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Brasile USA Venezuela
Analysis: Latin America Swinging Toward EU Position on Venezuela
By Patricia Garip, Argus RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Chile's foreign minister Andres Allamand cited the need for "convergence" of international groups in the face of Venezuela's "grave humanitarian, political and institutional crisis" and urged all parties to advance a political transition and convene internationally monitored presidential and parliamentary elections ...
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Nigeria
Experts Charge Insurers On Reputation Mgt For Insurance Penetration
By HANNAH ONI | Reputation management experts have urged Nigerian insurance professionals to focus more on reputation management as a way of growing the insurance profession and deepen insurance penetration in the country. The experts, who spoke during the President’s Breakfast Series of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria Spends N1.2trn On Importation Of Power Generators
By CHIKA IZUORA | A United Nations (UN) report just released has disclosed that Nigeria has spent not less than N1.2trillion ($2.4 billion) on the importation of generating sets in the last 24 years. The report was contained in the United Nations International Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade). UN Comtrade, ...
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USA
Borno, Adamawa, Yobe Get $20m To Fix Education Challenges
North-east states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe have received the sum of 20 million US dollars accelerated funding grant given by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to tackle out of school children and other education challenges facing the region. The grant is also to help improve foundational learning skills, ...
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Nigeria
NVBF President, Nimrod, Emerges CAVB Zone 3 Secretary General
By Olawale Ayeni, Abuja The president of the Nigeria Volleyball Federation (NVBF), Engineer Musa Nimrod has emerged secretary-general of African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) Zone 3. Nimrod Urges Govt To Build Community Sports Centers He described his emergence at the elections held last Saturday virtually as a call to duty, ...
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Russia Nigeria
OPEC Applauds Russia For Provision Of COVID-19 Vaccines To Nigeria
By FESTUS OKOROMADU | Secretary general of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has commended the Russian Federation for the provision of COVID-19 vaccines to several African countries, including Nigeria. He however expressed concerns over the future of the global economy as Western economies continue to ...
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Thailandia Myanmar
Border trade briefly resumes in Kanchanaburi
KANCHANABURI: Trade between Thailand and Myanmar resumed in Kanchanaburi province on Wednesday after Thai authorities temporarily eased Covid-19 restrictions.
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USA Thailandia
Five trends and actions to lead Thai companies post-COVID-19
Thailand's economy, hit hard by the pandemic, is predicted by the World Bank to take approximately two years to recover. Living through periods of great uncertainty and rapid change is unnerving for us. But, around the world, leading companies are using pandemic-driven changes to position themselves for future value creation. ...
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Thailandia
Baht and containers crucial to export hike
Exports, a key driver of the country's economic growth, could fare better than 3-4% growth this year if the government provides more support, particularly in handling the persistent baht rise and the container shortage, says the Thai National Shippers' Council (TNSC).
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Brasile Cina USA
Empresas de mineração faturaram no ano passado 36% a mais que em 2019
O faturamento do setor mineral no Brasil registrou crescimento em meio à pandemia de covid-19. O resultado de 2020 foi 36% superior ao de 2019, alcançando a cifra de R$209 bilhões. O dado consta em balanço divulgado hoje (2) pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Mineração (Ibram), entidade que reúne as maiores mineradoras que atuam no país. O ...