The United Kingdom (UK) has appointed Mark Smithson as the country director for the UK’s department for business and Trade (DBT) in Nigeria. In a statement on Thursday from the UK foreign, commonwealth and development office, Smithson takes over from Chim Chalemera who recently concluded a 3-year posting in that role. The office said: “Mark…
The launch of the Guided Trade Initiative (#GTI) under #AfCFTA, by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, along with the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment #Doris Uzoka-Anite, and other top officials of the government.
▪︎President Bola Tinubu (Vanguard) LAGOS — The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, and the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce Industry Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, have blamed hastily implemented government policy shifts without corresponding plans to mitigate the negative effects of the inception of the present government for the socio-economic crises…
“In the next few days, ten Nigerian companies would be exporting different homemade products to countries across East, Central, and North Africa, under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA).This declaration was made , yesterday in Lagos, by the Coordinator, National AfCFTA Coordination Office, Olusegun Awolowo. “Some of the companies include, Le Look Nigeria…
British Deputy High Commissioner, Jonny Baxter, said, “When smaller businesses and women entrepreneurs are economically empowered, their whole community benefits.
▪︎Melaku Alebel, Luo Zhaohui, Chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) and DG Gerd Müller. ▪︎ ETHIOPIA The Ethiopian Minister of Industry, Melaku Alebel, has officially inaugurated the China-Africa-UNIDO Centre of Excellence located in Addis – Ababa. UNIDO reports that the centre is a pioneering tripartite initiative, to promote sustainable industrialization, agricultural modernization,…
The Narendra Modi Stadium in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India is one of the latest and most impressive examples of steel-framed construction projects. ” Holding all of this together are over 11,000 tons of steel rebars, 8,400 tons of which was steel supplied in cut and bend form; 41,000 couplers and 84,000 threads, all supplied…
This partnership is a core driver of Alteo’s alumina refinery (ARG) project to build an alumina Refinery in Boke region.
Zimbabwe’s got itself a brand new iron and steel manufacturing plant, courtesy of the Chinese. Metal Miner reports that this U.S. $1.5 billion Chinese-built plant’s blast furnace recently came online and is already producing pig iron, a crucial ingredient for making steel. The team over at Dinson Iron and Steel Company (Disco), the Zimbabwean subsidiary of Chinese…
◇ GEF Council The Global Environment Facility’s governing body has approved more than $700 million for nature protection and renewal projects, including support for the Great Green Wall and investment in large-scale initiatives for sustainable cities, cleaner industries, improved ocean and land health, and greater climate change resilience. The funding from the GEF Trust Fund, Least…
