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Brasile USA
Piauí is Brazil’s largest honey exporter in 2021; nearly 30% of the country’s total
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - From January through August 2021, Piauí accounted for 29.1% of Brazil's honey exports. Piauí's competitor states in the sector, Santa Catarina and Paraná, respectively accounted for 22.8% and 20.3% of exports in the same period, the Ministry of Economy reported. This is the first time ...
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Brasile
Bolivian airport blocked to demand enactment of pension fund withdrawal law
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The National Emergency Movement for the Refund of AFP and Social Security Contributions protested at the entrance of the Viru Viru airport brandishing Bolivian flags demanding the enactment of the Law for the Refund of AFP Contributions. The movement's president Yerko Orozco said that this ...
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Brasile Argentina Ecuador
Government admitted in a report that Argentina has the slowest recovery in the region in the pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As of the second quarter of 2021, activity was 5% behind 2019, followed by Mexico (-2.4%) and Ecuador (-2%), according to a study by the Ministry of Productive Development. According to information compiled by the national government, the Argentine economy is the slowest recovering in ...
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Brasile Argentina
Argentina commits to developing sustainable finance
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Argentine government and banking, insurance, and capital market regulators of the South American country committed on Tuesday to promote the development of sustainable finance. This commitment was embodied in a joint declaration that sets the objective of generating the conditions for the financial sector ...
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Brasile Cina USA Uruguay
Uruguay advances in trade agreement negotiations with China
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Luis Lacalle Pou received representatives of the government coalition at the Executive Tower, the seat of government: Partido Nacional (PN-center-right), Partido Colorado (PC-center-right), Cabildo Abierto (CA-right), Partido Independiente (PI-center-left) and Partido de la Gente (PG-right); as well as the rest, Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente ...
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Kenya
How small loans are transforming businesses in Kenya's informal markets
For a visionary entrepreneur, there's no capital too little to take their business to the next level.
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Nigeria
Nigeria To Partner South Africa On Youth, Sports Development
Nigeria’s government is to partner with South Africa to explore areas of mutual benefits in youth, sports, culture and educational development. The minister of youth and sports development, Mr Sunday Dare, disclosed when the South African High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Thamsanga Mseleka, paid him a courtesy call in his ...
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Nigeria
Lagos, Onne Ports To Get Scanners In 2 Weeks – Customs
Barring any last-minute change of plans, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), is set to deploy three scanners to Apapa, Tin -Can Island and Onne ports complexes to facilitate trade and cargo evacuation. Recall that the service has been engaging in cumbersome 100 per cent cargo examination for some years now ...
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Nigeria
Ganduje Pledges Support For Onion Farmers, Sellers
Kano State governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has said he will continue to encourage and promote the farming and sales of onions and other commodities in order to open opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths. He said Kano State had been giving adequate support to the programmes initiated by the ...
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Nigeria
Sanwo-Olu Harps On Entrepreneurship, Empowers 2,000 Artisans, Tradesmen
Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, yesterday stressed the importance of entrepreneurship in economic growth of the country and empowered 2,000 artisans and tradesmen and women, saying it is a way of creating an enabling environment for business to thrive and ensure participatory democracy in the state. Sanwo-Olu who spoke ...