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Nigeria
Sugar Master Plan Will Fetch Nigeria Over $700m Yearly – Dangote
The chairman of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Aliko Dangote has said the national sugar master Plan (NSMP) when executed as designed, could fetch the nation foreign exchange in excess of $700 million yearly from the backward integration component of the plan. Dangote said this recently while receiving some businessmen who ...
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Nigeria
Covid-19, Exchange Rate Responsible For Hike In Import Duty – Customs
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday gave a detailed explanation on the reasons duties on cargoes imported into the country are going up. According to the deputy national public relations officer of the service, Timi Bomadi, the reasons for the increase in valuation of imported cargoes were COVID-19 pandemic that ...
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Nigeria
SACTS Donates Learning Materials To Abuja School
In an act of benevolence and the need to support education for the less privileged, a non-governmental organisation, Sponsor a Child Through School (SACTS) has donated learning materials to LEA Primary school in Kado Estate, Abuja. The donated items which worth over a million naira include school uniforms, bags, shoes, ...
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USA
American Airlines and JetBlue Face Antitrust Suit Over Alliance
The Justice Department said their partnership amounted to a merger in the New York and Boston markets and reduced competition more widely.
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USA
California is sued over its rule on solar power installers.
A trade group is fighting a restriction on who can install batteries on solar units. A state licensing official says recent actions may have had unintended consequences.
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Brasile Ecuador
Ecuador moves forward with intention to extend continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Ecuador’s intention to extend the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles is taking shape. Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo delivered to the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf the note with preliminary information regarding the areas of interest for the extension. ...
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USA
MIQ should be an economic opportunity, not a punishment for living overseas
OPINION: Covid-19 has changed us, and our attitudes towards returning New Zealanders, foreigners, or Kiwis with foreign links.
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Ghana
Ghana: GOIL New Board to Focus On Improving Shareholder Investment - -Chairman
[Ghanaian Times] Shareholders of oil marketing giant, GOIL, has approved the nomination of four new members at a virtual Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held in Accra.
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Nigeria
Nigeria: PAC Capital Limited Bags CFI.co Best Investment Banking Team Nigeria 2021 Award
[New Dawn] PAC Capital Limited ("PAC Capital"), a leading transaction advisory firm and the investment banking arm of PanAfrican Capital Holdings, has been announced the winner of the Capital Finance International (CFI) awards for Best Investment Banking Team Nigeria 2021.
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Uruguay
Uruguay y la oportunidad de liderar el desarrollo del mercado del cannabis en A. Latina
La Cámara de Empresas de Cannabis Medicinal considera fundamental “concretar los cambios que la industria cannábica necesita con urgencia”.