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Portogallo
Chocolates e amêndoas da Arcádia em grande no período de Páscoa
A Arcádia, a mais antiga casa de chocolate da cidade do Porto, deu a volta à crise com o comércio digital que chega a todo o país. A venda online ajudou a recuperar da quebra de cerca de 25% nas vendas devido à pandemia.
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Brasile
Vacinas evitam casos graves, mas não impedem contaminação
Apesar de imunizado no início do ano com a vacina russa Sputinik V, o presidente da Argentina, Alberto Fernández, testou positivo para covid-19 As vacinas disponíveis contra a covid-19 são capazes de evitar quadros clínicos graves. Mas não são um escudo que impedem os vacinados de se ...
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USA
Biden throws weight of US government behind clean energy
President’s $2tn spending package represents unprecedented state effort on greener economy
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Regno Unito
UK disrupter hopes to make Cazoo the vehicle to shake up used car sales
Zoopla and Lovefilm entrepreneur Alex Chesterman vowed there would be no more start-ups, a pledge that was soon broken
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Turchia
Turkey committed to implementing economic reforms: Elvan
Turkey is committed to implementing economic reforms, the country’s treasury and finance minister told EU envoys on April 2.
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Turchia
Turkey appoints new ambassadors to 13 countries
Turkey has appointed 13 ambassadors to foreign posts, according to the Official Gazette early on April 3.
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Nigeria
IDFP Seeks Speedy Passage Of New Electoral Bill
By Tunde Oguntola, Abuja The Interfaith Dialogue Forum for Peace (IDFP) has called for a speedy passage of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. The Forum also warned that the surging youth population combined with high rate of unemployment and urbanisation if unchecked can lead to violence in the ...
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Nigeria
My Customers’ Happiness Makes Me Happy – Sadiya
BY RAHILA ABDULLAHI LIFE IN BRIEF Shoemaking is predominantly seen as men’s work, especially in developing countries like Nigeria. However, some women go into such fields exclusively reserved for men and still thrive in them. This goes for 26-year-old Sadiya Abubakar. She believes her passion drove her to take-up the ...
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Nigeria
How Facemasks Turned Our Fortune Around – Abuja Hawkers
With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic came a pervading sense of doom and gloom. However, to some people especially hawkers in the Abuja metropolis, there came a silver lining – the facemask. With the law enforcing the compulsory wearing of facemask outdoors came a boom in their finances. ADEGWU ...
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Ghana Nigeria
Gbajabiamila, Ghana’s New Speaker Seek Improved Parliamentary Relations
* As African speakers meet in Nigeria this year BY ADEBIYI ADEDAPO, Abuja The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, and the new Speaker of the Ghanaian Parliament, Mr. Albert Bagbin, have agreed to strengthen parliamentary relations in a bid to find lasting solutions to challenges such as ...