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Nigeria
PMB Commends Afreximbank’s Leadership
LEADERSHIP President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) for its dynamism and tenacious leadership, which he said has proved that Africans could come together to build something meaningful. President Buhari disclosed this at the annual meetings and 25thAnniversary celebration of the bank which came to an end at ...
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Nigeria
Enhancing Financial Inclusion Through Insurance
LEADERSHIP Insurance industry is now waking up to the reality that the Sector could enhance financial inclusion through effective deployment of insurance products and services. To this end, the 2018 Insurance Industry Consultative Council (IICC), which took place in Abuja, last week centered on insurance industry and financial inclusion. ZAKA ABD-KHALIQ ...
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Nigeria
Forex Inflow Drops As Naira Firms At BDC Window
LEADERSHIP The inflow of foreign exchange dropped further last week as the volume of dollars sold by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Nigeria Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEX) declined to $1.066 billion against $1.073 billion that changed hands in the previous week. Volume of the dollars that came in ...
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Nigeria
Transcorp MD Urges Govt To Create Enabling Environment For Tourism
LEADERSHIP Government has been called upon to create an enabling environment for hospitality and tourism businesses in Nigeria to thrive. This is as the tourism sector is said to have the potential to contribute over 10 percent to the nation’s GDP. Managing director, Transcorp Hotel Plc, Valentine Ozigbo, made this call ...
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Cina
China’s Strong Economic Growth Figures Belie Signs of Weakness
A 6.7 percent expansion rate comes amid signs that Beijing’s efforts to tame debt, the trade dispute with the U.S. and other problems are taking a toll.
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Paesi Bassi
Keizer en Meppelink: Ervaring en ambitie op EK
Vol ambitie keert beachvolleybalster Sanne Keizer met haar nieuwe partner Madelein Meppelink terug op het EK beachvolleybal in eigen land. Het duo begint morgen aan de groepsfase van het EK in Rotterdam met de wedstrijd tegen het Slowaakse koppel Andrea Strbova/Natalia Dubovcova.
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USA
The Israeli economy in 2060: Not in bad shape at all
An OECD study sees growth exceeding the developed world’s average, living standards getting closer to America’s
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Brasile Perù
Estudantes criam startups de mobilidade e segurança no trânsito
Em busca de conhecimento para desenvolver novos negócios, universitários de vários estados que desenvolvem startups inovadoras em diversas áreas estiveram reunidos no Startup Summit realizado em Florianópolis, nos últimos dias 12 e 13 de julho. Os jovens que tiveram suas ideias de soluções inovadoras na área de mobilidade sustentável e segurança ...
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Brasile
A partir desta segunda, consulta ao saldo do PIS está liberada
A Caixa Econômica Federal disponibiliza, a partir desta segunda-feira (16), a consulta ao saldo da conta individual de participação no Programa de Integração Social (PIS). Para saber o valor que terá direito a receber a partir de agosto, o beneficiário pode acessar o site da Caixa ou ligar para o telefone 0800-7260207. Também é possível consultar ...
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Brasile USA
Falta de profissional qualificado afeta mercado de startups
Um dos problemas que preocupa os empreendedores de inovação é a falta de profissionais qualificados. Segundo especialistas, o mercado de tecnologia da informação no Brasil tem hoje cerca de 460 mil vagas de emprego abertas e não preenchidas por carência de pessoal com qualificação adequada. O alerta foi dado por empreendedores ...