• José Ramón Icaza Clement, nuevo presidente de la Cámara de Comercio de Panamá

    En su periodo como presidente de la CCIAP, Icaza Clement destacó que propiciará una continuidad a la línea Directiva de la CCIAP haciendo énfasis en la reactivación de empleos y la economía, lo cual se hará escuchando de cerca siempre las necesidades de los agremiados y del sector privado en ...

  • José Ramón Icaza Clement es electo presidente de la CCIAP

    José Ramón Icaza Clement resultó electo como nuevo presidente de la Cámara de Comercio, Industrias y Agricultura de Panamá, durante la primera reunión ordinaria de la asamblea general de esta agrupación, celebrada de manera virtual.

  • Pandemia afeta venda de chocolates, pescados e a hotelaria na Páscoa 

    Com a pandemia de covid-19 forçando estados e municípios a adotarem medidas que limitam a circulação de pessoas e o funcionamento de estabelecimentos, comerciantes buscam formas de aproveitar a Semana Santa para incrementar as vendas e faturar. Na tradição católica, a semana em que se celebra a Sexta-Feira Santa e a Páscoa ...

  • Nigeria Spends $1.5bn Annually On Milk Import

    BY JOSEPH CHIBUEZE, Abuja Nigeria is said to import milk worth over $1.5 billion annually. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono who disclosed this at the National Dairy Policy Stakeholders meeting in Abuja yesterday, said the government is now ready to do everything possible to develop ...

  • FG Recovers N49.7bn Debt, To Spend N296bn On COVID-19 Vaccination–Minister

    BY MARK ITSIBOR, Abuja Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, yesterday disclosed that the federal government has succeeded in recovering N49.7billion out of its N5.2trillion debt. She also informed that the federal government will spend N296 billion on COVID-19 vaccinations in 2021 and 2022. She also confirmed ...

  • Outdoor Businesses Under Threat As Lagos Agency, FG Create New Bottlenecks

    Stakeholders in the marketing communications industry are back to the drawing board to save the multibillion naira businesses in the outdoor sub-sector of the industry. Another issue that may soon create problem for the practitioners nationwide is the plan by the federal government to concession 12 major roads in the ...

  • One Year After Lockdown: Trade, Budget Deficits Mar Nigeria’s Economic Outlook

    BY ZAKA KHALIQ, ANTHONY AWUNOR and OLUSHOLA BELLO, Lagos One year after COVID-19-induced lockdown, the nation’s economy is yet to fully bounce back to its pre-COVID state, LEADERSHIP learnt. To this end, economists say the harsh economic atmosphere will continue with the country currently witnessing trade and budget  deficits. They, ...

  • SMEs: With N10bn Seed Fund, NEXIM Shifts Focus To Women, Youths

    The Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) has moved to support women and youth exporters with a seed fund of N10 billion under a new programme coined Women and Youth Export Facility (WAYEF). The bank also announced a partnership with Afreximbank under which $50 million Project Preparation Fund (PPF) will be mobilised ...

  • Empresas no aguantarían más cierres: José Ramón Icaza

    El próximo presidente de la Cámara de Comercio, Industrias y Agricultura (Cciap), José Ramón Icaza, dijo que luego del prolongado confinamiento de 2020, que provocó una crisis económica sin precedentes, las empresas no aguantarían un cierre generalizado.

  • ‘Es importante mantener la economía abierta’

    José Ramón Icaza fue electo ayer presidente de la Cámara de Comercio, Industrias y Agricultura para el periodo 2021-2022.

  • Dólar fecha em baixa ajudado por exterior e fluxo

    Além do exterior mais leve, o que tem ajudado o câmbio nesta sessão é a expectativa com o início do fluxo trazido pela venda da safra de soja brasileira O dólar comercial fechou em baixa de 2,32% nesta quarta-feira, a R$ 5,6276, ajudado por uma retomada do ...

  • Police Arraign 60 Persons For Belonging To Unlawful Societies

    BY OLUGBENGA SOYELE, Lagos The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned 60 suspected cultists before a Yaba magistrates’ court for allegedly belonging to Aiye cult and other unlawful societies. The 60 made up of 12 females and 48 males were docked before Chief Magistrate Adeola Adebayo under the new ...

  • Abuja-Keffi-Makurdi Road Project, Others Justify Borrowing – Fashola

    BY ABAH ADAH, Abuja The federal government has said the employment and business opportunities afforded Nigerians by the ongoing Abuja-Keffi-Akwanga-Makurdi expansion/dualisation project and others being executed from loans in the country may have proved critics of borrowing wrong. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola stated this on Tuesday while on an ...

  • FG Restates Commitment To Child Spacing, Health Sector Funding 

    BY PATIENCE IVIE IHEJIRIKA, Abuja Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has reiterated federal government’s commitment to funding child spacing and the health sector as part of its strategic plan to improve human capital development and foster a productive citizenry. The minister stated this when she hosted a delegation of the Medical Women’s ...

  • Nigeria Needs 60,000 Tractors To Solve Food Crisis – FG

    BY EMAMEH GABRIEL, Abuja Concerned about the country’s rising population and its current food crisis, the Federal Government on Tuesday said the country needed no less than 60,000 tractors to go into full mechanisation within the next few years. This is just as the government said it has perfected plan ...

  • PicPay contrata executivo que trouxe a Uber ao Brasil

    Segundo a empresa, Guilherme Telles chega para impulsionar todas as frentes de negócios num momento de grande crescimento do PicPay Em mais uma investida nos altos cargos executivos, o PicPay, carteira digital controlada pelo Banco Original, anuncia a contratação do ex-número um da Uber no Brasil, Guilherme ...

  • Aregbesola Launches Fast Passport Processing Centre For Immigration Service 

    Adegwu John, Abuja Minister of interior Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has launched a new automated fast passport processing centre aimed to eradicate challenges Nigerians face in the administration of passport in Nigeria. The centre, Maitama Passport Express Centre (MPEC) in Abuja which was established in partnership with IRIS Smart Technology is to ...

  • FG Flags Off N50b Export Expansion Facility Programme

    Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo has officially flagged off the federal government’s N50 billion Export Expansion Facility Programme (EEFP) and launched the first on-line Grant Management Portal for non-oil exports. The EEFP is part of the federal government’s N2.3 trillion fund of the Nigeria Economic Sustainability ...

  • After 14 Years, Calabar Port Facilitates Cocoa Export Vessel To US

    BY YUSUF BABALOLA, Lagos For the first time in 14 years, Calabar seaport facilitates a voyage of 7,000 tons of cocoa export takes off from Calabar port to the United States of America. The 7000 tons of cocoa was loaded by Starlink Global and Ideal Limited through Ecomarine Terminals in ...

  • Broadband Penetration: FG Tasks States On 70% Realisation By 2025

    The federal government has called on the state governments to cooperate with service providers in ensuring the realisation of its 70 per cent broadband penetration by 2025. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami made the appeal at a virtual forum organised by the Association of Telecommunications ...

  • Grupo GPS define faixa de preço de R$ 13 a R$ 15,50 e IPO pode movimentar R$ 2,6 bi

    Prestadora de serviços pretende usar recursos da parte primária da oferta para aquisições, pagamento de dividendos e fortalecimento da capacidade financeira O Grupo GPS Participações e Empreendimentos definiu a faixa indicativa de preço na sua oferta pública inicial de ações (IPO, na sigla em inglês) entre R$ ...