Coca-Cola HBC says 944,948 young people across its markets in Nigeria and the rest of the globe have benefited from its Youth Empowerment Programme. ” Our aims is to train one million young people by 2025 so that they are equipped with the skills, experience and confidence they need to secure a brighter future,” said…
Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment
The Pulp, Paper, Printing & Publishing Sectoral Group of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria recorded a surge in local patronage of their products from April to June this year. MAN, in its just-released Manufacturers CEOs Index for Q2 2024, reported that despite the disruption encountered due to the rise of digitalisation, the Sectoral Group recorded…
▪︎Eric Andrew The WTO has selected Eric Andrew, Nigeria, founder and team lead at agricultural non-profit AgrofixiNG, along with seven other candidates around the world to form the first cohort of its Young Trade Leaders Programme, which lasts one year, starting from August 7. • Others are: Phoebe Britten, Australia, youth advocate and Founder and…
The new packaging brings Nestle closer to achieving 2025 commitment of making 95% of all its packaging recyclable
A contract between Ogun State and Zhongshan to manage a free-trade zone was executed in 2007.
(Industrial Times, Nigeria) Today, the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, commended Babatunde Olomu, the Customs Area Controller for Apapa Command, and the officers working with him for the seizures of twelve containers of smuggled expired products through the port, in recent months. CGC Adewale Adeniyi, also advised port users to embrace only legitimate trade…
(Industrial Times, Nigeria) President Bola Tinubu’s discussions with the President Teodoro Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinean, resulted in a signed agreement on a gas pipeline for the Gulf of Guinea. This is disclosed in a statement on Thursday, by Ajuri Ngelale, the president’s spokesman. “The Gulf of Guinea gas pipeline project was signed on Wednesday, to…
(Industrial Times, Nigeria) Today, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) says that banks lending rates to the manufacturing industry are too high to promote productivity in the sector. Data obtained from the Association, shows that the maximum lending rates by the commercial banks range from 30 – 35 percent. Top Five Banks Lending RatesAccess Bank…
LCCI said that the expo will be used to introduce 15 Unicorn Companies to the Nigerian Economy, Sign landmark investment agreements
