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Ecobank Wins Award for Best Trade Bank in Nigeria

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Ecobank was named the Best Trade Bank in Nigeria by London-based Trade Finance magazine in their 2013 Awards for Excellence. Their annual survey ranks firms based on votes gathered from industry players and members of the magazine’s editorial team. Manufacturers, exporters, importers, traders, government and multilateral agencies were consulted for their input on this survey. This award comes amidst a growing demand for trade finance, as Nigeria continues to implement

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Meet BRYMO, Africa’s Best Song Writer of the Year 2014 (AFRIMA Awards)

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Olawale Ashimi Aka Brymo wasn’t born in a wealthy family but with his great voice and talent for music, he is listed (AFRIMA Awards 2014) as one of Nigeria and Africa’s most successful artist. He was born in 1986, the son of a carpenter father and a petty trading mother. At the age of 14 he wrote his first song and was so pleased with the results that he decided

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The 2014 Cartier Women’s Initiative Award Goes To…

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One of the most prestigious women’s business awards (The Catier Women’s Iniative) were announced this October at the Annual Global Meeting of the Women’s Forum in Deauville, France. The Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards aims to identify and support women entrepreneurs in the start-up phase through funding and coaching, to foster the spirit of enterprise by celebrating role models in entrepreneurship, and to create an international network of women entrepreneurs and

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Akon ft. D’Banj -In FROSH Production

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Another Nigerian-Atlanta conection by music superstars, D’Banj and Akon who recently announced that they are working on a massive collaboration. Both Artists took time off the set of the new video they are working on, to show-off pictures on their Instagram pages. Throwing around words like Frosh and Feeling a Nigga, which is believed to be the two singles they are working on. “FROSH” and “FEELIN A NIGGA” Akon captioned the first