South Africa – based Oppenheimer Partners Limited has bought a 37.5 percent shares in GZ Industries Ltd; – a leading can manufacturing company with factories in Nigeria and South Africa. The acquisition, it was learned, will enable Oppenheimer to transform and drive GZI’s expansion in sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, GZI boasts an annual production of 3…
▪︎Olayemi Cardoso, Governor of CBN at the CIBN event. By Franklin Ocheneyi Olayemi Cardoso, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has acknowledged that the foreign exchange restriction on 43 items it recently lifted is a trade policy which falls outside the apex bank’s mandates. “It is important to note that trade policy…
By Franklin Ocheneyi ” With natural gas, we are driving industrialisation, providing employments and improving the internally generated revenues (IGR) in the states where we operates.” The Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG), Mr. Ralph Gbodo, stated this during Nigeria’s largest manufacturing, Equipment and Raw Materials event hosted by Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN)…
▪︎ Dr. Abubakar Aliyu, a former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology. By: Franklin Ocheneyi THE insecurity situations across the country is seriously frustrating the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC)’s efforts to establishing factories for processing raw materials at the appropriate locations. Dr. Abubakar Aliyu, a former Permanent Secretary…
Dubai Chambers of Commerce has opened trade and investment office in Lagos, to enhance cross-border partnership between both economies. The Lagos office is Dubai Chambers’ seventh in Africa and 28th worldwide. Mohammad Lootah, the President and CEO of Dubai Chambers, disclosed this today, at an event- ‘Doing Business with Nigeria,’ organised by the Lagos Chamber…
” We encourage all our Holcim Awards winners to use this global recognition as a platform to help speed up the realisation of sustainable construction in their regions.” In the Middle East and Africa region, the projects winners were Surf Ghana Collective, Busuers a, Ghana by Juergen Strohmayer and Glenn DeRoché., Stream Co-Habitat, Tuzla, Turkey,…
Staff of Sunti Golden Sugar Estate in Niger State complained about poor pay during the visit of the Group’s Chairman, Board of Directors, Mr.John G. Coumantaros, with some members of the Group, to the Estate . In their reactions to the visit, some of the company’s staff said : ” Yes ofcux d company is…
Natural gas is one of the most important fuels in today’s world.To an extent, it offers the high energy benefits of petroleum fuels and also is more environmentally friendly due to lower emissions. Additionally, recent developments in the global energy market, particularly in Europe, have also thrown the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market into the…
CHICHI Eriobu is the founder/CEO of the popular Ukwa production company. Ukwa is an Igbo word for Breadfruit; it’s eaten roasted or boiled. On her Facebook page, she shares how she started the business, the challenges and the prospects. Excerpt: ” I know you think we’re not popular, it didn’t matter my dear, we’re getting…
The Pan-African Manufacturers Association (PAMA) has appointed Segun Ajayi-Kadir, as its Co-Secretary General. Segun Ajayi-Kadir is currently the Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria. His appointment as the PAMA Co-Secretary General was announced at the recently concluded Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023) in Cairo, Egypt. PAMA, established as the voice of Africa’s manufacturing sector, is…
