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Nigeria
NIRSAL, Stanbic sign N50bn agric financing deal
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending has entered into a N50bn agriculture financing partnership with Stanbic IBTC Bank for the 2017 and 2018 dry and wet seasons. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Abuja by the Managing Director, NIRSAL, Aliyu Abdulhameed, and his ...
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Nigeria
Falz, Saka thrill fans at MTN/Arsenal viewing centres
Football enthusiasts were entertained on Sunday at viewing centres in Lagos and Ibadan, while watching the Premier League match between Arsenal and Chelsea. The MTN-Arsenal partnership afforded excited fans the opportunity to interact with MTN Ambassadors Falzthebahdguy and Saka. They were at O’jez Restaurant in Lagos and the Water Shed ...
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Nigeria
Buhari government must reboot economy
RECENT developments portend scant optimism for Nigeria achieving significant economic recovery very soon. A report of second quarter growth of 0.55 per cent, reversing five consecutive quarters of contraction, collided with continued depression of international oil prices, high unemployment, collapsing infrastructure and visibly saner policies in peer countries. To avoid ...
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Nigeria
AFC: Nigeria needs $3tr to fix infrastructure
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has said Nigeria needs $3 trillion to fix huge infrastructure deficit in the country over the next three decades. The AFC President/Chief Executive Andrew Alli, who disclosed this at the weekend during a news conference in Lagos, also called on government to allow cost-reflective tariffs ...
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Nigeria
Why ALGON’s Private Sector Partnership On Agriculture Should Be Sustained
By Bunmi Oteniya – The importance of agriculture to the development of Nigeria cannot be over-emphasized. Previous administrations in the country as well as various stakeholders have at different fora harped on the significance of exploring the agricultural angle for the development of Nigeria, but the required blueprint to make ...
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Cina USA
China vs US: Who is copying whom?
New generation of China tech groups blazes trail in services and business models
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Malta
Watch - The fight against corruption will get harsher, government will not dictate to opposition, says Delia
(Please allow some time for the video to load, click on bottom right for audio). The government will not be allowed to dictate the Opposition's agenda, and the fight against corruption will become even more fierce, new PN leader Adrian Delia told an enthusiastic crowd on the Granaries in Floriana this ...
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USA
Would you buy a smartphone for €1,000? 'Enormous’ sales of the iPhone X expected
Apple’s new iPhone X is the “future of smartphone design” and will still be a success despite its almost €1,000 price tag, according to one analyst. The technology giant used a live event on Tuesday to unveil the special edition iPhone to mark its 10th anniversary, complete with an edge-to-edge screen ...
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USA Israele Regno Unito
Israeli company CollPlant wins first-ever order for biological ink for 3-D printing of organs
Business in Brief | Securities investigators seek to extend restrictions on Elovitch, top Bezeq officials ■ Delek in pact to sell control of Phoenix to Bermuda-based Sirius ■ Bet Shemesh Engines CEO says Pratt & Whitney contract a game changer ■ Tel Aviv shares ended mixed, despite sharp drops in ...
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Turchia
Turkish, Israeli companies engage in big diamond trade
The precious stones trade between Turkey and Israel took off after business meetings, says Consul General to Istanbul Cohen