Diageo reporting award: Names of finalist pickedThe best of African business journalism will go into the final of the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards, (DABRA) with the announcement of the shortlisted candidates across eleven
categories.

Head of Macroeconomics and Regional Research, Africa, Standard Chartered Bank, Mrs Razia Khan has predicted the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will have to appreciate the naira to forestall looming risks of higher inflation growth in the second half of the year.

The following article is courtesy of a guest columnist, Mr. Adaighofua Ojomaikre, who is also an advocate of the views consistently paraded in this column with regard to the correct infusion process of our nation’s export dollar earnings with the instrument of dollar certificates.

A group of stakeholders in the housing industry has petitioned the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Nduese Essien, calling for a probe of the finances of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN).

The management of Olive Estate, a real estate development firm, has received the backing of the Ogun state government on the development of their estate sites located in Ofada.

The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) is set to boost the provision of affordable housing across the country within four years using eight delivery models.

Entrepreneurship generally refers to the practice of instituting new business enterprises or revitalizing
already established ventures. Most entrepreneurs are driven by existence of an opportunity that once ventured into will result in profits.

By Patience Saghana The misery surrounding a single company taking the     shine off a number of other insurance companies on an account that was co-insured may just be a time-bomb waiting to explode any time soon as operators are determine to unravel it. The ruckus of a lead insurer taking all the glory for […]

Following the planned review of the current universal banking model by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), experts have expressed concerns over the fate of the capital market subsidiaries of banks.

Nigerians are said to be hardworking people who have little time or no time for something as essential as leisure. But when they do, a boat cruise is not your everyday form of leisure or relaxation – not even in Lagos, a city that is surrounded by water -ocean, islands, lagoons, etc.

Destination South Africa (DSA) promotion organised by DHL Nigeria has came to a conclusion where 30 winners emerged from which number one star winner along with his spouse will travel to South Africa to watch Nigeria play in the world cup come June 2010.

Mr. Tim Love is the Vice Chairman of Omnicom Group, a Marketing and Communications Services Company, with network of companies including DDB Worldwide (Lagos). Tim’s vital job is helping Omnicom and its clients be more collaborative and effective at global brand_building. He spoke on the future of advertising in Nigeria, Vanguard was there.

In apparent reflection of increasing apathy to the Holding Company arrangement under the proposed new niche banking model, a number of banks have begun moves to sell off their subsidiaries.

The Dream Economy envisioned in government’s “‘Vision 20:2020’ seeks to position Nigeria as one of the top 20 economies in the world by the year 2020. In economic terms, this translates to having a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of at least US$900 billion by that date compared to about US$212 billion as at 2008″…. (Source: Nigeria Vision 2020 Economic Transformation Blueprint – pg. 26, work-in-progress as at 5/10/2009.

Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Nduese Essien, has called on professionals in the housing development sector to take new measures to checkmate the activities of quacks in the built environment.