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Dave Ibemere

Education: Bachelor of Science Mass Communication (2015), Master of Science Mass Communication University of Lagos (2018), Google News Initiative (GNI) News Lab: Advanced digital reporting 2024

Experience: Business/Financial Analyst, BusinessDay Newspaper (2017-2019), Data journalist/financial analyst, Dataphyte (2019), Business Editor/HOD, Ripples Nigeria (2019-2021)

Awards: Staff of the Year, BusinessDay Research (2019), Awardee IFRA (French government) research award, UNILAG(2018), Information is a Beautiful international award-longlist nominee (2019), Top Business Editor Legit.ng (2022, 2023, 2024)

Dave Ibemere is a senior business editor at Legit.ng. He is a financial journalist with over a decade of experience in print and online media. He also holds a Master's degree from the University of Lagos. He is a member of the African Academy for Open-Source Investigation (AAOSI), the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations and other media think tank groups. He previously worked with The Guardian, BusinessDay, and headed the business desk at Ripples Nigeria. Email: dave.ibemere@corp.legit.ng.

5584 articles published since 20 Sep 2021

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Dominos Nigeria breaks record, promises 20 minutes Pizza delivery nationwide, quickest in the world

Dominos Nigeria breaks record, promises 20 minutes Pizza delivery nationwide, quickest in the world

Industry

4 years ago

Naira value drops to a new low as CBN blames Nigerians, withdraws over $134m from foreign reserves

Naira value drops to a new low as CBN blames Nigerians, withdraws over $134m from foreign reserves

Money

4 years ago

Black market traders make millions as Naira falls to N593/$1 now the third worst-performing currency in Africa

Black market traders make millions as Naira falls to N593/$1 now the third worst-performing currency in Africa

Money

4 years ago

World Richest man, Elon Musk finally buys Twitter for a huge $44 billion

World Richest man, Elon Musk finally buys Twitter for a huge $44 billion

Technology

4 years ago

Meet Adewale Adeyemo, the Ibadan-born US official leading the team behind US economic sanctions on Russia

Meet Adewale Adeyemo, the Ibadan-born US official leading the team behind US economic sanctions on Russia

Economy

4 years ago

3 months after Buhari unveiled largest rice pyramid in Africa, Nigeria resumes rice import from neighbours

3 months after Buhari unveiled largest rice pyramid in Africa, Nigeria resumes rice import from neighbours

Industry

4 years ago

World bank list many problems wrong with Nigerian economy, fears many states won't be able to pay salary

World bank list many problems wrong with Nigerian economy, fears many states won't be able to pay salary

Economy

4 years ago

World Bank has raised huge concern over various policies of the administration of president Muhammdu Buhari, while listing various consequences for Nigerians.

Nigeria's foreign reserve exceeds all external debts to Countries, Banks as CBN deposits over $257m in 20days

Nigeria's foreign reserve exceeds all external debts to Countries, Banks as CBN deposits over $257m in 20days

Economy

4 years ago

One of the key mandates of CBN is its monetary policy toolkits which include currency intervention to ensure that the exchange rate of the naira relative...

More Nigerian youths leave Nigeria as United Kingdom approves 34, 816 student Visas in two years

More Nigerian youths leave Nigeria as United Kingdom approves 34, 816 student Visas in two years

Economy

4 years ago

More Nigerian youths seeking a better life are utilising student visas to leave Nigeria for the United Kingdom, as the country announces its biggest increase.

CBN disagrees with World Bank, IMF on forex policies, details various policies since 2015 to save Naira

CBN disagrees with World Bank, IMF on forex policies, details various policies since 2015 to save Naira

Economy

4 years ago

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has come out to defend various policies implemented since 2015 to protect the value of Naira.

United Kingdom releases plan to relocate Nigerians, other Nationals seeking Assylum to Rwanda

United Kingdom releases plan to relocate Nigerians, other Nationals seeking Assylum to Rwanda

Money

4 years ago

Nigerians and other nationals seeking asylum in the United Kingdom could face a tougher process as a deal has been struck with Rwanda to accept applicants.

Nigerian payment startup, ImaliPay get N1.24bn to Expand Services in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya

Nigerian payment startup, ImaliPay get N1.24bn to Expand Services in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya

Technology

4 years ago

Following success recorded in Nigeria, ImaliPa aims to aggressively extend its services in other countries of Africa, beginning with South Africa and Kenya.

Efficient payment, partnership in focus as Ecobank partners with TechCabal on new Fintech Breakfast series

Efficient payment, partnership in focus as Ecobank partners with TechCabal on new Fintech Breakfast series

Money

4 years ago

The objective is to have top fintech professionals from across Africa as well as top executives from Ecobank discuss how fintech can build and leverage partners

Here are the top 10 shareholders of Twitter as Elon Musk rejects offer to join after spending over N1trn

Here are the top 10 shareholders of Twitter as Elon Musk rejects offer to join after spending over N1trn

Technology

4 years ago

Elon Musk is the largest shareholder of Twitter but he has refused offers to become a member of its board despite spending over N1trn to buy the company shares.

Bitcoin Investors lose Over N20.14 trillion in 24hrs as Price Fall Below $40 for the First Time Since March

Bitcoin Investors lose Over N20.14 trillion in 24hrs as Price Fall Below $40 for the First Time Since March

Money

4 years ago

Over N20.1 trillion was lost in one day by investors of crypto bitcoin in Nigeria and globally following the crash of the most popular cryptocurrency on Monday.

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