Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc has posted a 77.7 percent increase in profit before tax to N45.65 billion from N25.7 billion for the nine month period ended September 30, 2016.

By Nkiruka Nnorom Standard & Poor (S&P) Global Ratings has affirmed its long and short-term global scale issuer credit ratings on United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) at ‘B/B’. The rating agency also affirmed a long- and short-term Nigeria national scale ratings on the group at ‘ngBBB/ngA-2’ and assigned a stable outlook to the bank. […]

Access Bank has emerged multiple award winner at the  Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards (SERAs) including awards for: Best Company In Climate Action; Most Outstanding CSR Practitioner Of The Year – received by Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan, Head, Sustainability at Access Bank;   Sustainability Champion of the Year – given to Dr. Herbert Wigwe, GMD/CEO, Access Bank; Best company CSR//Sustainability West Africa; and the highest honour of the night – The Most Socially Responsible Company of The Year (Overall Winner). These awards were presented to Access Bank in recognition of its strong sustainability ethos, and its progress and commitment to embedding sustainability in its business operations whilst driving sustainable development across communities it serves. 

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said that the narrative of Africa Rising will be but mere rhetoric except governments and other stakeholders take decisive action to harmonise plans, provide incentives and the support structures that will accelerate industrialisation on the continent.

Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers Limited said it has paid over N279 billion to retirees since its inception in 2006.