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  BET Africa (DStv channel 129) is adding to its rich factual programming mix by welcoming the best documentaries from Africa and across the world onto its TV screens under a deal with documentary curatorsAfriDocs.   AfriDocs’ extensive library of African and international documentaries will be aired on BET’s pan-African entertainment channel on DStv every Sunday evening at 20:00 CAT, starting from …

  The community based online marketplace Jumia Market is launching this week a new, improved version of its shopping platform, overhauling its design, signature color and its customer’s shopping journey. The website will sport the color green to delight all the customers and partners. With this move, Jumia Market will reassert its value proposition to its customers and focus on …

  The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has honored Mastercard with the prestigious Hunger Hero award at its annual dinner at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga accepted the award on behalf of the company, which was recognized for its contributions towards achieving a Zero Hunger world. Over the past five years Mastercard and WFP …

82% of executives surveyed worldwide experienced a fraud incident in the past year compared to 75% in 2015, according to the Kroll Annual Global Fraud and Risk Report 85% of executives reported at least one cyber incident and over two-thirds reported security incidents Current and former employees were the most common perpetrators Fraud, cyber, and security incidents are now the …

Despite the economic headwinds that have been slowing down most financial institutions in the country, the Access Bank Plc has had a very successful outing in the outgone year. The Bank which entered the nation’s banking landscape about 26 years ago with the ambition of becoming a solid brand that would command respect in many sectors, has since grown from …

  Media Panache Nigeria (MPN); one of the leading Public Relations and digital agencies in Lagos has announced a new campaign tagged ‘Inspire Youngsters’, set to kick off in January, 2017. The agency which went viral in December 2016 for their evocative photo shoot took to their social media pages to make the announcement. It is revealed the campaign is …

  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 small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) with development projects on …

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 while statistics of successful brands are minimal. This notwithstanding, a …

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 the event. The delegation will also include Group Head of Correspondent Banking Sola Yomi-Ajayi and Head of Embassies …

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 on a runaway success since it started operations just over …