Brandcom - Linking the future

Dr. Nkechi Ali-Balogun’s 70th birthday celebration last weekend, saw congratulatory messages and eulogies pouring in from industry players, platforms, partners and many other well-wishers. It was an all-white outfit gathering where family, friends and colleagues converged at Maryland, Lagos to commemorate the landmark event. The PR matriarch & Principal Consultant/CEO of NECCI Limited spent the milestone day celebrating and reflecting on her action decades in Nigeria's public relations and communications…

Nigerian Afrobeats star Rema has teamed up with South Korean pop sensation LISA and Brazilian singer Anitta to deliver “Goals,” the official anthem for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The track was released last Thursday via SALXCO UAM and Def Jam Recordings across all major streaming platforms, accompanied by an official music video. Produced by Grammy-winning producer Cirkut, the song fuses Afrobeats, K-pop and Latin pop into a single global sound. FIFA, in a statement, described the album as a unifying platform…

BUA Foods Plc has been recognised in the 2026 edition of the Financial Times’ Africa’s Fastest Growing Companies ranking, reinforcing the Company’s emergence as one of Africa’s leading industrial growth stories and underscoring the increasing global relevance of large-scale manufacturing businesses driving economic transformation across the continent. Published annually since 2021 by the Financial Times in collaboration with Statista, the ranking recognises companies across Africa…

Google has quietly rolled out an unmissable visual overhaul of Gmail and its wider suite of Workspace productivity tools, replacing the flat, primary-colour icons that have been a fixture of digital life for nearly six years with a new design language built around soft gradients and what the company describes as an artificial-intelligence aesthetic. The redesign, which began appearing on the web and on mobile devices on 18 May 2026, affects Gmail, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Calendar, Meet, Chat, Keep,…

Dangote Refinery and Airtel Money have announced plans of their public listing for the third quarter of the year. Aliko Dangote, President and Chief Executive of Dangote Group, revealed last Wednesday, that the refinery’s Initial Public Offering is firmly on course for September, explaining that investors demands ahead of the launch have already approached $2 billion. On the public listing by Airtel Africa, the company had pushed back the planned listing of its Airtel money business to the second half of 2026,…

Truecaller, a caller ID company, has expanded into the travel eSIM market with the launch of its eSIM services for travellers. The expansion comes as the company seeks to diversify its revenue streams and reduce dependence on advertising income amid declining earnings from ads. According to the company, the service will initially be available across 29 countries, including Nigeria, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Egypt, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and several other…

Wema Bank has declared its intention to expand aggressively as it eyes a place among Nigeria’s tier-one lenders in the near future. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Wema Bank, Moruf Oseni, revealed the expansion ambition during the bank’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Lagos. Addressing shareholders at the AGM, Oseni said the bank’s management team and staff are deliberately positioning Wema Bank for entry into Nigeria’s top banking league, citing rapid profitability growth, stronger…

When MarkHack convenes its inaugural CMO Circle, it will confront the most defining questions facing marketing leadership in Nigeria today. This is hinged on the background of the fact that there is a growing crisis at the top of Nigeria's marketing industry. This crisis is not a crisis of talent as Nigeria has always produced brilliant marketers. It is also not of ambition as Nigerian brands are increasingly punching above their weight on the global stage. The crisis is one of relevance, of whether the Chief…