Nigeria’s major power challenge is getting electricity to the consumer
Bukola Odufade
October 8, 2018
Rocky Mountain Institute’s James Sherwood and Sachi Garber shared their thoughts with business a.m. BUKOLA ODUFADE on Nigeria’s prospects for growth in its electricity industry, despite the mammoth challenges it is facing; the need for the country to scale up its electricity supply using off grid solutions, like mini grids, in both rural and urban […]
“We need structured, long term capital in the health care system, private sector driven”
Businessam StaffOctober 1, 2018
Enitan Sanusi, chief executive officer of ICWAPH Health and Social Care Funding SPV Plc, is a former Credit Lyonnais banker and investment expert who is now involved in structuring and channeling finance and investments into the healthcare and well-being space. He has been running Godi Health and Fitness Club, Lagos for decades and has more […]
Company success is not assigned to one person but to teams
Businessam StaffSeptember 18, 2018
Below is the transcript of an interview with Glenn Fogel, CEO Booking Holdings spoke to Christine Tan on CNBC’s latest episode of Managing Asia on investing in Asia, The Globing travel market and success of his company. Excerpts: Booking Holdings has had a huge acquisition strategy over the years and has acquired so many companies […]
Open banking’s next wave: Perspectives from three fintech CEOs
Businessam StaffSeptember 10, 2018
The CEOs of Ping Identity, Plaid, and Tink share their views on the prospects for open banking and the pressing need for players to develop a data and customer strategy. The notion of open banking has been central to financial services dialogue for many months, fueled in part by the buildup to the EU’s […]
Nigeria’s ice cream market worth up to N10bn with huge growth potential
Phillip IsakpaSeptember 3, 2018
*Whoever solves big gap in movement of ice cream to end user is going to win *Gap in the logistics area needs filling by some logistics companies Who would have thought the size of the Nigerian ice cream market was worth as much as N10 billion? And this is with a lot of untapped […]
Farmers in Suit is institutionalising agric financing
Temitayo AyetotoSeptember 3, 2018
Apart from infrastructural challenge, lack of financing is the next critical bane that continues to worry Nigeria’s rural farmers. However, Usman Lawan, a subscriber of the modern school of thought that financing can stem from redistribution of wealth from haves but unskilled or occupied to the haves-not but skilled is set to fill that vacuum. […]
‘High level of illiteracy, harsh economic conditions driving increased software piracy’
Justice OkamgbaAugust 30, 2018
The Nigerian software market has been tipped as one of the largest in Africa with huge demands coming from across the continent. However, there are a few challenges confronting the market. Justice Godfrey Okamgba spoke with Patrick Obaleke, a software interface engineer and managing director of Maris and Bakers Services Limited, a software trading company that […]
Jeff Bezos talked on leaving a steady Wall Street job to start Amazon, why his Blue Origin is his most important project
Businessam StaffAugust 28, 2018
Business Insider sat down with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to talk about the early days of creating Amazon, what he’s learned since then, how he funds his rocket company Blue Origin, and what it’s like when the president of the United States is his biggest critic. The sit-down interview happened in Berlin, Germany, where Bezos received the Axel […]
‘Regularisation of multiple share subscription to improve market liquidity ’
Adesola AfolabiAugust 20, 2018
Mary Uduk, acting director general of the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), together with the Nigerian Capital Market Committee (CMC), is driving a set of reforms in the market, aimed at improving liquidity and reduction in time to market for issuers. She spoke to a cross section of the financial press on e-annual reports, extension of […]
“Nigeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea must take leadership for Africa’s energy coalition”
Bukola OdufadeAugust 13, 2018
Guillaume Doane is the CEO and co-founder of Africa Oil & Power, a platform for African energy investment and policy. Africa Oil & Power is a strong advocate of “Africa First,” which supports African countries maximizing local beneficiation of their natural resources. Doane has advised several African governments and energy companies, and before co-founding Africa […]