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Nigeria
Banks get 24hrs for BTA, PTA requests
Banks have up to 24 hours to meet all foreign exchange requests for Personal Travel Allowances (PTA) and Business Travel Allowances (BTA), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed. The maximum volume of BTA approved for sale per customer is $5,000 quarterly. A PTA customer gets $4,000. The CBN ...
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Nigeria
Red peril
•Investing N5bn to import fake tyres, as SON has accused two Chinese, is cynical, mind-boggling and utterly condemnable THE news was sobering: the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has accused two Chinese, Taolung Shen and Xu Jing Yau, of importing N5 billion worth of fake tyres, from their country, into ...
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Nigeria
Easy visa
•Commendable business strategys, but government should walk the talk THE plan by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) to facilitate ease of doing business is beginning to bear concrete strategies. One of such plans is with regards to the issuance of visa. According to the Minister of Information and ...
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Portogallo
Cibersegurança, robótica ou uberização: As Indústrias do Futuro
O Grupo Almedina e a StartUp Lisboa lançam o debate sobre a economia mundial e as suas drásticas mudanças nos próximos 20 anos, tendo como mote a apresentação da obra Indústrias do Futuro, da autoria de Alec Ross.
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Portogallo
Portugal é o 15º país europeu mais avançado no domínio digital
De acordo com o Índice de Digitalidade da Economia e da Sociedade para 2017, da União Europeia, Portugal ocupa o 15º lugar do ranking no desempenho do domínio digital.
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Nicaragua
Informe EE.UU.: malas señales para Ortega
El recién publicado informe de derechos humanos del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos, describiendo a Nicaragua como un[...]
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Regno Unito
Hibob teams with UK insurance co Aviva
The company is developing a platform that enables employees to select an insurance policy in 15 minutes without an agent.
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Senegal
Yennenga : La distinction d'Alain Gomis, "une suite logique" de la mise en place du FOPICA (ministre)
Dakar, 5 mars (APS) – Le grand prix du FESPACO décerné au réalisateur Alain Gomis est "la suite logique de la politique ambitieuse" entreprise par le gouvernement à travers la mise en place du Fonds de promotion de l'industrie cinématographique et audiovisuelle (FOPICA), indique le ministre de la Culture et ...
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Kenya Yemen
UN aid chief calls for access, funds to prevent spread of South Sudan's famine
Source: UN News Service Country: South SudanHundreds of thousands of people will starve unless relief workers gain access to needy populations, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator warned after meeting malnourished children who fled the raging conflict.4 March 2017 – Hundreds of thousands of people in South Sudan will starve unless relief ...
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Turchia
Underwater pedestrian tunnel crossing Istanbul’s Bosphorus to go out to tender
An underwater pedestrian tunnel connecting Istanbul’s European and Asian sides will go out to tender on March 27