Category: Economy
The African Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Foundation (AFICTF), has unveiled a two-year digital inclusion development plan for the continent. AFICTF is targeting policy and infrastructure issues on the Internet of Things (IoTs), Artificial Intelligence ...
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has urged African countries to broaden and deepen their tax and revenue collection bases while leveraging digital technologies to boost collection and compliance. A statement by the Communications Section ...
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele on Monday said that over five hundred million dollars was being spent annually on importation of palm oil. Emefiele said this at a stakeholders’ meeting ...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said the country recorded a total trade value of N32.26 trillion year-on-year in 2018, representing 39.3 per cent increase over the corresponding period in 2017. The trade value for ...
Kenya will sell a 25-year amortised infrastructure bond to raise about 50 billion shillings (500.25 million dollars), the Central Bank of Kenya said on Friday. The apex bank said in Nairobi that the bond, which ...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 57.1 index points as at February, indicating an expansion in the manufacturing sector for 23 consecutive months. The CBN said ...
Nigeria’s dollar-denominated government bonds rose to 5-7 month highs on Wednesday after President Muhammadu Buhari, won a second term at the helm of Africa’s largest economy and top oil producer. The country’s longer-dated bonds were ...
Information Technology (IT) company, Cisco, has simplified IT solutions to enhance digitisation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Nigeria. The General Manager, Cisco Nigeria, Mr Olakunle Oloruntimehin, made this known during “Cisco Meraki Media ...
Gulf tourism hub, Dubai, had 15.92 million overnight tourist visitors in 2018, up by 0.8 per cent from 2017, official data showed on Sunday. The number of visitors from Nigeria soared 36 per cent, while ...
The Fourth Annual Sudan International Mining Forum and Exhibition opened on Monday in capital Khartoum, with more than 40 countries in participation. “This forum is convened under very complicated regional and international circumstances,” said Sudan’s ...
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