L-R: President, Nigeria Wrestling Federation, Hon Baraladei Daniel Igali and Vice- President, NWF, Prince F. A. B Adenekan during the inauguration ceremony of the newly elected executives of the association on 17th, May 2013 at the V.I.P Lounge, Main bowl National Stadium, Abuja. (TRADE NEWSWIRE): The emergence of new members ... Read More

(TRADE NEWSWIRE): The Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF) announced today the formation of its most recent regional affiliate, the African Philanthropy Forum (APF), TRADE NEWSWIRE reports. In  a statement obtained BY TRADE NEWSWIRE from The Tony Elumelu Foundation on Friday in Lagos, the APF will take the form of a peer-learning network ... Read More

A Facebook employee holds a phone that is running the new "Home" program. (AFP/Justin Sullivan) NEW YORK: Facebook said on Tuesday that features from its new Home software for Android-powered smartphones will begin spreading this week to Apple's popular iPhones. "Home was about our ability to demonstrate what you can do ... Read More

11th April 2013 Bookmark and Share Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk Prime Minister Donald Tusk left on an official visit to Nigeria on Wednesday accompanied by a group of Polish businesspeople. Together they will take part in a Polish-Nigerian economic forum. Companies that sent their representatives with the prime minister include several state-owned ... Read More

A new SMS tool has been developed to assist small traders and businesses to tackle problems and barriers they face when moving goods across African borders. Developed in South Africa, the SMS system makes it as easy as possible to report non-tariff barriers (NTBs) to trade on the continent. It was ... Read More

LAGOS - Nigeria's stock exchange .NGSEINDEX is reviewing applications from some leading global investment banks to join its trading floor, as reforms aimed at improving liquidity and transparency bear fruit, its CEO said on Wednesday. Bourse CEO Oscar Onyema told the Reuters Africa Investment Summit in Lagos that a return of ... Read More

MOGADISHU - Ending Somali piracy requires a shift from reliance on security at sea to targeting those on land who enable the lucrative business to thrive, according to the World Bank. Although the number of attacks has markedly fallen since 2011 thanks to tougher security aboard ships and increased Western naval ... Read More

LAGOS - In the time it takes to read this article, Nigeria will have added 50 people to its population, or about 11,000 a day. While some see these new consumers feeding an engine of prosperity, others fear they will create a crisis of poverty and unrest. By 2050, the global ... Read More

JOHANNESBURG - Annual vehicle sales in Africa will rise nearly 20 percent in the next two years to hit the 2 million mark as the continent's burgeoning middle class trades up from motorbikes and jalopies to new cars, the regional head of General Motors (GM.N) said. The U.S. car giant sold ... Read More

MTN Group Ltd. (MTN), Africa’s largest mobile-phone operator, may spend as much as $8 billion on an acquisition, building on an increase in spending on networks last year that held back earnings. The company is seeking targets in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Middle East and will look at those that ... Read More