VP Shettima also justifies President Tinubu’s reforms in bilateral talks with the Queen of the Netherlands on deepening ties. Just before returning to Nigeria, the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, met with the Costa Rican candidate for the position of the United Nations Secretary-General, Rebeca Grynspan. During his interaction with Ms Grynspan, Mr Shettima said Nigeria…
Close-up of Databricks company logo on building facade, Rincon Hill, San Francisco, June 7, 2024. Smith Collection/ gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Clear Street, the prime brokerage startup that recently shelved plans for its own IPO, is now aiming to give investors access to some of Silicon Valley’s hottest private companies before they…
Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada Canal+, the French media group that now owns MultiChoice, has listed on the JSE – barely six months after taking full control of MultiChoice and delisting it from the same exchange. The secondary inward listing on the JSE’s main board, effective Wednesday, makes Canal+ the first French company to list in…
BGFI Holding Corporation listed on the Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de l’Afrique Centrale on May 7, becoming the first multinational from the CEMAC region to join the exchange’s equities market. The parent company of BGFIBank listed under the ticker BGFI HC on the A-PREMIUM compartment, with a reference price of CFA80,000 a share. A total…
Cell C CEO Jorge Mendes addresses the audience at the JSE as the telco lists. (Photograph by Nicola Mawson) As Cell C listed on the JSE this morning, almost 4 000 shares traded within minutes of the market opening, with the stock debuting at R27 – a 50c per share improvement on the final pre-listing…
The United Nations (UN) has raised the alarm over an impending global famine even as it said worsening conflicts and dwindling humanitarian funding were pushing millions towards acute hunger. In a joint report released on Wednesday, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) listed Nigeria among 16 hunger hotspots, warning…
