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Cina USA
Coupang kicks off massive sales for China’s Singles Day
South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang has launched a three-day “Singles Day Mega Sale” to celebrate China’s annual shopping bonanza. The massive sales, from Nov. 10 to 12, was inspired by the Chinese version of US’ Black Fri
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Francia Indonesia
Paris Baguette lands in Indonesia
SPC Group said Thursday it opened the nation’s first Paris Baguette bakery in the Ashta District 8 shopping mall of Indonesia capital Jakarta. The move comes after the South Korean food company set up a joint venture with its local partner, E
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USA
Hanwha Q Cells to supply power to 154,000 Texas residents
Hanwha Q Cells said Thursday it will break ground on its first energy storage systems project in Texas in January. According to the solar business unit of Hanwha Solutions, the 380-megawatt-hour project, once completed in December next year, will be
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USA
FITC Trains 200,000 Participants On Business Operations, Survival
The Financial Institutions Training Centre (FITC) has trained about 200,000 participants, in the last 40 years, on how to operate their businesses, infusing technology and necessary business skills to stand the test of time. The 200,000 participants trained by FITC spread across 3,500 organisations, from six continents, including Africa, Asia, ...
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Nigeria
Emefiele Woos Foreign Investors, Says Nigeria Ready For Business
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele has appealed to foreign investors to come over and invest in Nigeria, whose economy he said is fast growing after recovering from the COVID-19 induced recession. Mr Emefiele assured the investing community that CBN will continue to monitor progress and ...
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Nigeria
Konga, Access Bank Partner To Offer Free Food To Needy Nigerians
Nigeria e-commerce company, Konga has partnered with Access Bank Plc to offer free delivery of essential and quality food items to needy Nigerians across the country, during the 30 days of Konga Yakata sales. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP, the company disclosed that interested and public-spirited Nigerians at ...
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Nigeria
Banks Order Staff To Monitor Accounts Used For Crypto Trade
Commercial banks have instructed their staff to commence monitoring of accounts suspected to be used for trading cryptocurrencies in the country. The move was to comply with the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on this development. The CBN had earlier this year moved against crypto trading in ...
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Nigeria
SEC Urges Firms To Leverage Islamic Capital Market
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has assured that it would continue to encourage corporates to leverage on Islamic capital market by providing and ensuring an attractive enabling environment. The director-general of SEC, Mr Lamido Yuguda, stated this at the 2021 African International Conference on Islamic Finance held in Abuja ...
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Nigeria
NITDA Will Partner Army To Tackle Insecurity In Nigeria
In another giant step towards addressing security challenges bedeviling the country, the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, through its National Centre for Artificial Intelligence Robotics and Robotics, NCAIR, is to collaborate with the Nigeria security operatives in the manufacture of locally made military equipment to tackle insecurity. The initiative ...
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Kenya Nigeria
Kenya To Work With Nigeria In Tourism, Hospitality
Kenyan High commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Wilfred Machage has indicated the interest of Kenya to work closely with Nigeria in tourism and hospitality. The envoy also decried the stagnation of intra-African trade by 15% in the last few years compared to the levels in Europe and Asia which stand at ...