Zedcrest Group Appoints Ademola Akogun MD Zedcrest Investment Banking

• Ademola Akogun Zedcrest Group, a leading financial services company, has taken a significant step in its strategic expansion with its Board’s approval of Ademola Akogun’s appointment as Managing Director, Investment Banking. This milestone follows the successful acquisition of the company’s Issuing House license, marking a pivotal expansion of its capabilities. With this, Zedcrest is…

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Zimbabwe’s Steel Industry Revitalized with New $1.5 Billion Plant

Zimbabwe’s got itself a brand new iron and steel manufacturing plant, courtesy of the Chinese. Metal Miner reports that this U.S. $1.5 billion Chinese-built plant’s blast furnace recently came online and is already producing pig iron, a crucial ingredient for making steel. The team over at Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco), the Zimbabwean subsidiary of Chinese…

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Soaring Cost of Petrol: Is Govt’s Push for CNG- Driven Vehicles Behind It?

▪︎Image of a CNG car / GoCNG Could the government’s push for the adoption of vehicles driven by Compressed Natural Gas(CNG) be the driving force behind the frequent hikes in the pump prices of petrol in Nigeria, in recent months? The latest increase announced  (Tuesday, October 29) by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) raised…

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NADDC Eagerly waiting for BPP to Implement Nigeria First Policy in automotive industry

•Oluwemimo Joseph Osanipin, the Director – General of NADDC. ‘Nigeria First’ policy empowers the BPP to ensure that all (100 per cent) government procurements are made in Nigeria. However, it could approve patronage of imported products where there are no local alternatives. The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) is eagerly looking forward to…

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