United Capital Plc, a leading African investment banking group, has partnered with global financial and corporate institutions to set up a Franco-African Investment Fund (FFA), with investible funds of 77 million euro. The aim of the fund is to accelerate the growth of innovative and entrepreneurial African and French...

Taking a business from the level of a company to a recognisable brand is always the desire of most business owners. However, experiences over the years have shown that starting a business is easier compared to growing it into an admirable brand. That explains why it is easier to companies...

UBA CEO Kennedy Uzoka The United Bank for Africa (UBA) will be strongly represented at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), which begins in Davos, Switzerland today. UBA CEO Kennedy Uzoka leads a senior executive team, at one of the most important events on the global economic calendar. The UBA delegation will interact with global business and political leaders during...

Africa’s fastest growing music download and streaming platform, Boom Player, which launched on Google Play Store in April 2016 has reached over 1m installs. This development rightly places Boom Player as the leader of the pack while giving a wide gap to its competing platforms across Africa. Boom Player has been...

As part of its commitment to provide a range of personalized banking services to its customers, Union Bank, a leading financial institution, recently launched its Elite Banking Segment for the emerging and established middle class in Abuja. At the segment launch which took place at Union Bank’s Abuja Main Branch,...

Everyone has that one friend that won’t call for months until they need your vote for themselves or their random uncle’s neighbor’s colleague’s wife’s sister’s friend for a beauty pageant or whatever they come up with these days. In good faith, you vote. Try to say hi some seconds later...

The best things, they say, come with age; art, wine, cigars, vintage cars, and best of all, putting your finance in the hands of a banking institution like Union Bank. The formerly branded big, strong and reliable bank has been tested for more than a century in Nigeria and stood...

Fatgbems Petroleum, a leading independent oil marketing company has unveiled a new brand identity, also commissioned its new state-of-the-art pilot fuel service station. Speaking at the unveiling, the Chairman of the Company, Mr. Ajibola Gbemisola said that the new brand identity is not a change of direction. He stated that...

Malls are fast becoming a lifestyle for Nigerians, particularly Lagosians due to the novel setting and ambiance associated with then. Unlike in the past where consumers are limited to supermarkets, chain stores and local markets, the mall is proffering easy and affordable purchases, entertainment and other services under one roof....

What better way to start the year than with African football at its best? Experience the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, bone crunching tackles, sublime dribbles, fingertip saves and fantastic goals as the Total African Cup of Nations holds in Gabon from 14 January to 5 February, 2017....