From the 80s up to the late 90s, Sokoto had many functional industries, which included the ceramics, tannery, furniture as well as fertilizer blending plants, among others… Governor Ahmed Aliyu has charged the Sokoto State Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, with promoting the state’s potential to the outside world, especially in the areas…
In Africa, coffee accounts for approximately 12% of the global production. Image credit: Expressowork The government of Italy is making €15 million available to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) for the promotion of sustainable coffee production in Africa. Ohibaba.com reports that the funding arrangement was signed recently by Debora Lepre, the Ambassador and…
The Nigerian government has committed 14.3% in counterpart funding, with UNIDO mobilizing the remainder through partnerships and donor contributions. ∆ Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu The Federal Government of Nigeria, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO),have earmarked a total of $174.6 million budget for the implementation of the Programme for Country Partnership (PCP). At…
The US President Donald Trump has slammed a 14 percent reciprocal tariff on all Nigerian goods entering the US as the much talked about “Liberation Day” tariffs comes into effect. Trump had said that countries would face a tariff rate at half the level they charge the US, as deemed by the White House, with…
