Global trade set to hit record $33 trillion by year-end

The latest Global Trade Update published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reports that Global trade is set to reach a record $33 trillion by the end of 2024. The reports indicate that the $1 trillion increase reflecting 3.3% annual growth, highlights resilience in global trade despite persistent challenges. Said the reports: “Robust growth in services trade,…

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Afreximbank totals $15bn loan to Dangote Group

Photo from left: Governor, Central Bank of Egypt and Board Member, Afreximbank, Hassan Elsayed Hassan Abdalla; President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Afreximbank, Dr George Elombi; President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote; and former President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Afreximbank, Prof Benedict Oramah. ” African Export-Import Bank has committed…

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Global Industrial Safety Manifesto Launch to curb 3 million deaths Annually

The Global Initiative for Industrial Safety (GIFIS) has launched  a first-of-its-kind Manifesto for Global Industrial Safety through technology adoption. The International Labour Organization (ILO) reported that annually, about three million industrial workers die globally as a result of occupational accidents. The GIFIS Manifesto was developed in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Lloyd’s Register Foundation, the Global Manufacturing and Industrialization Summit (GMIS), and…

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” Trade is a global thing but it is not all trade that is good. Some trades bring fake products into a country. However, the China Canton Fair does not promote fake products. Therefore, I am encouraging your participation (Nigerian private and public enterprises) in the 137th Canton Fair that will be held in China in April 2025.” – the Director of Economic Trade, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bolaji Akinremi.

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NIPR builds enthusiasm for La­gos PRFest 2026

La­gos PRFest 2026, is scheduled to hold from Friday, July 3 to Thursday, July 9, 2026, under the theme: ‘Security, Nation Building and Public Trust: Fostering Collective Responsibility through Stra­tegic Public Relations.’ The Chairman of the Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Sam­uel Ayetutu, disclosed this during the Chapter’s Month­ly…

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