• Etiopia

    Ethiopia Towards Sugar Development

    [Ethiopian Herald] More than sixty years elapsed since Ethiopia had become familiar with sugar industry. Though the nation has huge potential for sugar development, the number of sugar factories was so limited and the production remained to be relatively small for long. As a result, the country was obliged to ...

  • Argentina

    Encarnación recibió a unos 12 millones de argentinos en el 2016

    Al tiempo de lamentar que Posadas (Misiones, Argentina) está perdiendo competitividad en su comercio, ya que hay masiva afluencia de argentinos que compran en Encarnación, el presidente de la Confederación Económica de Misiones (CEM), Gerardo Díaz Beltrán, indicó a Radio Nacional de Argentina que la diferencia en precios menores va ...

  • Nigeria

    Lagos plans to boost growth with environmental bill

    The Lagos State House of Assembly is set to pass a bill which will give direction to the state’s dream of becoming Africa’s greenest city. The bill, among others, is aimed at opening the door to foreign and domestic investors in the management of the environment. It  represents a vigorous ...

  • Nigeria

    New Investors To Float Domestic Airlines In 2017

    There are indications that more airlines, especially domestic carriers, may join Nigeria’s aviation industry in 2017. Sources in the nation’s aviation sector told LEADERSHIP that the federal government’s decision to grant forex concession to both local and foreign airlines in the country has been a source of encouragement to operators ...

  • Nigeria

    CBN Expands ABP To Other Agric Products

    When the Anchor Borrowers Programme was launched in 2015, it was focused on improving the local production of rice and reducing the volume of scarce foreign exchange that is expended on the importation of the staple food. In times past, Nigeria has used billions of dollars to import rice, which ...

  • Nigeria

    2 Islamic Insurance Firms Begin Operation In Nigeria

    Two Islamic (Takaful) insurance companies have commenced operations in the country, thus, becoming the first set of fully-fledged Takaful Insurance companies in Nigeria, LEADERSHIP exclusively learnt. The two companies are Jaiz Takaful Insurance Company, with head office in Abuja, and Noor Takaful Insurance Company Plc based in Lagos State. LEADERSHIP ...

  • Nigeria

    Naira Stability: ABCON Launches Uniform Weekly Exchange Rate For Members

    In order to achieve fair pricing and stability for the naira, the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) at a media forum it organised for business editors in Lagos, recently, launched a uniform weekly exchange rate for licensed bureaux de change portal to enforce same-rate for operators. ...

  • Nigeria

    Employment: Dangote’s $100m, 10,000 Capacity Truck Assembly Plant To Create 3,000 Jobs

    Poised to conserve forex and in view of the huge amount spent annually importing thousands of trucks for distributing its products from plants within Nigeria and across the Africa continent, plans are now at advanced stage by the Dangote Group to begin assembly of Chinese heavy duty trucks in Lagos. ...

  • Kenya

    Why I Want To Lead Africa – Amina Mohamed

    The Foreign Affairs Minister of Kenya, Ambassador Amina Mohamed, is passionate about Africa.  The passion is what is driving her to vie for the position of the chairperson of the African Union Commission, (AUC) this January.  She is, however, leaving no stone unturned to ensure she succeeds. She has been ...

  • Nigeria

    2017 Budget: Reps Meet CBN, NNPC, Customs, FIRS Over Funding

    The House of Representatives will today hold a meeting with the Central Bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, and chief executives of all revenue generating agencies in the country over the funding of the proposed 2017 budget. The chief executives are billed to interact with the House joint committees on Finance, Appropriation, ...