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Nollywood has numerous actors and actresses who wear different characters to entertain us in movies. The steady rise of Nollywood talents in recent years is remarkable, and this is down to the investment of platforms like Africa Magic in talent discovery and commissioning/licensing of movies and series that cast budding talents. In celebration of Africa Magic at 20, here is a list of renowned Nollywood telnets who rose to stardom on the Africa Magic platform: Tobi Bakre: He’s no doubt one of the hottest talents around at the moment. Tobi rose to stardom on one of Africa Magic’s reality TV

By Adedapo Adesanya  With Detty December around the corner, which means concert season, Livewire Concerts, an international entertainment company based in Nigeria, is launching its first edition of shows headlined by women on December 17, 2023. Themed A Night of Queens, the concert will have an all-female lineup featuring musical heavyweights such as Tiwa Savage, Teni, Simi, Waje, Niniola, Yemi Alade, and more, showcasing the incredible talent and diversity of Nigeria’s female music scene. In a statement shared with Business Post, the organisers said the concert promises a diverse musical medley, showcasing the unique styles and sounds that have made

Today, more and more people want to see their heritage come to life. They want their stories told and their experiences reflected on screen. With a growing appetite for African content, businesses have a great opportunity to invest in local productions – and consequently local people. The desire for local content and the drive to consume content allows broadcasters to improve the skills of local production crews, invest in better equipment and facilities, and highlight local talent on- and off-screen, and also adjacent industries. In Nigeria, for instance, MultiChoice plays a pivotal role in empowering talent and driving economic development.

By Adedapo Adesanya Oil prices returned to the bearish territory on Friday, just a day after hitting a nine-month high, as demand worries due to new coronavirus-related restrictions overshadowed progress toward vaccination programmes. After rising for most of the past few weeks, due to hopes of a vaccine-induced boost in economic growth and energy demand, oil prices returned downward as the long term effects of the virus keep outweighing the near term positives. As at last night, the price of the Brent crude was down by 25 cents or 0.5 per cent to $49.98 per barrel, while the West Texas

By Adedapo Adesanya  Byte, a pioneering business operation and management technology startup based in Nigeria, is empowering business owners to supercharge their growth. With its innovative mobile app, Byte offers a wide range of features that streamline operations, provide instant business accounts, replace manual sales and inventory recording, offer financing and overdraft options, and simplify sales analytics for business owners. Byte seeks to address the major challenges faced by entrepreneurs, granting them more time, access to business insights, funding, and the energy to run profitable enterprises. In the upcoming weeks, Byte will unveil its game-changing Point of Sale (POS) system,

By Prince Charles Dickson The sentence ‘a nut for a jar of tuna’ is the same when read backwards. Ademola Babalola wrote on his FB page last week about his mum… In 1982, I was a Meteorological Observer at the headquarters office of Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority in Abeokuta. I was proudly a Level 4 Federal Government employee, earning N157 net wage monthly. We received our salaries twice in a month: mine paid N80 and N77 respectively. That year, all of us in my cadre had the opportunity of receiving a motorcycle loan of N400. No complications, just apply

By Ahmed Rahma A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Niger State, Mr Tolulope Agabaje, has won a brand new Hyundai Accent car during a promo organised by Access Bank. The financial institution, which recently introduced a transaction campaign titled Transact and Win as part of its efforts to enhance financial inclusion through its digital platform, presented the winner with the grand prize after conducting a draw in Lagos. At the official presentation of the car in Lagos, the Executive Director of the bank, Mr Victor Etuokwu, said the lender was targeting the unbanked and the

By Modupe Gbadeyanka This piece of information will excite women Shea collectors and processors in Kwara, Niger and Kebbi States as a leading Nigeria-based agribusiness and edible oils and fats processing company, Tropical General Investment (TGI) Group, has concluded plans to support them. Recently, a subsidiary of TGI Group, West Africa Soy Industries Limited (WASIL), joined the Global Shea Alliance (GSA) and with this, the parent firm will over the next two years support 10,000 women Shea collectors and processors in the three states. This is part of its commitment to boost local value addition and contribute to the sustainable

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The financial system in Nigeria has again been thrown into disarray with the shutting down of 42 microfinance banks across the country. The operating licence of the affected small lenders was revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the main regulator of the banking sector in the country. Already, depositors, shareholders and the creditors of the financial institutions closed by the CBN are in a panic mode because of the experiences of victims of other banks shut by the regulator. But the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), which acts as the official liquidator of the banks

By Adeniyi Ogunfowoke Congratulations! In the next few months, your first piccaninny will be in your hands. You will be unable to control your joy and of course, you have thought of different things you will do for your newborn. This is why preparing for a baby takes a lot of work, planning, and energy. For your plans to come to fruition, you need money. So, whether you are a first time parent or planning to have one in the future, Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares ways to financially prepare for a newborn especially if you are

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Nigerian movie industry deserves more funding to enable it to get to its full potential, the Brand Manager of Rite Foods Limited, makers of Bigi carbonated drink, Ms Boluwatife Adedugbe, has said. She said it’s because of this Rite Foods is promoting Nigerian talents in entertainment, special skills, and ideapreneurship, noting that Nollywood, as the industry is fondly called, contributes massively to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and should be assisted to create more revenue for young Nigerians attracted to it. Ms Adedugbe said this as the company supported the premiere of a new film,