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Giappone
Japan Inc finds new business case for robotics during Covid-19
Companies began investing in automation before pandemic due to chronic labour shortages
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Brasile Cina
Brazil Soars to China’s No. 3 Crude Oil Supplier in September
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil jumped to China’s third-biggest crude oil supplier in September, import data showed on Sunday, as China’s independent refiners scooped up cheap supplies of the South American exporter’s relatively high quality oil. Imports from Brazil in September hit 4.49 million tonnes, up from 2.96 million ...
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Nigeria
Why NCC, Telcos Are Joining Forces On Broadband
Last week, telecommunications stakeholders gathered in Abuja to deliberate and strategise on ways of achieving accelerated implementation of the new Nigerian National Broadband Plan (NNBP), 2020-2025. The first stakeholders’ consultation with the industry players held under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy harped on the ...
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Nigeria
2030: Nigeria Risks Losing Out On $3trn Blue Economy Potentials
High incidence of piracy, smuggling, human trafficking, drug peddling and high cost of doing business at the nation’s seaports, has made Nigeria’s maritime business a precarious entrepreneurial activity. Recall that Nigeria’s blue economy potentials include maritime transportation, fisheries, alternative wind and coastal wave power sources (Renewable energy), tourism, climate change ...
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Nigeria
Nurturing Growth Through Public, Private Partnership
No doubt, Lagos was and still remains the commercial nerves centre of the country. Apart from the fact that the State was the previous Federal Capital Territory, its aquatic splendor makes Lagos the point of import and export of goods and services to and from the country. With seaports, airport ...
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Nigeria
Protest N960bn Economic Losses Inch Nigeria Close To Recession
Nigeria may be inching close to recession quicker than earlier envisaged as economic losses arising from the #EndSARS protest amounted to about N960billion, LEADERSHIP Sunday investigations have revealed. Already, the nation’s economy is still bleeding from about three months of total and partial lockdown imposed by the federal and state ...
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Nigeria
FG To Institutionalise Virtual Engagements Post-COVID-19
Dr Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, said the Federal Government had approved the institutionalisation of virtual engagements post- COVID-19 period. Pantami said this at the first Annual Digital Nigeria Day with theme `Digital Economy, A New Frontier for Economic Prosperity’, in Abuja on Saturday. The minister said ...
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Nigeria
FG Earmarks N75bn For Youth Empowerment – Minister
Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed has said the Federal Government has created a N75 billion entrepreneurship support fund, to enable youth in the country grow their businesses and be economically independent. The minister made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen after a meeting with Kaduna State Acting Governor, Dr ...
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USA
Give Peace A Chance, Remain Law-abiding, Senator Melaye Tells Nigerians
Former Senator representing Kogi West at the National Assembly, Senator Dino Melaye,has urged Nigerians to remain calm and peaceful despite the restiveness that greeted some states occasioned by a national demand seeking an end to police brutality. In a statement he signed on Saturday, Melaye stated that the reports coming ...
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Portogallo
É essencial que OE dê “sinal claro de investimento na saúde”, diz Sindicato Independente dos Médicos
O secretário-geral do SIM alertou também para a necessidade de o SNS acudir aos milhares de doentes que precisam de tratamento, avisando para a falta de pediatras no Hospital de Évora, internistas no Hospital Garcia de Orta e de médicos em Castelo Branco e na Guarda.