CTO 2009: Participants adopt PPP strategy for investment promotion in ICTs
By Emeka Aginam, Asst Online Editor From policy and regulation, through funding and operations to technological advancement, participants at the just concluded 2nd annual conference on investing in ICTs in emerging markets held in United Kingdom recently rose up from the conference calling for the adopting a common position to promote effective partnerships in ICTs […]
Financial reporting tops African insurers’ CEOs forum
Nigerian insurance chief executive officers are to gather in Cameroon March this year for a two-day seminar on Global Financial Crisis: Challenges for the African Insurance Industry.
Insurers compliance to market agreement uncertain
Efforts by Nigeria’s association of insurers to get underwriters comply with market agreement reached last year may have suffered setbacks as unconfirmed reports say players do not trust each to play according to rules but are continuing the business of premium purchase this renewals.
Insurance brokers set to tackle image proble
Insurance brokers are set tocorrect the image problem confronting the broking arm this year following the several accusations of non-remittance of premium and sidelining brokers in business dealings
Intercontinental Wapic asset rises to N12.9bn
Intercontinental Wapic Insurance Plc, has said that it total asset rose to N12.9bn in 2008, 6.6 per cent above of N12.1bn in 2007.
Central banks cut down dollar reserves, Goldman Sachs
CENTRAL Banks ofemerging market countries have cut down their dollar reserve for the second consecutive quarter, says Goldman Sachs Group In
How far can the federal government go in implementing 2010 budget?
The 2010 Appropriation Bill (“Appropriation Billâ€) like previous Appropriation Bills, is stated to aim at channeling public resources towards areas that make the greatest contribution to government’s economic-wide objectives. That is, fiscal discipline at the macroeconomic level, allocative efficiency at the sectoral level and operational efficiency at the organizational level.
Impact study links agricultural research with poverty reduction
A study on the impact of agricultural research on productivity and poverty in sub_Saharan Africa (SSA) shows that agricultural research is reducing the number of poor people in the region by 2.3 million annually.
Ruma confirms plans to auction 1,000 tractors
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources plans to auction about 1,000 tractors and implements purchased in 2007 at the cost of N6 billion, an investigation by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has revealed.
Cassava processing: Ekiti State plans for integrated bio-gas
Ekiti State government has concluded plans to establish an integrated bio-gas powered Cassava processing facility in Arugba, a town in Omuo_Ekiti in collaboration with a private company, Arog Bio Allied Agro Services.
ASHON pledges closer relationship with regulators to curb sharp practices
ASSOCIATION of Stock broking Houses of Nigeria (ASHON) has pledged to work closely with the regulators in the Nigerian capital market to curb or minimise sharp practices among operators in the market in 2010
