Tax Incentives Coming for Manufacturers Using Local Raw Materials – Nnaji

•Chief Uche Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology The Federal Government is considering the introduction of tax incentives for Nigerian manufacturers who utilise locally sourced materials. Chief Uche Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, made this announcement during the 2025 edition of the Nigeria Manufacturing & Equipment and Nigerian Raw Materials…

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Nigeria’s GDP Rebase Unveiled—But Where Is the Factory Floor?

Co-Secretary General of PAMA, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, cautioned that the GDP rebasing exercise should not be treated as an occasion for self-congratulation The 2025 rebasing of Nigeria’s GDP has recalibrated the size and structure of the Nigerian economy, placing it among Africa’s largest once again. But beneath the glossy numbers lies a more sobering truth: manufacturing…

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BRICS+ or AfCFTA: Where Should Africa Bet for Its Industrial Rebound?

Where should Africa align? Or can Africa strengthen AfCFTA at home while leveraging BRICS+ abroad—without being consumed by either? As global power blocs shift and trade alliances redraw themselves in real time, a strategic dilemma faces Africa: Should Africa deepen alignment with the BRICS+ group or consolidate gains under the African Continental Free Trade Area…

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Google Launches AI-Powered Gemini Storybook for Nigerian Kids

Google has launched Storybook, a new feature within its Gemini app, aimed at providing a creative and interactive learning tool for Nigeria’s 39 million children aged six and under. BusinessDay reports that the AI-powered feature transforms simple prompts, personal photos, and children’s drawings into customised, narrated storybooks, bridging a critical gap in early childhood education…

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Making Nigeria an Industrial Powerhouse: Nnaji, Meshioye, Ike-Muonso

PHOTO (L-R) : Dr Ayotunde Coker, CEO of Open Access Data Centres; Prof Nnaleyugo Martin Ike-Muonso, Director-General of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council, RMRDC.; Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Folashade Ambrose- Medebem, Honourable Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperatives, Trade and Investment;  Otunba Francis Meshioye, the President of the Manufacturers Association…

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