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Nigeria
Firms, UN Collaborate To Drive Sustainable Insurance
LEADERSHIP : Leading African insurers and reinsurance companies have collaborated with the United Nations under the auspice of United Nations Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) to drive economic, social and environmental sustainability. The event which held in Lagos on Monday focused on three basis themes: Closing the Risk Protection ...
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Nigeria
FG Moves To Safeguard Nigeria’s Marine Resources
LEADERSHIP : The federal government has initiated moves to safeguard the Atlantic Ocean and other marine resources in the country, saying studying and sanitising the Atlantic Ocean will result in huge benefits to the economy and humanity. Disclosing this at the opening ceremony of the 5th high level industry, science ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria: 'Our Backward Integration Investment Aided Cost Leadership, Hedge Inflation'
[Guardian] Pawan Sharma is the Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Goods Business, Tolaram West Africa. It produces Indomie Instant Noodles, Hypo, Power Oil, among other consumer goods. In this interview with FEMI ADEKOYA, he talks about the group's backward integration plan and efforts to improve local sourcing of raw materials.
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigeria Records $90.90 Billion 'Investment Announcements'
[Premium Times] The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Yewande Sadiku, said the country recorded about $90.90 billion "investment announcements" in 2018.
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Brasile
Five Companies Interested in Buying Campinas Airport
By Xiu Ying, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The president of the concession Aeroportos Brasil, which manages the Viracopos International Airport in Campinas (SP), confirmed the interest of at least five companies in buying the terminal. In an interview with the G1, Gustavo Müssnich said he believes in ...
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Brasile
Hotel Occupancy in Rio up 12 Percent, Lifted by Carnival and Less Competition
By Richard Mann, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The absolute hotel occupancy level went up in Q1 2019 by 12.2 percent to 63.9 percent. This was the best result for a Q1 in Rio since 2015, while the Average Daily Rate (ADR) value was the highest for an ...
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Brasile
Vale Minority Shareholders Elect Independent Member to Board
(Video: Brumadinho dam disaster occurred on 25 January 2019- Dam owned by Vale) By Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Minority shareholders of Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA succeeded in electing a representative to the board of directors at the company’s shareholder meeting on Tuesday, a person who attended ...
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Brasile Cina USA
Huawei Partners With Local Retailers to Sell Flagship Smartphones in Brazil
By Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd on Tuesday launched two high-end smartphone handsets in Brazil, making its second attempt to penetrate the world’s fourth-largest smartphone market, broadening its footprint in Latin America. “We are in a very different market share position than we were ...
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Brasile USA
Digital Life: Brazil has Complete Google Ecosystem Infrastructure
By Richard Mann, Contributing Reporter This is the first series of infographics on Digital Life in Brazil. RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Brazilian consumer is ready for digital disruption. In many ways, it has already begun. More than two out of three Brazilians have access to smartphones and the ...
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Uruguay
Glovo sale del mercado chileno y su lugar lo ocupa la uruguaya PedidosYa
A partir de este miércoles quienes utilicen la aplicación de Glovo en Chile serán redireccionados al sitio de PedidosYa.