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Airtel Africa considering public shares sale of mobile money business - Report

Nigeria, March 14 -- Mobile network operator Airtel Africa, which has Nigeria as its biggest market, is giving thought to launching a public shares sale for its mobile money arm, whose valuation excee... Read More


STOCKWATCH: Access Holdings, Linkage Assurance, Zenith top stocks pick this week

Nigeria, March 11 -- Nigerian stocks advanced 2.6 per cent last week during which the listing of Tony Elumelu-backed Transcorp Power added N1.88 trillion to the Nigerian Exchange's market capitalisati... Read More


Naira to appreciate to 1,200 to a dollar in 12 months - Goldman Sachs

Nigeria, March 10 -- Global investment bank Goldman Sachs said it sees the Nigerian naira gain more ground against the US dollar in the next twelve months. The bank projected the exchange rate of the... Read More


Transcorp Power's valuation climbs to N1.98 trillion after Lagos listing

Nigeria, March 5 -- Transcorp Power Plc, the power generation spinoff of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (Transcorp), advanced 10 per cent in market value on its debut in Lagos on Monday. The co... Read More


Sovereign Trust, Learn Africa, UBA top stocks' pick this week

Nigeria, March 4 -- Nigerian stocks shed 3.3 per cent last week after increased sell pressure from investors during a week in which many released corporate results failed to impress the market. The c... Read More


Nigeria's forex crisis adds MTN to growing list of financially distressed companies

Nigeria, March 3 -- MTN Nigeria joined the expanding list of financially distressed companies in the country after its entire shareholders' fund was obliterated by a sweeping after-tax loss precipitat... Read More


Transcorp plans N1.8 trillion listing of power subsidiary

Nigeria, March 2 -- Transnational Corporation of Nigeria, the country's biggest conglomerate by market value, will list the shares of its spinoff power generating arm Transcorp Power by way of introdu... Read More


Foreign exchange translation gains lift Dangote Cement's income to N1 trillion

Nigeria, March 2 -- Dangote Cement hauled in record windfall income after converting net investments in foreign operations into the naira, more than doubling the company's comprehensive income to N1 t... Read More


Seplat rakes in record N885 billion income amid foreign currency gains

Nigeria, March 1 -- Seplat Energies raked in N885.1 billion in total comprehensive income - the combined earnings that companies receive from unexpected gains in addition to profit - after the energy ... Read More


Nestle Nigeria in financial distress after naira's free fall pushed liabilities past assets

Nigeria, Feb. 29 -- Nestle Nigeria reported that its liabilities loomed past assets by N78.1 billion (13.4 per cent) last year after a free slide in the value of the naira-stressed operations. The de... Read More