Brandcom - Linking the future

Business leaders, policymakers, and financiers across Africa have called on businesses in the continent to rethink their approach to growth, trade and resilience. emphasizing that these businesses must fundamentally rethink how they grow, trade, and stay standing when the ground shifts beneath them. The leaders made this call in a high level panel session at the just concluded Nigeria Business Summit 2026 organised by Stanbic IBTC with the theme Nigeria Means Business: Powering Sectors, Growing Sustainable SMEs…

Access Holdings Plc has reported a strong start to 2026, posting a pre-tax profit of N272.21 billion for the first quarter ended March 31, an increase of 22.19% compared to the same period last year. The unaudited results show that the group’s performance was largely driven by robust growth in non-interest income, which helped offset a decline in core interest earnings. Interest income fell by about 9% year-on-year to N895.03 billion, while non-interest income rose by 19% to N444.68 billion. In Q1 2026,…

Tapaswee Chandele has officially assumed office as The Coca-Cola Company's new Global Chief People Officer. The company announced her appointment on April 14, 2026, with the change taking effect May 1, 2026. She succeeds Lisa Chang, who steps down after a distinguished seven-year tenure in the role.Chandele will report directly to CEO Henrique Braun. Chang will maintain the role of senior advisor of the company through the end of 2026 and will also join the board of The Coca-Cola Foundation. Chandele…

The Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) has officially unveiled its Digital Directory Portal and the LASAA One App, a significant step in the digitalisation of Lagos' outdoor advertising sector. According to the agency, the two interconnected platforms are designed to bring transparency, structure, and efficiency to how practitioners, advertisers, and regulators interact within the state's Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising ecosystem. Speaking at the launch ceremony held in Lagos, Managing Director…

Universal Music Group (UMG), company behind some of the world's biggest music acts, announced on Wednesday, April 29, that it will sell part of its ownership stake in Spotify, and use the money to fund an expanded share buyback programme worth $1 billion — roughly $1.17 billion. A share buyback is when a company uses its own money to buy back its shares from investors, a move that typically makes the remaining shares more valuable. The sale will reduce UMG's ownership of Spotify from about 3 percent to 1.5…

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc is set to sell Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDF) and a 60% stake in MoMo Payment Service Bank to its parent company, MTN Group, in a transaction valued at N152.06 billion. The two subsidiaries are the main engines behind MTN Nigeria’s fintech revenue, and the proposed sale was revealed in a FAQ document sent to shareholders ahead of the company’s Annual General Meeting scheduled for April 30, 2026. MTN Group said it will make its move through MTN Group Fintech B.V.,…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has opened an investigation into a viral bread review that raised questions about product quality, after the woman behind the review was arrested and sued for ₦50 million by the baker whose product she publicly criticized. The FCCPC's Director of Corporate Affairs, Ondaje Ijagwu, disclosed this on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television's The Morning Brief. The controversy stems from a video posted by Love Doshima, in which she claimed that a…