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Nigeria
Naira closes at N445 to dollar as more inflows expected
The naira yesterday closed at N445 to dollar, N15 weaker than N430 traded on Monday. The local currency is expected to firm up in the days ahead as the impact of the $180 million intervention from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and plans to sell Personal and Business Travel ...
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Nigeria
Adeosun: Devt Bank ‘ll catalyse SMEs’ growth
he Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun said the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) is being positioned to galvanise the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) sector for the overall development of the economy. According to her, the government is aware of the role of SMEs in national development, hence ...
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Nigeria
Development Bank Of Nigeria Will Stimulate SMEs’ Growth – Adeosun
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has stated that the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) is being positioned to galvanize the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises sector for the overall development of the nation’s economy. According to her, the present administration is aware of the role of SMEs in ...
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Nigeria
Trails Adoption Of Generational Mortgage Finance
The bottlenecks associated with housing finance are enormous. In this report, CHIKA OKEKE writes on the brewing controversy revolving around the adoption of generational mortgage finance. There have been repeated calls by experts on the need to initiate flexible interest rate as a panacea to mortgage financing in Nigeria. This ...
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USA Nigeria
Governors, Bill Gates Foundation Partner To Improve States’ IGR
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) yesterday took a reflective review of their involvement together in programs within Nigeria towards seeking ways of improving their programs and their impact on the Nigerian people. In a statement by the Head, media & public affairs ...
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Nigeria
Recession: Economy Shows Signs Of Recovery – NBS
Indications that the country’s economy may be on its way out of recession emerged yesterday, following the release of the 2016 overall and last quarter Gross Domestic Product (GNP) reports by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which showed some signs of recovery. The NBS report revealed that the nation’s ...
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Nigeria
Oil And Gas: Nigeria Targets $10bn Investments In 5 Years
Oil production hits 2.1mbpd The federal government has said it is targeting an investment of $10 billion every year on infrastructure for the next five years in the nation’s oil and gas industry. This, it pointed out, is to enable it achieve the country’s new crude oil production ...
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Portogallo
Projetos de ligação ferroviária aproximam Portugal e Espanha
"Estamos a executar um plano de investimentos superior a dois mil milhões de euros", que deve "aproximar muito" as cidades portuguesas e espanholas, disse Pedro Marques, ministro português do Planeamento e das Infraestruturas.
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Colombia Kenya Regno Unito
Kenya: Kabarak University to take on Harvard and Stanford in business competition
The university will take on top world-ranking universities like Harvard, London School of Economics, Stanford, Instead, Hult International Business School, NYU, Colombia and American University Beirut, LBS Hitotutsubashi, KAUST and Makerere University.
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Kenya
Kenya: EACC: County Assemblies to publish integrity codes or face disciplinary action
County Assemblies across the Country are in breach of the constitution and could face tough disciplinary action for failing to publish their Integrity and leadership codes as required by the law.