In the 1840s, the missionaries of the Presbyterian Church began to arrive in Nigeria. They settled in an area known as English Town in Calabar. Among these missionaries was Rev. Henry Townsend who later moved to Abeokuta in the 1850s. In Abeokuta, he established a printing press in 1854 which he used, five years later, to publish the first […]
Konga was founded in July 2012 by Sim Shagaya, with 20 staff. Shortly after launching in 2012, Konga raised a $3.5 million seed round from Investment AB Kinnevik. The site initially functioned as a Lagos-only online retailer focused on merchandise in the Baby, Beauty, and Personal Care categories, but broadened its scope to all of […]
In October 1989, Juhel Nigeria Limited was commisioned as the first Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company in old Anambra state, Nigeria by the then ruling Governor Col. Robert Akonobi. Beginning with a small range of products, we started continually expanding our operations, reaching an peak employment capacity of over 500 staff members at the time. In 1995, […]
In the past few years, banking activities in Nigeria have increasingly depended on the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This is speedily becoming a reality in the industrially and economically advanced parts of the world, with people who are far away being able to engage in formal and informal relationship, which would have […]
Seven-up Bottling company started business in Nigeria in 1960 as a limited liability company. The Seven-Up bottling company Plc is one of the largest independent manufacturer and distributor of well-known and widely consumed brands of soft drinks in Nigeria from nine manufacturing plants. A Lebanese Mohammed El-Khalil who came to Nigeria in 1926 founded the […]
Oil was discovered in Nigeria in 1956 at Oloibiri in the Niger Delta after half a century of exploration. The discovery was made by Shell-BP, at the time the sole concessionaire. Nigeria joined the ranks of oil producers in 1958 when its first oil field came on stream producing 5,100 bpd. After 1960, exploration rights […]
Zenith Bank is a large financial service provider in Nigeria and Anglophone West Africa. It is licensed as a commercial bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the national banking regulator. Zenith Bank Plc was established in May 1990, and commenced operations in July of the same year as a commercial bank. How To Check […]