Category: Business & Economy

Winners have emerged at the 7th Annual BusinessDay Banks’ and Other Financial institutions (BAFI) awards, which held at the Lagos Continental Hotel on the 19th October 2019.

BAFI recognises and celebrates outstanding performance in Nigeria’s financial services industry. Winners of the Judges ‘Award category have been adjudged to have demonstrated that they have brought revolutionary benefits to the financial services industry in Nigeria.

Nominations for the BAFI Awards go through a rigorous review processes before finalists are selected.

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EZ-Farming has won the first prize of $5,000 and the people’s choice award at the 2019 Georgetown African Business conference New venture competition, hosted by the Young African Professionals in Washington DC.

Based on the feat, EZ-Farming has assured that its strategic agribusiness model of rapidly scaling small farms into commercial sizes and equipping the next generation of farmers has opened up new opportunities for investment in the sector, with a pledge to ensure the highest return on investment (ROI) and best insurance cover for various packages in the Agritech space.

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PositiveNaija has been selected as a winner of THE BIZZ Business Excellence Award for its consistency in business leadership, product/service quality, management systems, innovation and creativity, corporate social responsibility, and results achieved.

THE BIZZ Business Excellence Award is given to PositiveNaija and its Team by the Board of Directors of the World Confederation of Businesses (WORLDCOB), an international organization that represents more than 3,000 business members in more than 130 countries.

Also awarded with the THE BIZZ Business Excellence Award is Publiseer – a Nigerian digital content distribution company.

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Access Bank has emerged winner of the 2019 Karlsruhe Sustainable Finance Awards for ‘Outstanding Business Sustainability Achievement’.

This is the fourth time Access Bank would win the award and the bank received the award at a ceremony held at the City Hall, Karlsruhe, Germany.

The award is in recognition of the bank’s  commitment to embedding social, environmental and economic sustainability into its core business strategy that helps address issues across its business operations and value chain.

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Access Bank Plc has emerged winner of the 2019 GBA Women’s Market Champion Impact Award for its efforts towards providing opportunities for women.

Organised by the Global Banking Alliance for Women (now Financial Alliance for Women) in Paris, the award contributes to a growing list of recognitions for Access Bank, including the National Women in Finance Magazine’s Outstanding Banking Initiative Awards; the Global Banking Alliance (GBA) Women’s Market Champion Award; CBN Excellence in Women Economic Empowerment Award; National Council for Women Society Nigeria’s Dedication to Women Entrepreneurship Award; CBN Excellence in Women Economic Empowerment Award, among others.

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited has introduced the Visa Multi-Currency Card, an All-in One-Card and first of its kind to be offered by any financial institution in Nigeria. This card can be linked to all of four currencies namely: NAIRA, USD, EURO and GBP accounts.

With the Visa Multi-Currency card, First Bank customers – within and outside Nigeria – can now enjoy the luxury of having their local and foreign denominated accounts in any currency (earlier stated), linked to a single Debit card. The Visa Multi-Currency Card is designed to ease the daily cashless transactional needs of customers regardless of where they are across the world.

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Winners have emerged at the Euromoney Africa Awards for Excellence 2019 at a ceremony held in London on July 10, 2019, at the London Hilton Hotel, Park Lane.

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank), has been named the Best Bank in Africa 2019 by Euromoney.

GTBank was also named the Best Bank in Nigeria for a record ninth time, reflecting the Bank’s position as one of the best managed financial institutions in the country, with strong and focused leadership that keep the business in a constant state of re-invention and innovation.

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