Africa can’t trade together with 95% of its biggest revenue stream, oil & gas, going to Europe, China, United States
Businessam Staff
August 6, 2018
*Monetization of its gas can really develop Nigeria Aziza Albou Traore, a media agency CEO put through a call to business a.m. from the United States. It’s the third time she’ll be doing so since the newspaper went digitally live a year ago, and in its unique Financial Times salmon (pink) print edition, just six […]
‘Businesses not adopting logistics and supply chain principles preparing to close down’
Phillip IsakpaJuly 30, 2018
Obiora Madu (PhD) is arguably Nigeria’s authority in logistics and supply chain management. His authority cuts across practice and theory as he is not only a teacher/trainer but has himself practiced what he teaches. He is the chief executive officer, Multimix Academy and director general of Africa Centre for Supply Chain. He has spent the […]
‘Banking is all about trust, integrity, trasparency’
Businessam StaffJuly 23, 2018
Chaouki Daher, head of private banking at International Bank of Qatar spoke to International Banker on wealth management, his bank’s future strategy and on being at the forefront of private banking in Qatar. Within the private-banking division, how significant a role does the wealth-management component play? Wealth management is one of the strategically important components […]
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, on his ‘crazy’ $12bn project
Businessam StaffJuly 16, 2018
On his yacht in Lagos, he talks about his ambitious oil refinery – his dream of buying Arsenal As a rule, I don’t get worked up over oil refineries. But the one gradually taking form on 2,500 hectares of swampland outside Lagos, Nigeria’s Mad Max commercial capital, is so big, so audacious and so potentially […]
“With Open banking, Nigeria could be the financial hub for sub-Saharan Africa”
Businessam StaffJuly 10, 2018
Commendations on how savvy and up to date Nigeria’s banking and fintech space is flooding local and international media; yet the issue surrounding financial inclusion and the large number of the unbanked Nigerian population has remained for decades. Whilst the government, financial system regulators and key sector players are not relenting on policies and efforts, […]
Netherlands’ aim is to make Nigeria’s agric value chain more efficient
Businessam StaffJuly 4, 2018
MICHEL L.H. DEELEN is the Deputy Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nigeria. In that position he is based in Lagos where he is Head of Netherlands Representation in Lagos. This is the office where the country gives serious attention to pushing its economic and business diplomacy, working to ensure that economic and […]
Yemi Kale, Nigeria’s statistician-general, on how businesses can leverage big data
Justice OkamgbaJuly 2, 2018
Yemi Kale, Nigeria’s statistician general and director of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in a chat with Justice Godfrey Okamgba talked on data protection, big data, its advantages and how Nigerians can leverage data for businesses. Excerpts: All Around us, we observe the quantum leap in the type, size, and scale of data that […]
‘Our goal is to supply 20% of solar panels used in Nigeria’
Bukola OdufadeJune 12, 2018
Solar panel assembling in Nigeria is still in its infancy in Nigeria as major solar companies are content with importing the various components from Asia and Europe. But Auxano Solar Ltd is a departure from the usual. It built the first solar panel assembling plant in West Africa and has since then caught the eyes […]
‘Dearth of R&D hindering growth in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector’
Businessam StaffJune 4, 2018
Mayowa Afe is the President, Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria (OGTAN) – an independent umbrella group of training services providers in the oil and gas industry established by the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act in 2010 with the purpose of building local human capacity. In this interview with AYOBAMI ADEDINNI, […]
Kemi Adeosun: We have recovered N13.8bn, secured four convictions under the whistleblowing policy
Businessam StaffMay 28, 2018
Kemi Adeosun, Nigeria’s minister of finance, at the weekend spoke on sundry issues including the whistleblower policy, VAIDS, IPPIS, the 2017 and 2018 budgets, as well as fielding questions from the media on the economy and fiscal operations management of the government. Excerpts: Whistleblower policy and tax evasion recoveries The whistleblower policy is one of […]