Private Sector Lashes Out At MDAs Over Unfriendly Business Environment

Private Sector leaders in Nigeria, the like of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), and the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) said that the government’s ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) are to be blamed for the unfriendly business environment in the country. The Director-General of both the MAN and NECA, stated this during the third edition…

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AfCFTA : Nigeria set to export first shipment to five countries

“In the next few days, ten Nigerian companies would be exporting different homemade products to countries across East, Central, and North Africa, under the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA).This declaration was made , yesterday in Lagos, by the Coordinator, National AfCFTA Coordination Office, Olusegun Awolowo. “Some of the companies include, Le Look Nigeria…

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MTN Ventures into cloud services to rival Amazon, Google, Microsoft, others

• MTN Nigeria Executives L-R Roger Shutte: General Manager for Infrastructure, Shoyinka: Shodunke Chief Information officer, Karl Toriola: CEO MTN Nigeria today, July 1, 2025, launched what it describes as West Africa’s largest Tier III data centre—and one of the largest in Africa. TechPoint Africa reports that the data centre is named after MTN Nigeria’s…

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Green Manufacturing Taking Shape in Nigeria With Natural Gas, Solar Energy

By Franklin Ocheneyi GREEN manufacturing is gradually taking shapes in Nigeria as newly built industries are being powered by natural gas and through solar energy. Checks by Industrialtimesngr, shows that some ongoing industrial parks in Lagos,  Ogun, Oyo , Aba and Rivers are running on renewable energies rather than the conventional fossil fuels like petroleum…

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Africa has 5 mineral resources needed for clean energy, electric vehicles

A report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), titled ‘The Economic Development in Africa Report 2023,’ shows that Africa has an abundance of metals needed for electric vehicles and for clean energy.” Africa possesses vast reserves of critical minerals, including aluminum, cobalt, and copper, required for high-tech and green products like…

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MAN Tasks Financial Reporting Council on Annual Fees for Private Companies 

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called on the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) to reconsider the implementation of annual turnover fees for private companies. Segun Ajayi-Kadir, the Director-General of MAN, highlighted the potential negative impact these fees could have on manufacturing firms, particularly those that are classified as non-listed entities, and urged…

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Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Applaud Tariffs Removal on Pharma Imports

The President of the  Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Prof Cyril Usifoh, has conveyed the gratitude of the operators in the sector, to President Bola Tinubu for haven  granted zero tariffs, excise duties and VAT specified on  pharmaceuticals, machineries, equipment and raw materials. In a statement, Prof said that the tariffs removal will encourage local…

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