Nigerian Tribune A Non Governmental Organisation, From School To Work Africa, has charged Nigerian youths to be focused and creative in all their endeavours to be able to tackle the current economic hardship confronting the country. The organisation made the charge during an initiative programme tagged: “Osun Workspiration 100,000”, a mass youth re-orientation program towards…
Nigerian Tribune President Bola Tinubu has expressed Nigeria’s determination to pursue German investment in targeted sectors of the Nigerian economy with focus on critical growth-enabling industries in energy, transportation, and electric power production, transmission, and distribution. The president met with German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, on the sidelines of the G20 Compact with Africa Economic Conference…
Bizcommunity.com Zero Carbon Charge has broke ground on its first 100% renewable energy charging station in what will become South Africa’s first national network of 120 solar-powered charging facilities spaced out at 150km intervals. Unlike other charging stations that connect to Eskom’s grid (and thus use coal as their primary energy source), Zero Carbon Charge’s…
Nigerian Tribune Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has said the provision of 2,000 tractors yearly would enhance food production and create jobs for Nigerian farmers. The minister made the declaration recently when he received a delegation from John Deere, led by its Vice President, Jason Braintley. He noted that the visit…
Bizcommunity.com Consumers in South Africa are under immense pressure with a cascade of bad news resulting in increased prices at the till. Producer Price Inflation continues to rise, with the latest figures showing an increase from August’s 4.3% to 5.1% in September: Things are going to keep becoming more expensive following higher fuel prices, a…
Nigerian Tribune The Federal Government has unfolded plans to adopt a youth-led initiative in its effort to tackle impacts of climate change. The Minister of Youth Development, Dr Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, made the disclosure at the 13th edition of a Youth Forum held on the sideline of the ongoing 42nd UNESCO General Conference in Paris, France….
Nigerian Tribune Vice President Kashim Shettima has stated that Nigeria is in need of improved public-private infrastructure partnerships for economic growth and the overall development of the country. Shettima also mentioned that President Bola Tinubu has vast experience in both brokering public-private partnerships and understanding how to address the deficit in the country’s infrastructure. The…
Nigerian Tribune Moody’s Investors Service has predicted that interest payments in 2024 will consume almost 40 percent of revenue in Nigeria, the highest among sovereigns not in default. It also added that interest rates will stay high in major economies to combat inflation, keeping Gross Domestic Products (GDP) growth below potential. In its latest report…
Nigerian Tribune The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, last month hinted that Nigeria is expecting $10 billion. Consequently, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) began paying a substantial portion of its outstanding matured foreign exchange (FX) forward. CHIMA NWOKOJI writes on the implications of these developments to the local…
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Kenya could lose up to 7.25% of economic output by 2050 if it does not take strong action to adapt to climate change and mitigate its effects, the World Bank said on Friday. Like other so-called frontier economies, the East African nation has been suffering from the effects…
