Editorial Team

EXCLUSIVE: ‘I Was Tortured, Secretly Detained For 21 Days After Exposing Mismanagement Of Retirees’ Welfare Fund,’ Retired DSS Officer Alleges

A retired senior officer of the Department of State Services (DSS), Nwaogu Ihechimere Ezeakolam, has accused senior officials of the agency of subjecting him to death threats, torture, intimidation and a 21-day detention without due process after he challenged the leadership of the Association of Retired Department of State Services Officers of Nigeria (ARODSSON), FCT…

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United Capital Accelerates Pan-African Expansion With Rwanda, Ethiopia Entry

United Capital Accelerates Pan-African Expansion With Rwanda, Ethiopia Entry

United Capital Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to expanding its footprint across Africa, revealing that it has become the first African financial services institution to secure regulatory registration in both Rwanda and Ethiopia as part of its long-term Pan-African growth strategy. Group Chief Executive Officer, Peter Ashade, disclosed this while speaking on the company’s performance…

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Afreximbank and Gebeya launch ‘Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) Create-thon’ for African creators in music, video and gaming

Afreximbank and Gebeya launch ‘Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) Create-thon’ for African creators in music, video and gaming

CAIRO, Egypt, July 29, 2026/APO Group/ — African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com), through its Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) programme, has partnered with Gebeya, a pan-African technology company with a proprietary Large Language Model and infrastructure designed for African language users, to launch the CANEX Create-thon 2026. With a total prize pool of US$50,000, the competition…

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