Africa trade policy group appoints Ese Owie as Convenor, targets global influence
By Jeremiah Urowayino Trade experts and thought leaders from across the African continent have said Africa has a role in shaping the World Trade Organisation, WTO, reform, noting that the world is at a critical juncture for the multilateral trading system. They said this while launching the Africa Trade Policy Working Group, ATP Working Group, […]
Zenera Consulting boss, Meka bags IMC Fellowship
The Managing Partner of Zenera Consulting, Meka Olowola has joined the list of indigenous consultants conferred a fellowship by the Institute of Management Consultants of Nigeria (IMC).
Piracy attacks: US warns ships over Nigerian waters
The United States of America, through its Maritime Administration, has published the latest Maritime Alert. In the alert, which was released, Wednesday, it warned ships to be wary when approaching Nigerian waters.
Two Nigerians, 14 others win $100,000 each to participate in Expo Dubai 2020
Two Nigerians are among the 16 innovators granted $100,000 each by Expo Dubai 2020 live to participate in the 2020 event. The grant of $100,000 each is to aid the innovators to expand their project and impact the lives of rural dwellers. The two Nigerian innovators are Dr. Emmanuel Owobu co-founder of OMOMI and Misan Rewane, CEO of WAVE
Dubai hosts summit, positions self as Africa investment hub
African officials, including four heads of state, convened with international CEOs at a summit Wednesday in Dubai, part of its push to position itself as a link for huge potential investments on the continent.
How DBN’ll bring down interest rate for MSMEs — Okpanachi
MANAGING Director of the Develop ment Bank of Nigeria (DBN), Mr. Tony Okpanachi, has said that his organization would systematically bring down interest rate on loans to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), in the country. Okpanachi who signed a N5 billion partnership agreement with three microfinance banks in Abuja to commence DBN lending operations, said that lessons had been learnt from defunct Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and that as such DBN has been modeled to operate on a sustainable basis. His words, “We know that some of the DFIs in the past started well but they are no longer in the market. DBN is modeled to be operate on a long-term and on a sustainable basis. For it to be sustainable you have to financially build yourself up. There is a difference between intervention funds that you bring in for a particular purpose to achieve certain things for a period of time and a long-term funding we are providing, which is for a longer term. The idea is for DBN, 50, 60 years down the line, like any other reputable international DFI to be available for funding.”
