Michael Ajifowoke

People & Money
Michael AjifowokeApril 2, 2021
Leaving the Tarmac: A Flight Review
In “Leaving the Tarmac. Buying a Bank in Africa”, we are allowed some behind-the-scenes insights into this remarkable business story,…
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Tech
Michael AjifowokeApril 1, 2021
Pan-African Tech Firm Partners Wix to Enable Seamless Payments Across Africa
SeerBit on Tuesday announced a partnership with Wix. a leading global SaaS platform that helps to create, manage and grow…
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People & Money
Michael AjifowokeMarch 31, 2021
Starsight Energy Sees Record Revenue Growth in 2020
West Africa-focused solar provider, Starsight Energy, on Tuesday announced landmark performance in 2020. Despite the economic uncertainty caused by the…
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Business File
Michael AjifowokeMarch 31, 2021
Business File: United Capital Holds Annual General Meeting
Business File Today… Also Read: Business File: WATRA Holds 2021 Annual General Meeting Also Read: Business File Today: President Buhari…
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People & Money
Michael AjifowokeMarch 28, 2021
Kwik Delivery Secures $1.7M for Expansion into New Markets
Kwik Delivery, a Lagos-based last-mile delivery startup, recently closed its pre-Series A financing round where it successfully raised $1.7 million…
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People & Money
Michael AjifowokeMarch 24, 2021
CardinalStone’s West Africa SME Fund Closes at $64M
Lagos-based private equity fund manager CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA) has announced the final close of its maiden private equity fund,…
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People & Money
Michael AjifowokeMarch 24, 2021
Ayeyemi: Ecobank’s N10.4trn Asset Reflects Strength of Pan-African Model
The Ecobank Group’s total asset nudged up to N10.4 trillion in the year ended from N8.6 trillion in the corresponding…
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People & Money
Michael AjifowokeMarch 24, 2021
CBN Retains Benchmark Lending Rate Despite Inflation Pressure
Although Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 17.33 percent in February 2021 from 16.47 percent the previous month, the Central Bank…
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People & Money
Michael AjifowokeMarch 23, 2021
State Traffic Laws, Fulani Cows, and the Federal Police
Without a doubt, the Nigerian police has failed to protect lives and properties in many rural communities that have been…
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Blended
Michael AjifowokeMarch 22, 2021
Jamborow: Bringing Financial Services to 400 Million Underserved Africans
Our value proposition is twofold. Jamborow creates a digital identity and financial (transactions) profile for millions of unbanked citizens in…
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Country	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Recovered	Active Cases	Critical Cases
USA	34,353,097	912	615,770	53	28,579,129	5,158,198	4,335
India	29,684,104	51,843	379,601	-	28,454,938	849,565	8,944
Brazil	17,543,853	-	491,164	-	15,944,646	1,108,043	8,318
France	5,744,589	-	110,530	-	5,511,166	122,893	1,952
Turkey	5,342,028	-	48,879	-	5,211,022	82,127	886
Russia	5,249,990	13,397	127,576	396	4,828,500	293,914	2,300
UK	4,581,006	-	127,917	-	4,292,182	160,907	188
Italy	4,248,432	1,400	127,153	52	4,019,424	101,855	471
Argentina	4,172,742	-	86,615	-	3,771,968	314,159	7,890
Colombia	3,802,052	-	96,965	-	3,539,442	165,645	8,155
Spain	3,749,031	3,832	80,615	36	3,536,165	132,251	853
Germany	3,725,303	-	90,638	-	3,590,900	43,765	1,210
Iran	3,060,135	10,487	82,480	129	2,696,434	281,221	3,346
Poland	2,878,061	241	74,688	62	2,649,184	154,189	265
Mexico	2,459,601	4,250	230,424	239	1,960,036	269,141	4,798
Ukraine	2,226,037	1,045	51,847	78	2,140,978	33,212	177
Peru	2,007,477	-	189,261	-	-	1,818,216	2,528
Indonesia	1,937,652	9,944	53,476	196	1,763,870	120,306	-
South Africa	1,761,066	-	58,087	-	1,616,405	86,574	546
Netherlands	1,675,644	1,016	17,719	4	1,583,278	74,647	236
Czechia	1,665,526	213	30,254	2	1,630,977	4,295	19
Chile	1,487,239	-	30,865	-	1,413,414	42,960	3,275
Canada	1,404,093	-	25,972	-	1,363,198	14,923	670
Philippines	1,332,832	5,414	23,121	158	1,253,541	56,170	1,704
Iraq	1,269,440	5,139	16,781	19	1,184,492	68,167	460
Sweden	1,084,636	-	14,537	-	1,030,414	39,685	98
Romania	1,079,983	104	32,028	18	1,044,687	3,268	192
Belgium	1,077,087	508	25,099	6	1,003,023	48,965	276
Pakistan	944,065	1,038	21,828	46	882,332	39,905	2,490
Portugal	860,395	1,350	17,055	6	817,092	26,248	83
Israel	839,701	-	6,428	-	833,052	221	29
Bangladesh	837,247	3,956	13,282	60	773,752	50,213	1,187
Hungary	807,209	107	29,944	9	732,901	44,364	53
Japan	777,643	1,418	14,187	61	736,941	26,515	803
Jordan	744,377	-	9,614	-	727,670	7,093	540
Serbia	715,307	160	6,980	4	704,796	3,531	19
Switzerland	701,260	282	10,867	3	671,319	19,074	71
Malaysia	673,026	5,150	4,142	73	600,935	67,949	924
Austria	649,002	153	10,671	3	634,900	3,431	92
Nepal	614,216	2,014	8,558	52	543,521	62,137	-
UAE	601,950	-	1,734	-	581,139	19,077	-
Lebanon	542,819	-	7,804	-	527,949	7,066	77
Morocco	524,475	-	9,217	-	511,794	3,464	119
Saudi Arabia	469,414	1,239	7,621	15	451,187	10,606	1,549
Ecuador	439,374	-	21,061	-	398,645	19,668	434
Bulgaria	420,654	-	17,932	-	390,971	11,751	241
Greece	416,741	546	12,472	13	395,398	8,871	330
Bolivia	411,677	2,571	15,738	124	326,484	69,455	200
Belarus	407,748	887	3,006	11	400,513	4,229	-
Kazakhstan	404,064	1,068	4,195	15	379,974	19,895	221
Paraguay	396,149	-	11,069	-	330,395	54,685	582
Slovakia	391,149	62	12,456	10	377,544	1,149	42
Panama	389,173	-	6,452	-	373,070	9,651	105
Tunisia	372,221	-	13,656	-	324,846	33,719	424
Croatia	358,823	146	8,162	2	349,860	801	28
Georgia	356,179	811	5,096	13	341,775	9,308	-
Costa Rica	345,312	-	4,407	-	265,255	75,650	485
Uruguay	343,615	-	5,089	-	307,189	31,337	437
Azerbaijan	335,291	27	4,959	1	329,038	1,294	-
Kuwait	331,013	-	1,831	-	312,850	16,332	185
Palestine	311,948	-	3,542	-	304,390	4,016	13
Dominican Republic	310,391	-	3,717	-	253,272	53,402	469
Denmark	290,686	353	2,527	-	281,195	6,964	20
Lithuania	278,072	126	4,352	3	264,362	9,358	83
Ethiopia	274,480	-	4,257	-	251,880	18,343	242
Egypt	274,404	-	15,691	-	202,650	56,063	90
Guatemala	273,730	-	8,500	-	248,316	16,914	5
Ireland	267,673	329	4,941	-	251,091	11,641	19
Bahrain	260,334	-	1,246	-	247,493	11,595	266
Slovenia	256,701	118	4,409	1	250,016	2,276	38
Moldova	255,937	59	6,159	3	248,904	874	52
Venezuela	254,116	-	2,865	-	234,393	16,858	287
Honduras	249,118	1,003	6,674	21	90,548	151,896	570
Oman	240,708	2,142	2,591	26	212,808	25,309	383
Sri Lanka	229,887	1,631	2,315	-	194,145	33,427	-
Armenia	223,904	99	4,490	1	215,533	3,881	-
Qatar	220,033	-	579	-	217,352	2,102	80
Bosnia	204,730	33	9,608	74	178,319	16,803	-
Thailand	204,595	2,331	1,525	40	167,665	35,405	1,169
Libya	189,888	330	3,166	-	175,471	11,251	-
Kenya	176,137	-	3,428	-	120,894	51,815	113
Nigeria	167,095	-	2,117	-	163,483	1,495	11
Cuba	161,997	1,403	1,118	12	153,198	7,681	155
Macedonia	155,583	15	5,472	-	149,690	421	25
South Korea	149,191	544	1,993	1	140,438	6,760	159
Myanmar	146,406	355	3,250	2	133,216	9,940	-
Latvia	136,403	156	2,475	11	131,480	2,448	48
Algeria	134,115	-	3,588	-	93,355	37,172	31
Albania	132,469	-	2,454	-	129,879	136	18
Estonia	130,658	59	1,266	-	126,188	3,204	3
Norway	128,601	102	790	1	88,952	38,859	10
Zambia	115,824	-	1,444	-	99,895	14,485	721
Kyrgyzstan	111,990	647	1,912	7	103,565	6,513	102
Uzbekistan	104,463	350	711	2	100,328	3,424	23
Montenegro	100,001	13	1,603	1	98,018	380	60
Afghanistan	96,531	1,722	3,842	94	62,397	30,292	1,124
Ghana	94,699	-	790	-	92,696	1,213	9
Finland	94,026	103	967	3	46,000	47,059	12
China	91,492	21	4,636	-	86,369	487	14
Mongolia	83,128	2,395	389	9	58,649	24,090	126
Cameroon	80,090	-	1,310	-	77,305	1,475	152
El Salvador	76,297	-	2,310	5	70,791	3,196	40
Cyprus	73,311	-	374	-	71,716	1,221	9
Mozambique	71,764	113	844	2	69,999	921	17
Maldives	70,897	-	198	-	62,533	8,166	90
Luxembourg	70,466	-	818	-	69,130	518	2
Namibia	67,021	-	1,040	-	55,538	10,443	79
Uganda	64,521	-	459	-	48,480	15,582	24
Singapore	62,339	24	34	-	61,931	374	1
Botswana	61,457	-	926	-	56,798	3,733	1
Jamaica	49,379	-	1,012	-	27,919	20,448	9
Côte d'Ivoire	47,909	-	306	-	47,266	337	-
Senegal	42,118	68	1,156	-	40,667	295	8
Madagascar	41,998	32	892	1	40,318	788	78
Zimbabwe	40,318	-	1,637	-	37,056	1,625	2
Cambodia	40,157	693	368	7	34,325	5,464	-
Angola	36,921	-	842	-	30,775	5,304	13
Sudan	36,304	-	2,732	-	29,994	3,578	-
DRC	36,222	304	857	3	27,880	7,485	-
Malawi	34,588	-	1,162	-	32,773	653	12
Cabo Verde	31,704	-	276	-	30,590	838	23
Malta	30,585	3	419	-	30,121	45	-
Australia	30,285	13	910	-	29,189	186	1
Trinidad and Tobago	29,309	-	686	-	19,667	8,956	22
Rwanda	28,912	-	372	-	26,383	2,157	14
Réunion	28,441	-	220	-	26,333	1,888	32
French Guiana	25,950	-	136	-	9,995	15,819	33
Syrian Arab Republic	24,904	-	1,821	-	21,690	1,393	-
Gabon	24,755	-	157	-	23,910	688	17
Guinea	23,398	-	167	-	21,488	1,743	24
Mayotte	20,176	-	173	-	2,964	17,039	6
Mauritania	20,151	-	477	-	19,223	451	16
French Polynesia	18,947	-	142	-	18,771	34	-
Suriname	18,825	-	418	-	14,423	3,984	33
Swaziland	18,754	-	676	-	17,959	119	10
Guyana	18,530	-	437	-	16,401	1,692	22
Papua New Guinea	16,791	-	165	-	16,132	494	7
Haiti	16,775	-	360	-	12,568	3,847	-
Guadeloupe	16,608	-	225	-	2,250	14,133	23
Somalia	14,823	-	775	-	7,099	6,949	-
Mali	14,356	-	523	-	9,985	3,848	-
Andorra	13,828	-	127	-	13,626	75	3
Togo	13,651	-	126	-	13,316	209	-
Seychelles	13,630	-	50	-	12,173	1,407	-
Burkina Faso	13,459	-	167	-	13,287	5	-
Taiwan	13,409	170	478	18	8,042	4,889	-
Tajikistan	13,308	-	90	-	13,218	-	-
Belize	12,989	-	326	-	12,490	173	1
Curaçao	12,296	-	123	-	12,145	28	4
Bahamas	12,225	-	239	-	11,174	812	4
Martinique	12,178	-	98	-	98	11,982	5
Congo	12,121	-	160	-	11,211	750	-
Hong Kong	11,882	1	210	-	11,600	72	1
Djibouti	11,575	-	154	-	11,408	13	-
Vietnam	11,551	339	61	-	4,590	6,900	-
Aruba	11,084	-	107	-	10,958	19	14
Lesotho	10,923	-	326	-	6,443	4,154	-
South Sudan	10,688	-	115	-	10,514	59	-
Equatorial Guinea	8,662	-	120	-	8,413	129	1
Timor-Leste	8,412	-	19	-	7,039	1,354	-
Benin	8,140	-	103	-	7,979	58	5
Nicaragua	7,696	-	188	-	4,225	3,283	-
Central African Republic	7,101	-	98	-	6,859	144	2
Yemen	6,864	-	1,350	-	3,775	1,739	23
Iceland	6,622	-	30	-	6,562	30	1
Gambia	6,016	-	180	-	5,822	14	3
Niger	5,452	-	192	-	5,172	88	2
Saint Lucia	5,186	-	80	-	5,018	88	-
San Marino	5,090	-	90	-	4,999	1	-
Burundi	5,037	-	8	-	773	4,256	-
Eritrea	5,012	-	17	-	4,486	509	-
Chad	4,943	-	174	-	4,767	2	-
Sierra Leone	4,449	-	82	-	3,191	1,176	-
Gibraltar	4,312	-	94	-	4,205	13	-
Channel Islands	4,112	-	86	-	3,956	70	-
Barbados	4,038	-	47	-	3,971	20	-
Comoros	3,903	2	146	-	3,742	15	-
Guinea-Bissau	3,809	6	69	-	3,550	190	4
Liechtenstein	3,026	-	59	-	2,954	13	2
New Zealand	2,711	2	26	-	2,662	23	-
Liberia	2,575	-	94	-	2,099	382	2
Sint Maarten	2,543	-	32	-	2,442	69	2
Monaco	2,532	-	33	-	2,473	26	1
Bermuda	2,499	-	33	-	2,461	5	7
Turks and Caicos Islands	2,423	-	18	-	2,389	16	2
Sao Tome and Principe	2,358	-	37	-	2,307	14	-
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2,158	-	12	-	1,900	246	2
Saint Martin	2,040	-	12	-	1,399	629	7
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2,033	8	3	-	1,910	120	-
Bhutan	1,842	-	1	-	1,496	345	-
Mauritius	1,701	-	18	-	1,265	418	-
Caribbean Netherlands	1,623	-	17	-	1,598	8	-
Isle of Man	1,599	-	29	-	1,566	4	1
Fiji	1,443	121	5	-	388	1,050	2
Antigua and Barbuda	1,263	-	42	-	1,214	7	-
St. Barth	1,005	-	1	-	462	542	-
Faroe Islands	757	-	1	-	739	17	-
Diamond Princess	712	-	13	-	699	-	-
Cayman Islands	599	-	2	-	581	16	-
Tanzania	509	-	21	-	183	305	7
Wallis and Futuna	445	-	7	-	438	-	-
Brunei	250	-	3	-	239	8	-
British Virgin Islands	248	-	1	-	209	38	-
Saint Kitts and Nevis	244	18	-	-	64	180	1
Dominica	189	-	-	-	188	1	-
Grenada	161	-	1	-	160	-	-
New Caledonia	128	-	-	-	58	70	-
Anguilla	109	-	-	-	109	-	-
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	63	-	-	-	63	-	-
Macao	52	-	-	-	51	1	-
Greenland	49	-	-	-	40	9	-
Holy See (Vatican City State)	27	-	-	-	27	-	-
Saint Pierre Miquelon	26	-	-	-	25	1	-
Montserrat	20	-	1	-	19	-	-
Solomon Islands	20	-	-	-	20	-	-
Western Sahara	10	-	1	-	8	1	-
MS Zaandam	9	-	2	-	7	-	-
Marshall Islands	4	-	-	-	4	-	-
Vanuatu	4	-	1	-	3	-	-
Samoa	3	-	-	-	3	-	-
Saint Helena	2	-	-	-	2	-	-
Micronesia	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Country	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Deaths	New Deaths	Recovered	Active Cases	Critical Cases