Nigeria’s Abia State governor Okezie Ikpeazu met with African Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire to discuss investment for Abia to help boost job creation and enhance livelihoods
Finance
Nigeria Deposit Insurance pays liquidated banks depositors
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has said that all depositors of previously liquidated 18 Deposit Money Banks (insured and uninsured), whose funds were trapped in such banks have been fully paid
Nigerian Senate approves executive request for US$22.7bn loan
The Nigerian Senate has approved a US$22.7bn external loan requested by President Muhammadu Buhari under the 2016-2108 medium-term external borrowing rolling plan
EIB study confirms strong growth and impact of African banking
Real GDP growth in Africa is resilient despite global uncertainty, according to the European Investment Bank (EIB)
Investing in Africa: The role of international finance centres
Elise Donovan, chief executive of BVI Finance, talks on the benefits of international financial centres to facilitate trade and business