Consumer sector displaces financial industry, lifts turnover by 62%

Consumer sector displaces financial industry, lifts turnover by 62%

For the first time in several months, the consumer goods industry outperformed the financial sector, dominating in volume terms at the end of last week’s transactions on the equities sector of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), It led the activity chart with 1.255 billion shares valued at N51.9 billion in 2,581deals, thus contributing 61.9 per […]

Airtel Africa, Oando others lead NGX N450 billion gain

Airtel Africa, Oando others lead NGX N450 billion gain

Following gains recorded by many blue-chip companies, especially Airtel Africa and Oando, the equities market sustained a rising profile yesterday, as market capitalisation appreciated further by N450 billion. At the close of trading yesterday, the All-Share Index (ASI), which measures the performance of quoted companies, rose by 450.52 points or 1.0 per cent to 43,476.75 […]

DEAL: ThankUCash raises $5.3 million seed fund to build infrastructure for BNPL and launch remittance service

DEAL: ThankUCash raises $5.3 million seed fund to build infrastructure for BNPL and launch remittance service

Nigeria’s leading multi-merchant rewards platform ThankUCash has raised $5.3 million in seed funding. The seed round was co-led by 500 Global and Unicorn Growth Capital with participation from Expert Dojo, Predictive VC, SaaS growth Ventures, Betatron Hong kong, Accelerex Holding, Andrew Dell (former CEO of HSBC), Craig Fenton (Director, Strategy & Operations At Google), among […]