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Nigeria
Tinubu Meets Okonjo-Iweala, Minister-designate Pate
President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Okonjo-Iweala, who walked into the Villa few minutes after 3pm, was accompanied by Dr. Ali Pate, one of President Tinubu’s ministers-designate. Details Later…
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Nigeria
Export Terminal: NYCN, Others Urge Tinubu To Support Indigenous Coys
The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to come up with policies that support indigenous companies in the country. The Council stated this while commending President Tinubu for approving the establishment of the Belema Sweet Export Terminal. The terminal, which is expected ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria: No, 'Good Life Investment' Won't Double Your Money in 45 Minutes. Ignore Scam Facebook Post Circulating in Nigeria
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: A Facebook post calls on Nigerian users to invest in a platform called Good Life investment. But there is no official record of such business in Nigeria.
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigerians, Beware of Facebook Posts Promising to Double Your Investments
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: A Facebook post offers to double users' money on the "Africa Labour Empowerment Investment" platform. But there is no registered business by that name in Nigeria.
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USA Regno Unito
Nigerian fintech ‘Enricher’ aims for global expansion in Islamic finance
Nigerian fintech firm Enricher is gearing up for global expansion, targeting the UK and North America. The goal is to tap into the increasing demand for Islamic-compliant financial services. Research from 2021 highlighted significant growth potential for Islamic finance in African nations with substantial Muslim demographics. Enricher’s founder and CEO, ...
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USA
Travis Scott’s ‘Utopia’ Debuts at No. 1
The rapper’s “Utopia,” his first album since his Astroworld Festival in Houston turned tragic in 2021, opens with the equivalent of 496,000 sales in the United States.
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Brasile
BC: cortes de 0,25 ou 0,5 ponto são compatíveis com meta de inflação
O Comitê de Política Monetária (Copom) do Banco Central (BC) avaliou que tanto uma redução da Selic, a taxa básica de juros, em 0,25 ponto percentual, quanto um corte de ...
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Brasile
Entenda o que é e como funcionará o real digital
A versão virtual do real deu, nesta segunda-feira (7), mais um passo rumo à implementação. O Banco Central (BC) anunciou que a moeda digital brasileira se chamará Drex.Com a plataforma ...
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Brasile Cina USA Nicaragua El Salvador Costa Rica Panama
China seeks to boost autocratic regimes in Central America
China will help consolidate the “autocratic regimes” in the Central American countries of El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, while in Costa Rica and Panama, they will maintain economic and trade relations, predicts Javier Melendez, a Nicaraguan security and defense analyst. Melendez, who coordinates the activities of the Observatory on China ...
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Nicaragua Costa Rica Nigeria
Anuncian jornada médica gratuita para nicaragüenses en San José, Costa Rica
Migrantes nicaragüenses en situación regular en Costa Rica y que carecen de seguro médico recibirán atención médica gratuita durante la séptima edición de una jornada de salud del proyecto S.O.S Nicaragua Derechos Humanos, que se llevará a cabo el próximo 26 de agosto de 2023 en el Hospital para Indigentes ...