• Kenya

    Business: Taxman digs in as row with clearing agents over licences escalates

    The row between Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and cargo agents over the renewal of operating licences enters a defining phase this week.

  • Kenya

    Business News: Taxman digs in as row with clearing agents over licences escalates

    The row between Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and cargo agents over the renewal of operating licences enters a defining phase this week.

  • Turchia

    Turkey targeting foreign patients with new city hospitals

    Ankara’s new strategy aims to lure foreign patients with new city hospitals, designed to attract not only through the quality of their medical services but also through ‘five-star hotel’ accommodation services, Health Minister Recep Akdağ tells HDN

  • Turchia

    Protest songs meet entertainment

    Turkish rapper Norm Ender’s new album dominates digital platform Spotify and becomes number 1 on iTunes’ Turkey sales

  • Nigeria

    CBN new forex policy fails to excite foreign investors

    Foreign investors are still staying on the sidelines, waiting for the naira to float freely, as the latest foreign exchange policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria has failed to restore confidence, ‘FEMI ASU writes While the nation’s forex market has seen increased liquidity in recent days on the back ...

  • Nigeria

    FG to recover assets illegally converted to private use

    Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja Worried by the rate at which government assets are illegally converted to private use, the Federal Government on Sunday said it had commenced an asset tracking and management project that would enable it to locate, identify, assess and evaluate all its moveable and immoveable assets. The Minister ...

  • Nigeria

    Naira may reverse losses this week on dollar injection

    Oyetunji Abioye The naira is expected to reverse the losses recorded last week during the week as the Central bank of Nigeria pumps more dollars into the foreign exchange market. According to economic and currency analysts, the local currency may become steady in the coming days after the currency has ...

  • Nigeria

    Banks get 24hrs for BTA, PTA requests

    Banks have up to 24 hours to meet all foreign exchange requests for Personal Travel Allowances (PTA) and Business Travel Allowances (BTA), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed. The maximum volume of BTA approved for sale per customer is $5,000 quarterly. A PTA customer gets $4,000. The CBN ...

  • Nigeria

    Red peril

    •Investing N5bn to import fake tyres, as SON has accused two Chinese, is cynical, mind-boggling and utterly condemnable THE news was sobering: the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has accused two Chinese, Taolung Shen and Xu Jing Yau, of importing N5 billion worth of fake tyres, from their country, into ...

  • Nigeria

    Easy visa

    •Commendable business strategys, but government should walk the talk THE plan by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) to facilitate ease of doing business is beginning to bear concrete strategies. One of such plans is with regards to the issuance of visa. According to the Minister of Information and ...