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Cina Kenya Hong Kong
KQ targets business travellers in codeshare deal with Hong Kong
National carrier Kenya Airways has signed a codeshare agreement with Hong Kong Airlines increasing its frequency between Nairobi and Hong Kong to daily flights with an eye on the growing trade between the two cities.
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Corea del Sud
Seoul's FDI hits all-time high last year
Foreign direct investment in Seoul hit a new record high last year, helped by the capital city's aggressive efforts to a
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Nigeria
NDLEA arrests 269 suspected drug traffickers
No fewer than 269 suspected drugs traffickers were arrested and 53 convicted in Kaduna state in 2016 by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The Kaduna State Command of the Agency said on Thursday that the number of those arrested was higher in 2016 compared to the 232 in 2015. ...
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Egitto Nigeria
Why I partner Omar Assar in doubles of 2017 ITTF World Tour – Aruna Quadri
To have an African team competing for honour at the end-of-the-year ITTF World Tour grand finals, Africa’s highest ranked player in the world, Aruna Quadri has agreed to join forces with Egypt’s Omar Assar in the doubles event of all ITTF World Tour for this year. Quadri, who started 2017 ...
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Nigeria
Gov Ganduje Signs 2017 Budget Of N217.9bn Into Law
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Thursday assented to the 2017 Budget of N217.9 billion. Speaking after signing the budget, Ganduje said it was increased by the state assembly by N8 billion. He, however, said the assembly had followed due process before taking the action by consulting all the ...
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USA Yemen
Improved access, trade support needed to limit famine risk in Yemen
Source: Famine Early Warning System Network Country: YemenLarge-scale food assistance is playing an important role in mitigating food insecurity in many areas. However, it is not sufficient to meet Yemen’s current needs. Improved humanitarian access and trade support needed to limit Famine risk Summary Conflict in Yemen is the primary ...
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Cina USA Giappone
Natural catastrophe losses at their highest in four years
Source: Munich Re Country: China, Haiti, Japan, WorldThe losses totalled US$175 billion, two-thirds more than in the previous year. The share of uninsured losses remained substantial at around 70 per cent.A number of devastating earthquakes and powerful storms made 2016 the costliest twelve months for natural catastrophe losses in the last ...
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Kenya
East Africa: What Makes Nairobi the Only African City in Global Investors Top Five Watchlist
[East African] Nairobi is on the global watchlist of top five fast modernising cities that are attracting new global business on growing realisation that big companies cannot operate from one sub-Saharan location in South Africa.
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Cina
Sudan: Govt, China Keen On Sound Mining Cooperation
[Focac] Khartoum -Sudan government on Wednesday vowed to provide the appropriate climate for the Chinese investments in Sudan in field of minerals together with the necessary protection for the Chinese miners.
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Turchia USA Grecia Cipro
Turkish, Greek FMs to meet in New York ahead of Cyprus talks
Turkey and Greece’s respective foreign ministers, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Nikos Kotzias, will meet in New York to discuss the Cyprus reunification talks in Geneva next week, Turkish diplomatic sources have said.