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Nigeria
More Credit To Smallholder Farmers Key To Boosting Nigeria’s Food Security – Analysts
With Nigeria’s population set to reach 400 million by 2050, unlocking credit for the country’s small holder farmers currently contributing almost 30 per cent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the game-changer set to ensure Nigeria’s future food security. Analysts at Coronation Merchant Bank, in their monthly economic note ...
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USA
Ogun Faults Conditions For Accessing Counterpart Project Funding
The Ogun State government at the weekend urged the Federal Ministry of Finance to deemphasize conditions, mandating participating states to provide a certain percentage of the project counterpart fund before they can access grants from the international donor agencies. The state commissioner for Finance and Chief Economic Adviser, Mr. Dapo ...
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Nigeria
Federal Govt To Commission Kano Data Centre In June
Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Prof Ali Isa Pantami, has said a 41 Terabyte Data Centre created by the Galaxy Backbone Company of the Federal Ministry of Communication in Kano to cater for the communication needs of the zone will be commissioned in June this year. Patami who gave ...
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Kenya
Relief as Kenya Power starts mapping of SMEs for reduction of power tariffs
KPLC has started mapping small commercial consumers who are targeted to benefit from reduced electricity charges.
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Thailandia
Domestic car sales drop 4.2% in 2021, seen higher this year
Domestic car sales fell 17.2% in December from a year earlier and dropped 4.2% in the whole of 2021, due to coronavirus outbreaks and a shortage of microchips, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said on Monday.
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Cina
EV Makers' Next Headache: Scarce Battery Chemicals, Made in China
Last year was the year of electric vehicles -- global sales are likely to have hit a record, in turn pushing up battery demand. Now too much of a good thing is causing problems: Many key battery materials, including but not limited to processed lithium itself, are in short supply ...
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Giappone
Japan’s COVID-19 border closure ‘unrealistic,’ business lobby chief says
The strict entry ban has been in place since Nov. 30 and was further extended until the end of February earlier this month.
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Giappone
SoftBank to expand Vision Fund team for more Japan investment
To date only two of Masayoshi Son's investments have been in domestic startups.
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Portogallo
Topo da agenda: o que não pode perder na economia e nos mercados esta semana
Há reunião de política monetária da Reserva Federal norte-americana, apresentação de resultados de gigantes tecnológicas como Microsoft, Apple ou Facebook e publicação de dados de empréstimos e depósitos bancários em dezembro pelo Banco de Portugal.
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Russia
Israel, Jewish groups discuss airlifting Ukraine's Jews if Russia invades
As threat of Russian invasion looms, top officials examine possibility of emergency evacuation for up to 75,000 Ukrainians thought to be eligible for Israeli citizenship under Law of Return