Tunisia’s tourism revenues soared 42.5 per cent in the first half of 2019 to $692 million from 46.1 per cent ($492.2 million) in the first half of 2018, official figures showed on Monday. The tourism ...
Afghan President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, has announced to reserve a minimum quota of five per cent for women entrepreneurs. This, he said, is in a bid to improve their participation in stabilising the country’s economy, ...
Dollar held near three weeks high in early trading on Monday, holding on to its gains after last week’s strong U.S. jobs data lowered expectations for a sharp Federal Reserve interest rate cut. Elsewhere, the ...
British Airways owner IAG is facing a record of 230 million dollars fine for theft of data. The data theft was from 500,000 customers from its website in 2018 under tough new data protection rules ...
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said on Monday that oil and gas remained part of key solutions in combating climate change. Secretary General of the organisation, Mr Mohammad Barkindo, stated this in ...
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has stressed the need for a quick resolution of the conflicts between the U.S., Venezuela and Iran. Following geopolitical conflicts, the U.S. has placed sanctions on Iran ...
African leaders met on Sunday to launch a continental free-trade zone that, if successful, would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in a new era of development. After four ...
Prof. Uche Uwaleke, Chairman Chattered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, Abuja Branch, says Nigeria can leverage on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to boost production and increase export. Uwaleke made the call ...
Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) says total deregulation of downstream oil sub-sector remains best option for Nigeria. Mr Tunji Oyebanji, MOMAN Chairman, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...
President Muhammad Buhari has signed the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement. Buhari signed the pan-African agreement at the 12th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union on AfCFTA and the First Mid-Year Coordination ...
