Category: Business & Economy

MD/CEO of Sujimoto, Sijibomi Ogundele has been honoured with the ‘Hospitality Honorarium Grand 2017 Award’ at the IDE 10th Hotelier Summit in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa in appreciation of his tenacity and contribution to the hospitality and luxury industry in sub-Saharan Africa particularly for promoting Nigeria as the best place for Real Estate investment in Africa.

In recognition of its work to increase the profitability of thousands of smallholder farmers in Northern Nigeria over the last 6 years, Babban Gona (“Great Farm” in the Hausa language) emerged as the first for-profit enterprise to win the 2017 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship.

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Voguepay, a Nigerian secure online payments gateway company has been named the “Best Fintech Startup” at the 6th edition of the Cashless Africa Awards 2017 for its contributions to online payment in Nigeria and Africa in general.

The Awards honour organizations that have made significant contributions to the digital financial services sector and are poised to make considerable market impact in the future.

The Awards are dedicated to acknowledging creativity, commitment and excellence in the digital financial services across Africa.

VoguePay’s vision to make online, cross-currency payments and transactions safer, cheaper and more accessible for businesses, traders and consumers in Africa and internationally.

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has emerged the ‘Best Private Banking Services, Best Commercial Banking Capabilities & Best Net-worth Specific Services in Africa’ at the 14th Euromoney Private Banking Awards.

FBN Capital Limited, a subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc emerged the ‘Best Asset Manager in Nigeria’.

Two brands from the stable of Chi Limited, Nectar & Value Added Dairy products, have been honoured for their Outstanding Brand Equity and market leadership.

The award was presented at the maiden edition of the Best Brand Equity Awards 2016, held in Nigeria, recently, by Kantar Millward Brown, one of the world’s leading global research agency, specialising in advertising effectiveness, strategic communication, media and brand equity research.

Chivita won the Best Brand Equity Award in the Juices and Soft drinks Category, while Hollandia emerged winner of the Best Brand Equity Award in the Dairy category.

The California Southern University, USA has admitted a Nigerian, Professor Adesoji Adesugba into the Sigma Beta Delta International Honour Society in business, management and administration.

According to the President of the institution’s chapter of the organisation, Lauren Helms, “the admission of Adesugba into the Sigma Beta Delta is in recognition of his outstanding scholastic record. As President of the California Southern University Chapter of Sigma Beta Delta, it is my pleasure to extend you this membership invitation.”

Adesugba, who lectures at the Baden International Business School, Baden Switzerland is said to have impressed the university authorities by scoring an ‘A’ in every course and making a perfect 4.0 Grade Point Average (GPA) in his Doctor of Business Administration coursework at the university.

As a Sigma Beta Delta member, he joins a prestigious group of academic and business leaders dedicated to the continual pursuit of meaningful aspirations. Sigma Beta Delta membership conveys academic excellence and a commitment to high principles and superior achievement and is only given to doctoral candidates who have scored 3.95 GPA or better.

Professor Adesoji Adesugba has an impressive background having previously worked with the Federal Government of Nigeria in various capacities, including as a director at the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) and later as the Chairman of the Industrial Arbitration Panel (IAP).

In 2015, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Editorial Board of the popular Nigerian newspaper Sahel Standard. He is currently the President of the Gemstones Miners and Marketers Association of Nigeria, as well as a Vice-President of the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Med-View Airline has become the first airline to be listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in almost 25 years. The Airline listed 9,750,649,400 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at Naira 1.50 kobo per share on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

NSE Chief Executive, Mr. Oscar Onyema, congratulated and commended the board and management of Med-View Airlines for having the courage to take such an important step. In his words;

“Today’s listing by an introduction of 9.75 billion (9,750,649,400) ordinary shares of Med-View Airlines on the main board of the Nigerian Stock Exchange at a listing price of 1.50 Naira per share is a culmination of several months of hard work by all parties to the transaction, including the Securities and Exchange Commission and The Exchange.

This listing has added 14.65 billion Naira (N14, 625,974,100) to the market capitalization of The Exchange, further deepening the Nigerian capital market. It will also increase the visibility of Med-View Airlines Plc and differentiate it as a professionally run airline with high corporate governance standards, having met The NSE’s listing criteria.”