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USA
Chaos In South Africa As Flights Grounded Over Omicron
Disbelief and confusion washed over South Africa as the announcement of the discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant grounded flights and raised fears of a hard lockdown in Africa’s most developed economy. Flights from the country to the United States, United Kingdom, and nations in Europe were swiftly banned after ...
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Nigeria
Agrichainx To Assist Nigerian Farmers Access Finance, Tools
Nigeria’s agricultural firm, Agrichainx Innovative Technologies Limited, has reinstated its commitment to improving the quality of agricultural production in Nigeria through the application of modern technologies, access to finance and tools. The chief executive officer of Agrichainx Innovative Technologies Limited, Dr Dodfrey Otoaye, made the commitment at the weekend at ...
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Nigeria
NDIC Pays N113bn To Depositors Of Failed Banks
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said it had paid over N113 billion to depositors of money in commercial banks, microfinance institutions as well as primary mortgage banks currently in liquidation as of September 30, 2021. Managing director and chief executive of the corporation, Hassan Bello, made this known at ...
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Brasile
Brazil will play relevant role in France’s Engie’s global green hydrogen strategy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil will play a relevant role in the strategy of the French holding Engie to reach the goal of 4 gigawatts (GW) of global green hydrogen production capacity by 2030. According to the group's executive vice president of global green hydrogen business development, Raphael Barreau, ...
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Brasile Uruguay
Opinion: Uruguay’s economy is on track to reach pre-pandemic levels by 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - (Opinion) After the economy grew faster than expected in the second quarter (+0.9%), the recovery will likely accelerate in the second half of the year. Although the heterogeneity of individual situations remains, the continued improvement in the health situation has led to a significant recovery ...
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Senegal
Une ''discrimination positive'' pour le secteur privé local avec la nouvelle loi sur les PPP (ministre)
Dakar, 28 nov (APS) - La prochaine Loi sur les partenariats public-privé (PPP) va accorder ''une discrimination positive'' au secteur privé local sur tous les projets en deçà du seuil de 5 milliards FCFA, a appris l'APS, dimanche, du ministère de l'Economie du Plan et de la Coopération. - Economie
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Senegal
Assemblée nationale : démarrage de l'examen de la LFI 2022 en plénière
Dakar , 28 nov (APS) - Les députés sénégalais ont démarré dimanche peu avant 13 heures l'examen en séance plénière du projet de loi de finances initiales (LFI) de l'année 2022 arrêté à 5160 milliards de FCFA, a constaté l'APS. Dakar , 28 nov (APS) - Les députés sénégalais ont ...
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Brasile
Brazil hits out at EU ‘protectionism’ behind planned anti-deforestation law
Brussels proposal to halt imports of products from deforested areas angers South American exporter
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USA
Covid-19: How to keep your salon business alive
OPINION: Salons, spas, massage studios, and wellness clinics are making hard decisions on what their futures look like. Here are some tips that have helped us in recent months.
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Nigeria
Group Moves To Create Farmers’ Database
The Nationwide Association for Promotion of Agriculture and Food Security (NAAFS) has said it would create a data base to enable it identify farmers and generate feedback mechanisms on government policies for effective agricultural development. The executive secretary, Dr Joseph Okim, said in Abuja yesterday at the unveiling of the ...