XTransfer and Ecobank Group Join Forces to Empower African SMEs in Foreign Trade

XTransfer, a Chinese B2B cross-border trade payment platform, and Ecobank Group have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding of Cooperation (MOU) to roll out comprehensive cross-border financial services to Africa’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) engaged in foreign trade. The collaboration will facilitate trade between China and African countries. In recent years, China and Africa have continued to deepen trade cooperation, with the scale…

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WFP Allocates $2.5 Billion to Combat Hunger Impacting 25 Million Nigerians

The United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) has earmarked $2.5 billion under its 2023-2027 Nigeria Country Strategy Plans (CSP) to achieve zero hunger and improve nutrition nationwide. Seriene Loum, head of programme at WFP, made this known on Wednesday, February 5. 2025 at the organisation’s co-creation workshop held in collaboration with the National Social…

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