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Team TechVault has emerged overall winner of the Nigerian Inter-bank Settlement System, NIBSS Hackathon Challenge 2018.
Team Petram and Team PayBeans emerged second and third positions respectively out of the thirteen groups that participated in the challenge.
The grand finale, which held in Lagos had winners receiving ₦1 million, ₦2 million and ₦3 million for the 3rd, 2nd and 1st Prize respectively.
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Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has won the award for Bank of the Year Nigeria for the second year in a row at The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards held on November 29, 2018 at the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane, London, United Kingdom.
Guaranty Trust Bank Sierra Leone Ltd, a subsidiary of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank), was also recognized as the Bank of the Year Sierra Leone.
CashMadam wins the 2018 Tony Elumelu Foundation, TEF Pitching Competition during the TEF Entrepreneurship Forum 2018, which took place at the Balmoral Event Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos.
Five TEF entrepreneurs took part in a pitching competition anchored by BBC News Correspondent, Mayeni Jones.
The entrepreneurs were Vital Sounovou of Exportunity (Benin Republic), Sandra Onwuekwu of Ecoprune (Nigeria), Jessica Rakotoarisa of Nomad Solar Bag (Madagascar), Mohamed Dhaouafi of Cure Medicare (Tunisia) and Mahassin Quadri of CashMadam (Nigeria).
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Forbes Africa has rated Nigeria as the 2018 best economy in Africa and Benedict Peters, awarded Africa’s Oil and Gas Leader of the Year at the Forbes Best of Africa Gala, which held at Forbes Headquarters, New York City.
According to Forbes, Nigeria came top with $172 billion, which was followed by South Africa with $166.735 billion. Also on the list was Egypt as third with $78 billion, Algeria with $66 billion, Libya with $65 billion, Botswana with $22.675 billion, Ghana with $20.458 billion, Morocco with $18 billion, Ivory Coast with $11 billion and Madagascar with $6.766 billion.
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The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has won the 2018 World Trade Promotion Organisations (WTPO) award in the category of the best initiative to ensure that trade are inclusive and sustainable at a ceremony in Paris, France.
The Executive Director of ITC Ms Arancha González stated that the participating Trade Promotion Organisations who responded to ITC’s invitation to compete for the awards went through a two-step rigorous assessment process, which was completely independent of ITC.
It is the first time NEPC receives a World Trade Promotion Organisations award.
NEPC works with partners across ministries, departments, agencies and private sectors to promote inclusive and sustainable non-oil export of Nigerian products.
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First Bank of Nigeria has been presented with the award of the Best Bank in Nigeria by Global Finance in its World’s Best Banks Award 2018 held on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings in Bali, Indonesia.
At the Awards, Zenith Bank emerged the Best Bank in Sierra Leone and Zenith Bank Ghana emerged the Best Bank in Ghana.
Valentine Ozigbo & Transcorp Hilton Abuja have been honored at the 2018 Seven Stars Luxury Hospitality and Lifestyle Awards hosted at the Out of the Blue Capsis Elite Resort in Crete, Greece.
For the third consecutive year, Transcorp Hilton Abuja was presented with SIGNUM VIRTUTIS, the seal of excellence, as the winner of the award for Seven Stars Business Hotel-Africa and Best Luxury Hotel.