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Interswitch, Africa’s leading technology-driven company focused on the digitization of payments in Africa, has announced its partnership with Finastra, one of the world’s largest fintechs, to deliver innovative, world-class technology-based solutions for digital payments, corporate banking, treasury and trade finance, to financial institutions in Africa. Consistent with Interswitch’s market expansion strategy, the partnership will enable…

Barring any unforeseen development, seasoned public health and nutrition professionals will meet on Thursday, November 26, 2020, to deliberate on the urgency of a wprotein-centred national nutrition policy for Nigeria. The forum is the Protein Challenge Webinar Series 6 via zoom with the theme – The Case for a Protein-Centered National Nutrition Policy. Click here to register….

Verve International has rewarded 1,250 customers so far, after its sixth weekly draws in the ongoing Verve ‘Good Life’ promo for Verve cardholders across the country. The lucky 1,250 cardholders’ winnings amount to a total of N11.5 million out of the over N27 million in cash and airtime allotted for over 2,500 cardholders nationwide in…

The U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC), the American Soybean Association’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (ASA/WISHH) and the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) co-hosted the African Trade Exchange to strengthen trade with the African continent and discuss partnership opportunities to build demand for U.S. Soy. In total, nearly 300 U.S. Soy customers and soy…

As the global community celebrates the World Whole Grain Day on November 19, Crown Flour Mill Ltd has reiterated its unrelenting commitment to national food security through consistent focus on food safety, innovation and cost efficiencies especially along its wheat-milling value-chain. The company which produces a wide range of quality flour, pasta noodles, biscuits, semolina…

Nigerian leading pension services provider, Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has said that the commencement of the Transfer Window programme is a positive development that democratises pension fund management in the country and gives pension fund contributors the freedom to choose their preferred pension fund administrator.   The Transfer Window,…

Protein deficiency, the state of the relative or absolute shortage of body proteins or one or more of the essential amino acids, is emerging as a genuine health concern in Nigeria. To effectively tackle the problem, experts concede that there is an urgent need to explore its true status in Nigeria, examine the possible reasons…

Someone once said that ‘Families are like branches on a tree, we grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one’. For Mitchell Olusegun Elegbe, family has been, and still, is a top priority. The youngest child of his family, Mitchell was born in Benin-City, in the old Mid-Western region (now Edo State) of…

Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has been declared winner of the ‘Holding Group Category’ of the Next 100 Global Awards 2020.  Organised by the International Finance Magazine, Global Banking & Finance Review, the Next 100 Global Awards recognises organisations with exceptional strategy, achievements, dedication and leadership. Some of the criteria…

Interview with Ojinika Shote, Head of Cash Management at Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, on the evolution of cash management for corporates operating in Nigeria, and the role this service plays in achieving business as well as social, economic and environmental impact. This interview also highlights the bank’s involvement in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) programmes…