclusion and job creation through comprehensive financial literacy and agent banking offering. This collaboration reflects the shared commitment of both organizations to enable economic empowerment through job…

In December 2015, the share price of First Bank of Nigeria Limited was trading around N4.8 band. About seven years later, precisely last December, the value held tightly to N15, growing by over threefold amid general asset and economic doldrums. The steep rise in the valuation of the financial institution deviates remarkably from the average…

…..Global energy access gap persists: 675 million people without electricity, 2.3 billion people reliant on harmful cooking fuel By Ayomide Otitoju A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO), released today, finds that…

By Ayomide Otitoju The World Health Organization (WHO) and European Commission have announced today the launch of a landmark digital health partnership. In June 2023, WHO will take up the European Union (EU) system of digital COVID-19 certification to establish a global system that will help facilitate global mobility and protect citizens across the world…

The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank Plc, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, has been named ‘Best Banking CEO of the Year in Africa’ in the International Banker 2023 Banking Awards. A statement said at the award which was published in the Spring 2023 issue of the International Banker Magazine, Onyeagwu was honoured with other…