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Nigeria
How Kaduna Women Finance Their Healthcare Through Recycled Wastes
The women living in low-income urban, suburban and rural areas in Kaduna are getting theirs and their children’s health insured via the exchange of recyclable wastes such as PET plastic bottles, cartons, papers, metals, used batteries etc. for a health insurance plan that guarantees them treatment of basic illnesses like ...
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Nigeria
Galaxy Backbone Offers Facilities To Boost Nigeria’s Digital Economy
It was Lou Holtz, a former American player and head coach who once said, “Show me someone who has done something worthwhile and I will show you someone who can overcome adversity.” Nigeria’s Galaxy Backbone is the network communications and data hosting infrastructure platform for public and private sector organisations. ...
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Qatar Nigeria
Qatari Investments In Nigeria To Hit N500bn, Says Envoy
The State of Qatar has strengthened efforts to increase its level of investment in Nigeria, which is expected to hit about N500 billion before the end of the year. The Ambassador of the state of Qatar to Nigeria, Dr. Ali Ghanem Al-Hajri, made this known in his address during the ...
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Nigeria
Smile Train, NSOANP Train Healthcare Providers in Research, Funding
In a bid to bridge the knowledge gap in the area of medical research, the World’s largest Cleft Care Charity Organisation, Smile Train, in partnership with the National Surgical, Obstetrics, Anaesthesia and Nursing Plan (NSOANP) for Nigeria recently organised a five day cleft research and grants writing for healthcare providers, ...
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Nigeria
Customs Seizes Items Worth N32m In Kebbi
Kebbi Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service says it seized smuggled items worth over 32 million within the past three weeks. This was disclosed by the area controller, Joseph Attah, while handing over 723 parcels of cannabis sativa seized by the command to the commander, National Drug Law Enforcement ...
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Nigeria
Obasanjo @ 85: Agrichainx Urges Youth To Engage In Agriculture
Indigenous agricultural technology promoter, Agrichainx Innovative Technology, has charged Nigerian youth to emulate former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, whom it described as father of modern agriculture in Nigeria. In a message of congratulations to Chief Obasanjo, to celebrate his 85th birthday on Saturday, the chief executive officer (CEO) and head ...
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Nigeria
‘Nigerian Economy Will Enjoy Global Competitiveness With CBN Initiatives’
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that it has no doubt whatsoever that the Nigerian economy will enjoy global competitiveness when all hands key into the various initiatives of the bank which is all geared towards providing direct and indirect jobs. This is just as the bank disclosed ...
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Brasile
Ipea: Investimentos avançam 17,2% em 2021
Os investimentos avançam no Brasil e, no acumulado de 12 meses, em 2021, têm crescimento de 17,2%, de acordo com o Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Ipea). Os dados são do Indicador Ipea de Formação Bruta de Capital Fixo (FBCF). A FBCF é composta por máquinas e equipamentos, construção civil e ...
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Cina
China estabelece meta de 5,5% para PIB em 2022, a mais baixa em mais de 25 anos
A estimativa mais baixa do PIB ocorre em meio à crescente pressão na segunda maior economia do mundo e indica as preocupações dos formuladores de políticas sobre o impacto das desacelerações projetadas pelo governo nos setores imobiliário e de tecnologia, bem como o aumento das incertezas geopolíticas diante da guerra ...
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Ucraina
Guerra in Ucraina e caro bollette, si va verso una frenta dei consumi
Potrebbe essere solo l?inizio. Nel quarto trimestre del 2021 il prodotto interno lordo è cresciuto dello 0,6 per cento rispetto al periodo precedente. Ma la spinta è venuta in...