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Air Peace Orders 10 New Boeing 737 Max For $1.17B

Nigeria carrier, Air Peace, has set a new west African record with its purchase of 10 brand new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircrafts valued at $1.17billion. Earlier this year, Air peace acquired two ex-Emirates Boeing 777s, and with the new

Nigeria’s Multi Billion Naira Leather Industry

Kano, Northern Nigeria’s foremost commercial hub, is home to a large leather industry. Its tanneries are a hive of activity every other day, with men working hides and skins into material suitable for cobbling into shoes and threading into bags.

ConnectNigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: Abebi Farm Fresh Plus

Business startup stories are as varied as the backgrounds and lives of the founders whose entrepreneurial journeys they recount. The really interesting ones draw us in with their anecdotes and inspire us with the victories they speak of. But in

VP Grasse: Why Switch to Artificial Landscape?

There is a trend in town, the artificial landscape. More families and corporate bodies are switching from organic to artificial landscaping for many reasons. However, before you make up your mind let’s go through the pros and cons together so

Did You Know? Nigeria’s Groundnut Pyramids

Groundnut pyramids have become a symbol of national nostalgia for Nigerians. They get mentioned in laments and rants critical of the country’s economic state, and are referred to in school history classes and in discussions by older citizens who remember

Nigeria Air: Aviation Minister Unveils New National Carrier At UK Fair

Speaking at the UK Unveiling of what appears to be a major breakthrough for the Aviation industry in Nigeria, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika on Wednesday afternoon, revealed the name and colours for the proposed national carrier. Going by

Business Profile: Farmers’ Corner Community

Farmers’ Corner is an entity that has created a community of farmers, “agro-preneurs”, investors and others interested in moving agricultural system forward in Nigeria, West Africa and the world at large. Farmers’ Corner Community is a non-profit, non-political and non-religious

AITEO Salute Super Eagles, NFF

Leading energy giants and core sponsors of the Nigeria Football Federation, AITEO, showered praises on the Super Eagles and the NFF for their performance at the ongoing 2018 Russia FIFA World Cup. Aiteo maintained that despite their early exit from

Startup Grind Lagos Hosts Onyeka Akumah, Co-founder Of Farmcrowdy, In July

Startup Grind Lagos will be hosting Onyeka Akumah, Co-Founder of Farmcrowdy –referred to as Nigeria’s first Digital Agriculture platform, in her fireside chat for the month of July Meetup. This month’s Meetup is themed “Are You Investor-ready?”, and will also

Did You Know? Nigeria’s SecureID Is West Africa’s First Smart Card Producing Company

Somewhere in Lagos’ district of Isolo, there’s a manufacturing facility with machines spewing out thousands of smart cards every working day. It might be considered just another one of hundreds of industrial scale production lines scattered across Nigeria’s commercial capital;

Air Peace Appoints Its First Female Captain

Air Peace has raised one of its pilots, Sinmisola Ajibola, to the rank of flight Captain. This promotion, announced on Monday, makes Ajibola the air carrier’s first ever female captain, and one of only a few to have held this

Did You Know? Nigeria Is Africa’s Biggest Agritech Market

Nigeria hasn’t been on the global agritech scene for long. Until a few years ago, you could probably count the number of tech startups in the country’s agriculture sector on the fingers of one hand. Ecommerce and fintech took the

Man vs Plastic: Who Dies First?

Editor’s Note: World Environment Day occurs on the 5th of June every year, and serves to raise awareness for the protection of our environment. Last week, I was meeting a few friends at a popular Lagos lagoon-front clubhouse, we were

Did You Know? Kano’s Kantin Kwari Is West Africa’s Largest Textile Market

The city of Kano is known for its many sprawling markets. For centuries, it has attracted traders and buyers from across Nigeria and West Africa’s Sahel region, and still holds its place as the north’s leading commercial hub. One of

Did You Know? Nigerians Spend Over ₦900 Billion On Bottled Water Annually

The idea of putting a price on water still boggles our minds when we really sit down to think about it. But water isn’t always readily available, and there’s usually a cost to be incurred for holding it in containers

Did You Know? 40% of Africa’s E-Commerce Ventures Are Located In Nigeria

Nigerians aren’t in a hurry to ditch brick-and-mortar stores for online shops. But there is something happening with online shopping trends in Nigeria, something worth the rubbing of palms in anticipation. Nigeria has stolen a march on other African countries

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