• Nigeria

    FG, IMF Disagree On Rising Debt

    LEADERSHIP: The federal government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have expressed divergent views on the subject of rising debt and taking loans from foreign sources. While the IMF says that rising government debt levels could make the global economy more vulnerable to another severe downturn, the federal  government has ...

  • Nigeria

    Stakeholders Task FG On Ease Of Doing Business

    LEADERSHIP: Business stakeholders under Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) have called on the federal government to scale up its commitment to the ease of doing business agenda. This formed the discussion of the Council of the LCCI bi monthly meeting in Lagos on April 3, 2019 , according ...

  • Nigeria

    Emefiele’s Control And IMF’s Applause

    LEADERSHIP: In a world where many economies are suffering and where there is no shortage of gloom forecast, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut Nigeria a break when it applauded the ‘tight monetary policy stance” of the Central Bank of Nigeria as yielding positive results for the economy. The IMF ...

  • Nigeria

    Niger Goes Tough On Forest Degradation, Depletion

    LEADERSHIP: Niger State government has warned illegal forest exploiters against degradation and depletion of the biological resources, as the government was ready to enforce the existing law against deforestation for economic gains. The deputy governor of the state, Alhaji Mohammed Ketso who made this known when he flagged off the ...

  • Senegal

    Avortement médicalisé : l'Etat invité à s'adapter au Protocole de Maputo

    Dakar, 10 avril (APS) - Le Comité pluridisciplinaire chargé de la mise en place de stratégies visant à réformer la loi sur l'avortement presse l'Etat du Sénégal de mettre sa législation en conformité avec le Protocole de Maputo rendant obligatoire l'accès à l'avortement aux femmes et filles porteuses de grossesses ...

  • Senegal

    Pour la préférence des produits locaux de consommation

    Dakar, 10 avr (APS) – Le président de l'Association africaine de marketing (AAM), Bertrand Sobossi, a insisté mercredi à Dakar sur l'importance d'œuvrer au changement des habitudes des consommateurs africains, le plus souvent tournées vers des produits importés. Dakar, 10 avr (APS) – Le président de l'Association africaine de marketing ...

  • Senegal

    Décès du journaliste Momar Seyni Ndiaye

    Dakar, 10 avr (APS) - Le journaliste et analyste politique, Momar Seyni Ndiaye, est décédé ce mercredi à Dakar, des suites d'un malaise, a appris l'APS de sources médiatiques. Dakar, 10 avr (APS) - Le journaliste et analyste politique, Momar Seyni Ndiaye, est décédé ce mercredi à Dakar, des suites ...

  • Turchia

    Turkish economy to recover from recession in 2020: IMF

    There will be negative growth in Turkey this year but the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are expecting a recovery in 2020 and in fact this recovery is an important part of the element that goes toward the whole global recovery, Gita Gopinath, IMF chief economist, has said.

  • Cuba

    Raúl Castro pide a los cubanos prepararse para lo peor en la economía

    La Habana, 10 abr (EFE).- El expresidente de Cuba Raúl Castro instó a los cubanos a "estar preparados para la peor variante" de la economía, en un momento en que el endurecimiento del embargo de EE.UU. y los agravados problemas en la balanza de pagos ponen en jaque al país.

  • Thailandia

    EIC revises down GDP forecast once more

    Siam Commercial Bank's Economic Intelligence Center (EIC) has again downgraded its 2019 economic outlook, slashing the forecast for Thai GDP growth to 3.6% amid a global economic slowdown and domestic political risk.