16

May

FCMB partners Mastercard Foundation to empower SMEs

First City Monument Bank has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to provide subsidised loans to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises to scale their operations and create work opportunities for young Nigerian women and men. The programme which was part of the Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works strategy in Nigeria is  aimed to move Nigerian youths out of […]

13

May

Nigeria, South Africa, 12 others begin cross-border securities trading

Nigeria and 13 Africa’s largest economies and capital markets have created a unified platform for trading of securities. The breakthrough promises to enhance free flow of investments across the continent without hitches. The other countries involved in the first phase of the cross-border trading are: South Africa, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Casablanca, Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea Bissau, Côte[…]