He urged the partners to embrace customs and logistics modernisation and to implement the AfCFTA framework more deliberately, as the partnership is turning the gains into a broader regional partnership across African markets.
Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, and President Bola Tinubu.
• Aliko Dangote and Benedict Oramah. Professor Benedict Oramah, President & Chairman of the Board of Directors at Afreximbank (African Export-Import Bank), says that the bank has raised a US$1.35 billion financing facility in favour of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) for refinancing the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Complex. The facility is part of an…
The Bukar Goni Aji-led 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage was launched by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday, 30th January 2024. The committee’s mission is to recommend a new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The committee’s composition includes representatives from the federal government, states government, private sector,…
Brazil leads in South America with $300 billion in manufacturing value.
Its industrial economy is anchored by automotive production, food processing, chemicals, and aerospace, particularly through companies like Embraer.
The Botswana High Commissioner to Nigeria, Miss Philda Nani Kereng, is pushing for increase bilateral trades between the two countries.She commended the Nigerian governments for doing so much for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). Kereng, who spoke on Monday in Abuja on the occasion of her country’s 58 Independence anniversary, said: ” Currently, the trade…
The Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, has noted that while the most vulnerable people are paying multiple taxes, the middle, upper class and the politicians are evading tax. The Nation, reported that Oyedele said this on Thursday, during the Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) Core Working Group Retreat…
▪︎Waste recycling center in Abuja/ Afrik 21 (Industrial Times) The International Labour Organization (ILO) says that the waste and recycling industry employs 6.9 million, representing 0.2 per cent of total global employment. The waste management and recycling industry includes businesses and organizations that collect, process, and recycle materials such as glass, plastic, paper, metal, and…
• Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has directed all government officials to be wearing Made-in-Kogi fabrics as a show of support for indigenous industries. The State’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Femi Fanwo, told journalists after the State Executive Council meeting held today at the EXCO…
President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, says that the government stands to gain substantially when the private sector flourishes, noting that 52 kobo (52%) of every naira Dangote Cement generates goes to the government. Dangote made the comment during a visit by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), team to both Dangote Fertiliser Limited and…
