Within the framework of promoting Intra-African Investment, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in collaboration with The Algerian Investment Promotion Agency (AAPI), successfully hosted Algeria Investment Forum, “Focus Algeria” in Algiers from June 25 to 26, 2024. The forum aimed at promoting investment opportunities in Algeria for African operators and brought together key Algerian partners and foreign…
The President of the African Development Bank Group Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said the decision by Nigeria’s government to allow massive food importation risks destroying the country’s agriculture. This follows the announcement by Nigeria’s Minister for Agriculture Abubakar Kyari on July 10 that the Federal Government would suspend duties, tariffs, and taxes on the importation…
Ahead of the upcoming CANEX Weekend in Algiers, Algeria, from 16 to 19 October, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the reconstitution of the Creative Africa Advisory Group (CAAG). This group oversees and provides guidance for implementing the Bank’s Creative Africa Nexus Programme. The first meeting of the reconstituted Advisory Group took place at…
The sprawling informal settlement of Mukuru on the outskirts of Nairobi holds powerful tales of how an innovative gas energy company is providing clean cooking solutions and restoring dignity to households in the Kenyan capital. Aurelia Aureh, now boasts of smoke-free cooking, following years of using charcoal, which poses a health hazard because of the…
The African Public Relations Association (APRA) has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Public Relations Society of Malawi (PRSM, an institutional member of APRA), the government and citizens of the Republic of Malawi over the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of the Vice President of Malawi, H.E. Dr. Saulos Chilima, and nine others on…
As part of activities to mark the one year anniversary of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration, the NNPC Ltd and its joint venture partners – Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), TotalEnergies, Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) – in collaboration with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), have commissioned the 25.7km Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa…
Managing Director, NNPC Energy Services Limited (EnServ), Sophia Mbakwe (5th from right) and Chief Executive Officer, Schlumberger, Mr. Olivier Le Peuch (4th from left) exchange documents shortly after the signing ceremony of a technical partnership agreement on bolstering upstream operations between the two companies, held at the NNPC Towers in Abuja, on Thursday. As part…
In line with its powers under the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003 to grant and renew licences, promote fair competition and develop the Communications Industry, the Nigerian Communications Commission (the Commission) hereby informs all stakeholders of a temporary suspension on issuance of new licences in the following categories: 1. Interconnect Exchange Licence 2. Mobile Virtual Network Operator…
Keen on optimising production from the nation’s hydrocarbon assets to boost revenues and meet the nation’s OPEC production quota, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and its Joint Venture partner in the Awoba Unit Field, Newcross Exploration and Production Ltd, have restarted production from the Awoba field which last contributed production to the…
…As Governor A.A Sule Visits NASENI to Facilitate Discussions on the Project The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), is set to collaborate with Nasarawa state government and Bobtrack Tractors, a division of Saint Bob Motors Limited to start the manufacturing and assembling of tractors in the north-central geo-political zone. The facilities and…
