ZENITH BANK TO BRING GLOBAL TRADE LEADERS TOGETHER AT 10TH INTERNATIONAL TRADE SEMINAR ON NON-OIL EXPORTS
Zenith Bank Plc will host the 10th edition of its International Trade Seminar on Non Oil Export on Tuesday,...
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NIWA, Parts Central Begin Lagos Waterways Clean Up, Target Tank Farms, Boat Operators
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), in partnership with Parts Central Limited, has launched a nationwide inland waterways clean up...
Fidelity Bank Deepens Commitment to Food Security in Abeokuta
Photo caption: L-R: Team Lead, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Fidelity Bank Plc, Victoria Abuka; Fidelity Food Bank Partner, Rev. Fr....
Union Bank of Nigeria Attains PCI DSS v4.0.1 Certification
Union Bank of Nigeria has attained certification under the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 4.0.1, the...
“KEEP OFF”: EFCC Flags Victoria Island High-Rise linked to Former Lagos Governorship Candidate, Property Developer- Dr. Samuel Mawuyon Ajose Amid Alleged Fraud Probe
Drama unfolded in the highbrow Victoria Island area of Lagos as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)...
Polaris Bank Hosts Children for a Day of Fun, Learning and Workplace Discovery
Polaris Bank has hosted some children of its employees to a memorable day of fun, learning and workplace discovery as...
Stanbic IBTC Bank advances Transaction Banking capabilities through Nucleus Software’s FinnAxia® 9.0 upgrade
Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Standard Bank Group, and Nucleus Software, a leading provider of lending and transaction banking...
AFRICA MUST ASSERT TECHNOLOGICAL SOVEREIGNTY IN DEFENCE, SAYS FORMER ARMY CHIEF BURATAI AT KIGALI SECURITY CONFERENCE
... Reform or Risk Irrelevance: African Defence Institutions Must Evolve for the Age of AI Warfare KIGALI, RWANDA –...
Nigeria’s Finance Talent Pipeline Gets a New Benchmark, and Access Sets It
New data from CFA Society Nigeria is reshaping how the country's financial sector thinks about talent development, with Access emerging as the single largest source of CFA candidates in Nigeria, a distinction industry watchers say signals a deeper shift in how leading institutions are building investment expertise from within. In its Where Nigeria's Finance Professionals Work series, published in a national daily, CFA Society Nigeria placed Access first among employers of CFA candidates nationwide, with 82 candidates enrolled in the programme, more than double the 38 recorded at the next-placed institution and well ahead of every other bank or financial services firm on the list. Access also ranked second among employers of CFA charterholders, with 11 professionals who have completed all three levels of the Programme and met its experience and ethics requirements. For an industry that has long measured itself by balance sheet size and branch count, the rankings point to a different kind of competition: one over who is building the deepest bench of certified, globally credentialed talent. CFA Society Nigeria compiled the data from its Salesforce Membership Database as at June 2026, and described the exercise as a way of recognising employers whose people "bring rigour, integrity and global best practices into the workplace every day." Analysts following the sector say the outcome is notable less for the ranking itself than for what it suggests about talent strategy across Africa's financial services industry. A single institution developing more aspiring charterholders than the rest of the market combined raises the floor for professional standards nationally, not just within one balance sheet. Every candidate who advances through the CFA Programme adds to a shared pool of ethics-trained, analytically rigorous professionals that Nigeria's capital markets, pension funds and asset managers all eventually draw from. Access Holdings Group Chief Executive Officer Innocent C. Ike, commenting on the rankings, framed the achievement in terms of institution-building rather than recruitment: "Every candidate on that list represents our commitment to building institutions and professionals that endure." The remark echoes a broader thesis increasingly voiced by market observers, that talent depth, not scale alone, is what will determine which African financial institutions earn lasting global credibility. That distinction sits at the centre of Access's stated ambition to become the World's Most Respected African Financial Services Group. If the CFA numbers are any indication, the Group's route to that goal runs less through square metres of branch network and more through the calibre of the people sitting inside it, a bet that Nigeria's finance professionals, and the institutions that will one day hire them, are already placing alongside Access.
Chairman Heirs Life Assurance Tony Elumelu Appoints Pastor Jerry Eze As An Independent Non Executive Director
Heirs Life Assurance, the specialist life insurance company of Heirs Insurance Group, has appointed Pastor Jerry Eze as an Independent...
UBA, Mikano Motors Ease Vehicle Ownership With Auto Financing Scheme
…Customers Can Drive Home Their Dream With 30% Down payment Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has...
Access’ Recognition by CFA Society Signals a New Standard for Developing Africa’s Future Financial Leaders
A new ranking by CFA Society Nigeria has identified Access as the country's largest employer of CFA candidates, highlighting the...
NIWA, PARTS CENTRAL TO UNVEIL INLAND WATERWAYS CLEAN-UP INITIATIVE IN LAGOS
....Project Targets Pollution, Job Creation, and Blue Economy Growth Government officials and private sector stakeholders across Nigeria’s maritime ecosystem...
Lawyer Threatens to Sue Opay Over Poor Customer Service, Account Statement Delay
Society Herald online reports that a popular Nigerian lawyer has threatened to sue fintech giant Opay over the delay he...
The Asset No Creditor Can Seize
In the corridors where money and power meet, integrity is not a soft virtue to be admired from a distance....
