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Belgio
Affaire des "collaborateurs fantômes" au cabinet Milquet: un arrêt attendu mercredi
La chambre des mises en accusation de Bruxelles doit en principe rendre mercredi son arrêt dans l'affaire dite "des collaborateurs fantômes" au cabinet de l'ancienne ministre Joëlle Milquet.
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Nigeria
New AEDC Board, Interim Mgt Assume Office
The new board and interim management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has assumed office. The board is made up of Victor Osadolor as Chairman. Osadolor is currently Chairman of UBA Pensions, a non-executive director of African Finance Corporation (AFC), and former deputy managing director of the United Bank for Africa ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s Green Bond Market Value Hits N55bn
Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) said, the value of Nigeria’s green bonds market has grown to N55.52 billion in four years. The CEO, NGX, Temi Popoola disclosed this during the Sustainable Finance Training 2021 hosted by NGX in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC). According to Popoola, the Exchange is ...
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Nigeria
SMEDAN Begins Training Of Youths On Business Skills Devt Initiative
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), has begun training for the first batch of youths under the entrepreneurship and vocational components of the National Business Skills Development Initiative (NBSDI). In a statement from the Corporate Affairs Unit of the agency, a total number of 1,015 youths, ...
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Nigeria
Our Tax System Must Work For Everyone – Nami
The 2021 Finance Bill must be tailored towards enabling an efficient tax system that works for every Nigerian. Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami made the remarks yesterday at a stakeholder engagement on the Finance Bill 2021 at the House of Representatives, Abuja. “We must build a ...
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Brasile
Fitch reaffirms Brazil’s rating at ‘BB-‘ and maintains a negative outlook
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Fitch maintained the long-term rating in foreign and local currency of Brazil at "BB-" and the negative outlook. In a report published on Tuesday (14), the rating agency pointed out that the country has a diversified economy and a high per capita income compared to ...
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Brasile Argentina
Inflation in Argentina: CPI rises 2.5% in November, reaching 51.2% in 12 months
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 2.5% in November compared to the previous month. In 12 months, inflation in the country advanced to 51.2%. The data were released on Tuesday (14) by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) and represent a slowdown from ...
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Brasile Nigeria
Audi will resume production in Brazil in 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Tuesday, the German luxury carmaker Audi announced that it would restart the production of models in the country in mid-2022 at the manufacturing complex in conjunction with its parent, Volkswagen, in São José dos Pinhais (PR). Audi had halted its production line in Paraná ...
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Brasile Ecuador
Business criticism: Ecuador raises the minimum wage 6.25% for 2022
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Lasso, a former conservative banker who took office since May, announced Monday night in a televised speech the increase in the minimum wage, the highest in the last eight years, as part of measures to reactivate the economy, hit hard by the pandemic of Covid-19. ...
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Cina USA
Toyota, lagging rivals, outlines plans to expand sales of electric vehicles.
The company’s Lexus brand will only sell electric cars by 2030 in China, Europe and the United States.