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Nigeria
Govt Must Seek Local, Foreign Experts On Its Digital Currency – Okwu
Following Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) disclosure that its much-anticipated digital currency will be launched in October this year, the founder of Blockchain Mobile Technologies, Mr Stanley Okwu, in this interview with ROYAL IBEH suggests what government must do for the initiative to be successful. CBN recently disclosed that it ...
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Nigeria
Reviving The Educational Sector
No doubt, Nigeria’s educational system is far from ideal. Our educational system like all other sectors of the economy is in bad shape. Successive administrations have paid lip service to the growth and development of the education sector. The budget of our education sector in Nigeria in recent years has ...
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Nigeria
CBN Forex Ban: SMEs Battle Headwind, Inflation
The ban of forex by the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to Bureau De Change(BDC) operators is sending wrong signals to small business operators and the micro, small and medium enterprises(MSMEs) sector in the country. This development is affecting about 95 per cent of small businesses as they are grappling to ...
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Nigeria
NITDA To Leverage On AfCTA To Build Digital Market
As Nigeria moves towards diversifying its economy using technology, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has proposed partnership with Republic of Namibia in the areas of Innovations and Entrepreneurship through African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA). This is because Africa as a continent lost out during the First, Second ...
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Messico
Las Vegas coronará al rey de Concacaf: ¿México o EE.UU.?
México sufrió más de la cuenta, pero logró vencer a Canadá y tendrá oportunidad de sacarse la espina luego de perder la Concacaf Nations League hace unas semanas y se medirá en la Gran Final de la Copa Oro 2021 ante su máximo rival, la selección de Estados Unidos.
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Venezuela
Perú no prevé un giro drástico tipo Venezuela
Tras dos días de incertidumbre en los mercados, el nuevo presidente de Perú, el izquierdista Pedro Castillo, juramentó la noche del viernes al economista Pedro Francke como ministro de Finanzas, cargo que estuvo vacante durante 24 horas.
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Cuba
¿De cuál bloqueo hablan los socios de la dictadura cubana?
El pasado 23 de julio, más de 400 políticos, artistas e intelectuales, sin explicar quién pagó el que debe ser el más costoso aviso de la prensa mundial, publicó un aviso desplegado, toda una página, con un gran titular, “Let Cuba Live” (que puede traducirse como “dejen vivir a Cuba”).
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Brasile USA
Brazil’s Bolsonaro wants Petrobras reserve to finance bottled gas vouchers for low-income families
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro said that Petrobras has a reserve of R$3 billion to finance a voucher gas program that would allow purchasing gas cylinders for the needy population. "The new president of Petrobras, (Joaquim) Silva e Luna, has a reserve of R$3 billion (US$577 million) ...
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Brasile
Cement producers make offers for LafargeHolcim’s assets in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian cement companies CSN Cimentos, a subsidiary of Cia Siderurgica Nacional, Cimentos Mizu, and Cimento Apodi, in which Titan Cement International has a stake, are among those interested in LafargeHolcim's assets, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. According to the sources, the ...
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Argentina
Coronavirus en Argentina: casos en Taboada, Santiago del Estero al 1 de agosto
Un repaso por el número de enfermos actuales, curados y fallecidos en el distrito de la provincia de Santiago del Estero según los datos abiertos del Ministerio de Salud de la Nación