Opadokun Determined to take insurance practice in the country to lofty heights, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, FBN General Insurance Limited, Olabode Opadokun, in this interview with Chuks Udo Okonta, said he would leverage the enormous economic opportunities to widen insurance space. Now that a new MD has come on […]
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‘Green fields’ of insurance growth
By Mark Anderson Africa’s insurance markets are expanding more slowly than other emerging regions’, but major groups are looking to enter new markets, which could speed things along. African insurers are still waiting for rising incomes to transform their bottom lines. The growth of insurance premiums in sub-Saharan Africa slowed […]
FILEX holds awards
Leave a comment and share Chuks Udo Okonta All is now set for the maiden edition of the Financial Literacy Excellence Awards, FILEX, under the auspices of one of Nigeria’s foremost Non-Governmental Organizations, the Development Initiatives Network, DIN. The Executive Director of DIN and Convener of the FILEX Awards, Dr. […]
Breaking: FG removes subsidy, fuel to sell for 145 per ltr
The Federal Government, Wednesday, removed subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, also known as fuel as it will now sell for N145 per litre. The Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, announced the policy change in Abuja on Wednesday afternoon, confirming PREMIUM TIMES exclusive report of Monday, May 9 on […]
AFRICA MUST BECOME A PRODUCER OF GLOBALLY RESPECTED KNOWLEDGE
800 leaders from around the world today attended the opening of Going Global 2016, the world’s largest highest education conference, organised by the British Council and taking place in Africa for the first time. In attendance is the Minister of State for Education, Prof Anthony Anwuka, who will be joined […]
NIPR confab underscores nexus between communications and agriculture
Nigeria definitely had an enviable reputation in the 60s’ and the early 70s’ for her rich contributions to world economy through agriculture. Prior to the discovery of the black gold, otherwise referred to as crude oil, which ostensibly became an Achilles’ heel of some sort on the nation, agriculture provided […]
Breaking: Axa to underwrite political risks in Africa from May 1
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