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Tigo continues to support mobile birth registration in Tanzania

March 24, 2017/Tigo Tanzania’s digital lifestyle company, Tigo (www.Tigo.co.tz), has continued to support the Tanzania government’s under-five birth registration initiative through an innovative mobile application that is massively accelerating provisioning of birth certificates for children under the age of five. The under-five birth registration drive, launched in Geita and Shinyanga regions along […]

Zenith Bank shelves plans to raise 100 bln naira due to weak economy

23/3/2017/Reuters By Oludare Mayowa Nigeria’s Zenith Bank has shelved plans to raise 100 billion naira ($318 million) via a combination of bonds and share sales due to weak capital markets, it said on Thursday. The bank had expected market conditions to improve when it announced plans to seek approval for […]

MAN faults CBN, seeks interest rate reduction

March 24, 2017/Punch Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria on Wednesday faulted the decision of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria to retain the Monetary Policy Rate at 14 per cent. The President, MAN, Mr. Frank Jacobs, said in a telephone interview with our […]