Category: Business & Economy

ThriveAgric, an innovative Nigerian start-up that is promoting the use of technology to transform the payments landscape for the agricultural sector, has emerged winner of the 2022 Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI) – a global open innovation program and competition for start-ups and fintech companies.

Visa Everywhere Initiative is an open innovation program that helps start-ups unlock new opportunities and gives them a global platform to demonstrate their ground-breaking solutions.

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Winners have emerged at the 2022 Capital Finance International (CFI.co) awards [Nigeria].

Each year, Capital Finance International (CFI.co) seeks out individuals and organisations that contribute significantly to the convergence of economies and truly add value for all stakeholders. Reporting from frontlines of economic convergence, CFI.co realises that best practice is to be found throughout the world and the Awards Programme aims to identify and reward excellence wherever it is found in the hope to inspire others to further improve their own performance.

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Seplat Energy Plc (“Seplat” or the “Company”), a leading Nigerian independent energy company listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Limited and the London Stock Exchange, announces that it has successfully obtained the ISO 55001:2014 Standard Asset Management System certification, becoming the first energy company in Africa to achieve this remarkable feat.

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Zenith Bank has emerged as The Banker Magazine 2022 Bank of the Year in Nigeria announced by The Banker Magazine, Financial Times Group, United Kingdom, during the awards ceremony held in London on 1 December, 2022.

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Ayodeji Saba has emerged winner of the 2022 Next Generation Bankers award at the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) 57th Annual Dinner event, which held on the 25th of November 2022 in Lagos, Nigeria.

Ayodeji, a staff of Sterling Bank Plc was honoured with the award in recognition of his immense contributions to the Financial Industry.

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Nigeria have emerged winner of the Basel Institute on Governance 2022 Outstanding Achievement in Collective Action Award in November 2022.

The collaborative efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria with the private sector and a civil society group, Convention on Business Integrity (CBI), to curb corruption at the sea-ports earned the international praise and won the first ever “Outstanding Achievement in Collective Action Award” of Switzerland-based Basel Institute on Governance.

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African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has been named 2022 Man of the Year (Africa) by Exclusive Men of the Year (EMY), for his visionary leadership as the president of the African Development Bank Group and for his outstanding contribution to Africa during his period as agriculture minister of Nigeria.

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