SBV Services, who has been providing its cash operations services to the Nigerian market for over five years, is also active in Lesotho with plans being afoot to extend its footprint further into Africa, including Uganda and Namibia.
10 Jul 2012 09:27
The Foschini Group Limited (TFG) is set to open its first two stores in Lagos, Nigeria as part of its expansion into Africa. As a fashion lifestyle retailer on the continent, TFG already has 87 stores outside South Africa and entry into the Nigerian market fits into plans to increase this to at least 143 stores by 2015.
9 Jul 2012 12:44
Sony Music Entertainment Africa has partnered with MComm, a Nigerian entertainment and value added service provider, to officially bring Usher Raymond's new album
Looking 4 Myself to Nigerian shores.
25 Jun 2012 10:21
[Zeenat Moorad] Fashionable is not a word usually associated with farming. But elders in the Mpaem community in the Fanteakwa District of eastern Ghana boast of a wave of change sweeping the African country's cocoa industry.
14 Jun 2012 12:48Ghana is banning foreigners from operating in its informal retail business sector, giving them until 21 June 2012 to close shop.
7 Jun 2012 14:11Lack of bandwidth is not the only factor hampering the development of e-commerce and online business in Africa, says Peter Harvey, founder and managing director of PayGate, an online payments solution provider. Harvey adds that the continent also needs a much more sophisticated financial infrastructure.
5 Jun 2012 13:00
Africa's top bankers gathered in Arusha, Tanzania, to celebrate the 6th edition of the
African Banker Awards, under the patronage of the African Development Bank (AfDB). Olusegun Agbaje, managing director of Guaranty Trust Bank, Nigeria scooped the prize for African Banker of the Year.
31 May 2012 13:20
Airtel Uganda has announced its new harmonized calling rates to all African destinations, cutting costs for Ugandans who communicate with family, friends and business associates across the continent.
24 May 2012 14:03
Telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria has been ranked the best operator for good quality of service by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) based on the Commission's Audit Report for March and April 2012.
11 May 2012 14:39
MTN Group recorded 170 573 000 subscribers at 31 March 2012. This is a 3,7% increase for the quarter from 164 501 000 subscribers recorded at 31 December 2011. The group delivered a satisfactory performance notwithstanding continued high levels of competition in key markets.
7 May 2012 12:00[Khadija Patel] In the latest drive to save Africans from the perils of life on the ever-dark continent, British charity Oxfam has launched the Big Bra Hunt campaign. No, they are not hunting down Blighty's biggest bras. Instead, Oxfam is calling on British women to donate their unwanted bras to charity - for the betterment of Africa.
2 May 2012 13:37 
The
African Banker Awards has released the shortlist of nominees for the 2012 competition. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 30 May 2012, which makes its
debut in Africa. This year's event coincides with the annual African Development Bank (AfDB) meetings in Arusha, Tanzania
24 Apr 2012 16:14
Visa recently appointed PocketMedia Solutions' Z-Card to communicate important information about its Visa Debit Card in Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana.
23 Apr 2012 11:11Huawei Mobile, a global information communications technology firm, has disclosed its plan of introducing six new smartphones to the Nigerian market.
18 Apr 2012 12:16
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