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ICT

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Capital Market

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Insurance

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Sovereign Trust Insurance Celebrates 2025 Customer Service Week

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Leadway: 55 Years of Innovation, Expanding Financial Access, Inclusion Across West Africa

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Business

Troyka Holdings Chair, Biodun Shobanjo, Inducted into Loeries Hall of Fame

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Finance Min, Wale Edun, to Keynote FiBOP Annual Confab Oct 18

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Capital Market

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Insurance

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Continental Re: 9th Pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards for April 12

Continental Reinsurance Plc is delighted to unveil the confirmed venue for the highly anticipated 9th Pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards.

The prestigious ceremony is set to take place on April 12, 2024 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.

Business journalists from across the African continent are invited to showcase their exceptional work in various categories, including Online, Print, and Broadcast, in both English and French.  This year’s awards also feature an Arabic Category and the Dr. Femi Future Talent Award.

Submission Period and Process:  Entries are open for submission up to February 14, 2024.  Works published within the year leading up to the submission deadline are eligible for consideration. Interested participants can submit their entries through the official awards portal: https://www.continental-re.com/awards-2024/.

Mr. Lawrence Nazare, Group Managing Director of Continental Reinsurance, emphasized the crucial role of the (re)insurance industry and the impact of journalists in shaping its narrative. He stated, “The (re)insurance industry is a catalyst for progress, offering economic stability and security to individuals and businesses. Reporting on insurance is not only informative but also serves as a catalyst for industry, educates the public about the importance of risk management, fostering a culture of preparedness.”

9th Pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards Highlights:

Categories: Online (English), Print (English), Broadcast (English), French (Online, Print, or Broadcast), Arabic (Online, Print, or Broadcast), and Dr. Femi Future Talent Award.

Previous Success:  The 8th edition witnessed entries from 18 African countries, celebrating winners from Uganda, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Egypt, and Zimbabwe.  The awards ceremony was graced by His Excellency Rigathi Gachagua, Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya.

Save the Date: The awards ceremony for the 9th Pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards is scheduled to coincide with the 9th CEO Summit on April 12, 2024, promising an event of recognition, celebration, and networking.

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NNPC: An Ugly, Dirty Story!

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is a Bad Story. Today, right thinking members of the Nigerian society are asking just one question: What is wrong with NNPC? In the past few years and running, the NNPC has been in the news for all the wrong reasons- from frequent sacking of its group managing directors, which gives a picture of instability and incompetence, to endless allegations of insolvency and rampant fraud.

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Since 2004 to date, the banking sector and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have welcomed three different Governors of three different governing styles. In essence, Chukwuma Soludo, Lamido Sanusi and Godwin Emefiele represent three dimensional regimes in one critical sector-Banking.For those that lived through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regimes of Professor Chukwuma Soludo and Mallam Lamido Sanusi, it was always a difficult act to objectively locate the successes and failures of both administrations in terms of curing the banking sector of its endless Ebola diseases and building strong bricks for sustainable future growth.

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