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ZENITH BANK LAUNCHES MAIDEN GIRL-CHILD EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME, REACHES 300 SCHOOLGIRLS   Zenith Bank Plc has launched the maiden edition of its Girl-Child Empowerment Programme, themed “Banking on Her Tomorrow,” bringing together 300 schoolgirls aged 13 to 17 from selected schools across Lagos for a day of learning, mentorship and personal ...

BIC Nigeria Recognized for Decade-Long Brand Legacy at 2026 Edge Awards BIC Nigeria has received two major honors at the 2026 Edge Awards, winning the Edge Outstanding Legacy Brand Award of the Decade (Corporate) and the Edge Outstanding Legacy Brand Award (Shaving Razor).   The awards, presented at Marketing Edge’s ...

NGX CEO Chiemeka emerges African exchanges association president The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nigerian Exchange Limited, Jude Chiemeka, has been appointed President of the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA), effective September 30, 2026. Chiemeka, who also chairs the West African Capital Markets Integration Council, succeeds Pierre Célestin Rwabukumba, Chief ...

ZENITH BANK TO HOST 10TH INTERNATIONAL TRADE SEMINAR, CHARTS PATH TO UNLOCKING GREATER VALUE IN NIGERIA’S NON-OIL EXPORT SECTOR Zenith Bank Plc will host the 10th edition of its International Trade Seminar on Non-Oil Export on Tuesday, 25 August 2026, bringing together leading policymakers, regulators, exporters, manufacturers, investors and other ...

Nigeria’s Finance Talent Pipeline Gets a New Benchmark, and Access Sets It New data from CFA Society Nigeria is reshaping how the country’s financial sector thinks about talent development, with Access emerging as the single largest source of CFA candidates in Nigeria, a distinction industry watchers say signals a deeper ...

Zenith Bank Widens the Gap: Inside Nigeria’s Best-in-Class Lender Zenith Bank Plc has spent 2026 collecting the kind of hardware that separates a good regional lender from a genuine African champion. Fresh off a sweep of Euromoney’s most coveted awards, a completed acquisition in Kenya, a newly opened subsidiary in ...

BUA Cement Posts ₦16.57bn FX Gain, Accelerates Expansion with ₦60.67bn Capital Investment BUA Cement recorded a net foreign exchange gain of N16.57 billion during the first half of 2026 compared with only N782.8 million in the same period last year and a N9.70 billion foreign exchange loss for the full ...

Wema Bank Announces the 7th Edition of Hackaholics …Introduces 3 tracks, 7 Verticals, millions of naira in grant prizes Wema Bank, Nigeria’s oldest indigenous national bank, most innovative and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has announced the 7th edition of its flagship innovation initiative, Hackaholics. The announcement ...

Tony Elumelu at Africa Forward Summit: “Our Youth Do Not Need Handouts”   Heirs Holdings Founder tells Presidents Ruto and Macron that Africa wants partners of substance, based on equality, and that power and infrastructure must come first.   At the 2026 Africa Forward Summit, convened by Kenyan President H.E. ...

Wema Bank Plc Sets the Record Straight on False and Misleading Publication by NDIC on Legacy Transactions Involving Defunct Gulf Bank Plc Wema Bank Plc has noted with concern recent media publications containing false, misleading, and wholly unsubstantiated allegations regarding the sale of certain Banana Island properties purportedly linked to ...