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Google to own $750 million Lenovo stake after Motorola deal closes: HK exchange

Internet search company Google Inc will own a 5.94 percent stake in China’s Lenovo Group Ltd worth $750 million once Lenovo’s deal to buy Google’s Motorola handset division closes, according to a disclosure on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Google would take 618.3 million Lenovo shares at $1.213 per share, […]

Investments in power sector hits $50bn

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, has said that the privatisation of Nigeria’s power sector has unlocked the investment opportunities in the sector, with pipeline investments estimated at $50bn currently.  Aganga said for the first time in Nigeria’s 53-year history, the country successfully privatised the electric […]

GTBank Completes Acquisition of Kenya’s Fina Bank

Press Release Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank), a foremost African Banking Group has now concluded the acquisition of a 70% stake in Fina Bank Group, after securing the required regulatory approvals in the 3 East African countries – Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda as well as in Nigeria. GTBank acquired a 70% […]