February 22nd, 2008 |
by Imnakoya |
published in
Blogosphere, Business and Entrepreneurship
“For every woman we reached, the impact was six folds because a typical Congolese family comprises of six children.â€
Chingwell Mutombu a Minnesota-based Congolese philanthropic consultant talks about First Step Initiative, her microfinance project for women and mothers in Democratic Republic of Congo:
“A lot of people look at poor people as being “unbankable†but the […]
January 8th, 2008 |
by Imnakoya |
published in
Business and Entrepreneurship, EFCC, Nigeria
Zenith Bank Plc - one of the top three banks in Nigeria announced a pre-tax profit of 20 billion Naira this week; this is a 57-percent increase over the N13 billion recorded in the previous year, according to online news report from Nigeria. Oceanic Bank too posted gross earnings of N31 billion for its first […]
December 5th, 2007 |
by Imnakoya |
published in
Business and Entrepreneurship, Environment, Niger-Delta, Nigeria
A private equity group (Emerging Capital and Notore) is about to make money out of the chaos in the Niger-Delta…”want to redirect natural gas to a more beneficial use: nitrogen fertilizer, of which natural gas is the main ingredient.”
“You cannot let this humongous asset waste away while Nigeria flares gas and imports fertilizer,” says […]
September 27th, 2007 |
by Imnakoya |
published in
Africa, Business and Entrepreneurship, Technology
An interesting conversation is going on between two seasoned African bloggers - Erik Hersman (via Thought Leader) and David Oluniyi Ajao. The topic couldn’t have been more relevant: e-commerce and online payment platforms in Africa.
I’m attracted to Erik’s statement that “the solution for Africa needs to be bank and carrier agnostic” -this David opines, […]
September 26th, 2007 |
by Imnakoya |
published in
Africa, Blogosphere, Business and Entrepreneurship, Media
Ken Teyie of writes via African Executive:
Discussion on Africa’s development is taking a new dimension. Bloggers have joined this debate and are employing new ways to initiate dialogue about Africa’s development round the world. The latest craze that seeks to use technology to push Africa into the 21st Century is the Carnival of Africa […]
