Business

UK sets £40bn target for education exports by

  • 23rd January 2026

Cashew industry generates over $400m from export –

  • 23rd January 2026

Nestlé ‘recovers all plastic’ placed on Nigerian market

  • 23rd January 2026

Tinubu approves commercial oil exploration at Tongeji Island,

  • 23rd January 2026

Contact Info

Some Populer Post

IMF urges caution on rate cuts as inflation pressures

featured
WhatsApp rolls out voice note transcription feature in India

Users sue Meta over WhatsApp privacy claims

Tech

Nigeria needs 300,000 doctors but has 40,000 — Lagos

featured Helth
Nigeria’s non-oil exports rise to $1.79bn in Q1 2025 – NEPC

Nigeria’s non-oil exports hit record $6.1bn in 2025

featured Oil and Gas

Tag: VISA

Travel

China unveils K visa to lure foreign tech talents

China has introduced a new visa category, known as the K visa, aimed at attracting foreign science, technology, engineering, and mathematics graduates. The move is seen as a strategic bid to bolster Beijing’s technology workforce as the United States tightens access to its H-1B program. The K visa, set to take effect on October 1, […]

Business

Nigeria open for business, Shettima tells Visa

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has told payment giant Visa that Nigeria is open for business as President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms begin to show positive results. Shettima made the comments on Monday whilst meeting a Visa delegation led by Tareq Muhmood, the company’s regional president for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, at […]

Policy and Regulations

Niger restricts European visas in new diplomatic retaliation

Niger’s military government will restrict where Europeans can obtain a visa for the Sahel country in response to the “difficulties” it says Nigerien citizens face in obtaining visas from European embassies. Since taking power in a coup in 2023, Niger’s military-run government has promoted nationalist politics and turned its back on the West in favour […]

Visa opens first African data centre in South Africa
News

Visa opens first African data centre in South Africa

Visa Inc. has launched its first-ever data centre in Africa, marking a major investment in the continent’s rapidly growing digital payments sector. Located in Johannesburg, the new facility forms part of a 1 billion rand ($57 million) investment in South Africa over the next three years, company executives announced at the official opening on Wednesday. […]

Crypto

Tech, Crypto startups challenge Visa, Mastercard’s payment dominance

Tech firms and crypto start-ups are targeting the long-held turf of Visa and Mastercard, using stablecoins — a new form of digital currency — to offer merchants a compelling alternative: lower fees, quicker settlements, and the ability to sidestep traditional payment networks altogether. This marks both a technological and financial challenge. Stablecoins, typically pegged to […]

News

Visa appoints Aminata Kane to head African operations

Global payments giant Visa has announced the appointment of Aminata Kane as Senior Vice President and Head of Western and Central Africa, effective September 4, 2025. Kane, a seasoned executive in digital financial services and telecommunications, will be based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. She will lead Visa’s newly established sub-regional team, overseeing operations across 23 […]

US Embassy in Nigeria moves to new visa service provider
featured News

Japa: US Embassy in Nigeria moves to new visa service provider

The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced that its operation in its Abuja and Lagos consulates will be handled by a new visa services provider, starting August 26, 2024. The decision was announced on the official website and verified social media pages of the American embassy. In the statement seen by AMBusiness, the US embassy […]

  • enitan
  • 31st July 2024
  • 0 Comments
  • 198 Views
Middle East to launch Schengen-like visa scheme, woos Taylor Swift
News

Middle East to launch Schengen-like visa scheme, woos Taylor Swift

Middle East to launch Schengen-like visa scheme to woo Taylor Swift’s tour to the region, Saudi Arabia’s head of tourism, Fahd Hamidaddin said citing the tour’s history of stimulating economies. Speaking at the Arabian Travel Market, Hamidaddin emphasized the need for regional collaboration to attract major events like Swift’s tour. He proposed the concept of […]

UK expands work visa sponsors for Nigerians
News

UK expands work visa sponsors for Nigerians

The UK updated the list of organizations eligible to sponsor work visas for Nigerians in 2024 on January 12, 2024. These businesses are authorized to sponsor skilled worker relocations using the temporary worker immigration process. The amended list now includes 99,856 companies, an increase of 31,226 from the 68,630 certified in January 2023. Among the […]

Open Visa Index ranks top 2023 performers
News

Open Visa Index ranks top 2023 performers

African Visa Openness Index has ranked Benin, The Gambia, Rwanda, Seychelles, and Nigeria as the top five performers for 2023. Based on the Africa Visa Openness Index, the countries continue to be a representation of transparency and cooperation in the evolving African cooperation scene. Over the course of 2016, the average score of the top […]

Sign Up for Our Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly!

Email Us: [email protected]

ambusinessng @2025. All Rights Reserved.

Facebook-f Pinterest-p Youtube Instagram Linkedin-in