Category: West Africa
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Nigeria: Oil Prices – OPEC Members Lose $2 Trillion in 2 Years
Nigeria and other member nations of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have lost a cumulative sum of $2 trillion capital investment in the oil and gas industry as well as revenue generation since crude oil price in the international market tumbled in June 2014. According to Secretary General of OPEC, Dr Mohammed Sanusi…
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S.A:Bidvest can tap $1 billion for acquisitions says CEO
South African trading, services and distribution firm Bidvest has access to $1 billion for acquisitions, its chief executive said on Monday. “We’d be able to raise $1 billion should we need it, or about 14 billion rand ($1 billion) to 15 billion rand and that has been confirmed by a lot of the bankers,” said…
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Risk of Nigeria devaluing naira rising – Reuters Poll
Nigeria’s authorities may soon devalue the naira but won’t fully relinquish control over it, instead taking steps to narrow the gap between the official and black market rates to boost confidence in the economy, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. A shortage of dollars in Nigeria – for big and small needs including capital imports…
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Nigeria’s VP launches 60-day plan to improve business climate
Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has launched a 60-day action plan to improve the business climate in Africa’s biggest economy struggling with recession, his office said on Tuesday. “There are improvements which we expect to see at our ports. Improvements at our airports, improvements at the seaports, improvements in immigration visas,” Osinbajo said in a…
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Business leaders call for inter-trade policies across Africa
In a bid to enhance and increase Ghana’s trade partners and extend the country’s export market, key players in international trading have called for policies that would enhance trading activities in Africa. The call was made at the launch of the Enterprise Africa Summit. Head of Business Development and Partnerships for British Council Ghana, Sydney…
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Nigeria: Diezani Loses N34 Billion to Govt
A federal judge in Lagos yesterday ruled the sum of $153 million (N34 billion) linked to a former Petroleum Minister Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke be forfeited to the Federal Government. Justice Muslim Sule Hassan of Federal High Court ruled in favour of the anti-graft agency, the EFCC, which last month filed a forfeiture request. It alleged…
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Nigeria: Governors Slam Forex Policy As Naira Falls – Demand Urgent Review
Worried by the continued widening gap between the inter-bank foreign exchange and parallel market rates, the National Economic Council, NEC, on Thursday demanded the immediate review of the current foreign exchange policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Nasarawa State Governor, Tanko Al Makura, who briefed journalists at the end of the meeting in Abuja…
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Nigeria yet to decide how much it wants to borrow from the World Bank
Nigeria has not decided yet how much it wants to borrow from the World Bank, its budget minister said on Wednesday, to help pay for record spending of $24 billion this year. Diplomats and officials told Reuters last week the oil producer plans to present the required economic reform proposals to the World Bank this…
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Ethiopian is 11th best airline in the world that keeps to time
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Africa’s largest airline group, Ethiopian Airlines, has been ranked the 11th airline company in the world to have been on time for its flights in the month of January 2017. This is according to FlightStats, the leading provider of real-time global flight data to companies and individuals across the travel ecosystem. Of the almost 8,000…
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Dangote to launch rice outgrower scheme in Sokoto
Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group is set to launch a multi-million naira rice outgrower scheme in Sokoto state with the prospect of hiring hundreds of thousands of people from its rural communities. President of the Group, Aliko Dangote disclosed at the weekend that the Company will on Wednesday, flag off with a pilot project…