Author: InvestAdvocate

Being Steve Jobs’ Boss

by Leander Kahney October 24, 2010 Steve Jobs was 28 years old in 1983 and already recognized as one of the most innovative thinkers in Silicon Valley. The Apple board, though, was not ready to anoint him chief executive officer and picked PepsiCo President John Sculley, famous for creating the […]

IAA Plc – Investors Alert

Ibrahim Bello, Lagos, October 22, 2010   For investors in Investment and Allied Assurance Plc (IAINSURE – N0.50k – on Suspension), the last two years has been a torrid experience better forgotten. From a successful private placement, listing on the bourse and periodic bouts of gains; the stock has come […]

Nigeria’s CBN set to launch NAMI

  The Central Bank of Nigeria in collaboration with the Rural Finance institution Building Programme (RUFIN) will be convening a meeting of the Officials of the Zonal Associations of unlicensed Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) from the six geo-political zones of Nigeria.   The objective of the meeting is to formally launch […]