MTN Group Ltd. (MTN), Africa’s largest wireless operator, said subscriber numbers across its 22 markets rose 1.1 percent in the first quarter after slight growth in Nigeria countered a decline in customers in South Africa. Users in Nigeria, MTN’s biggest market, rose “marginally” to 57.2 million in the quarter ended […]

Novartis AG agreed to buy GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s cancer drugs for as much as $16 billion while selling most of the company’s vaccines division to Glaxo for $7.1 billion and its animal-health unit to Eli Lilly & Co. for $5.4 billion. The transactions, as well as a plan to form a […]

The Director-General, The Gambia Tourism Board, Mr. Benjamin Roberts, has said his country will be offering a range of incentives to Nigerian investors. Roberts, in a statement on Friday, said though the country is known as West Africa’s biggest holiday destination, it also offers a conducive business environment for Nigerians. […]