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Nigeria
Casava Secures $4m Pre-seed Funding To Deepen Microinsurance In Nigeria
Nigeria’s first 100 per cent digital insurance company, Casava, has secured $4 million in pre-seed funding to provide affordable and accessible insurance products for millions of Nigerians. Starting with income protection and health insurance, the insurtech startup is leveraging artificial intelligence and behavioural science to deliver game-changing claims and benefits ...
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USA
19 States Adopt Health Insurance Scheme To Bridge Coverage Gap
To reduce cost of accessing quality health care, 19 State governments have adopted health insurance schemes. The scheme is to make it easer for people to access health care facilities at affordable cost. To the end, the concerned States are at various stages of implementing universal health coverage through establishment ...
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Nigeria
NPFL: Remo Stars Maintain Unbeaten Run, Hold Pillars To Goalless Draw In Kaduna
Remo Stars maintained their unbeaten run in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) after holding the Kano Pillars to a goalless draw in Kaduna yesterday. In a tension soaked match amidst very tight security to curtail any breakdown of law and order, both teams displayed impressive performance. The Masu Gida ...
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Ucraina
Erdoğan embarks on Kiev visit, expresses support for sovereignty of Ukraine
'We express on every platform our support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, our strategic partner and neighbor. We, as a Black Sea country ourselves, call on all the parties to act with restraint and pursue dialogue in order for peace to prevail in the region, Turkish President ...
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Grecia
Patriarch Bartholomew, Greek deputy minister attend ceremony on Gökçeada
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew and Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Katsaniotis attended a mass held in the Church of St. Trifonos on the Gökçeada (Imbros) island of the northwestern province of Çanakkale on Feb. 1.
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Brasile
Minister says Chile will have to raise taxes
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile will soon need to increase its revenues to deal with growing social discontent. The assessment comes from current Finance Minister Rodrigo Cerda, who will leave office in March when the new government led by Gabriel Boric takes office. "In the future, we think we ...
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USA
USA, Markit: settore servizi si contrae a gennaio
(Teleborsa) - Si contrae il settore dei servizi negli Stati Uniti a gennaio. L'indice PMI dei servizi definitivo, elaborato da Markit, si porta a 51,2 punti dai 57,6 del mese precedente, risultando...
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Brasile Russia USA Argentina
Alberto Fernández, with Vladimir Putin in Russia: “Argentina must stop being so dependent on the IMF and the United States”
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - I am determined that Argentina must stop being so dependent on the Fund and the United States. It must open the way to other countries, and I think that Russia occupies a very important place. With these words, President Alberto Fernández opened today his lunch ...
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Brasile
U.S. Treasury Secretary highlights Amazon protection for Brazil’s entry into OECD
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen signaled the importance of initiatives to protect the Amazon when she spoke with the Minister of Economy, Paulo Guedes, about the country's negotiations to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The . . . To ...
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Brasile
Brazilian government forecasts global and domestic economic risks in 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a presidential message formally delivered to the National Congress, the government of President Jair Bolsonaro stated that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) should register a growth of about 5% in 2021 but presented a challenging scenario that could compromise the economy's advance in 2022 The ...