Afreximbank, ITFC Sign $250m for Trade-Based Economic Recovery

By Adedapo Adesanya The Director-General (DG) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the President of Kenya, Mr William Ruto, will hold a discussion on positive climate growth, investment, and trade in Africa tomorrow (Tuesday, September 19). The conversation, hosted by the Africa Center in partnership with Global Citizen, Climate Action Platform Africa (CAP-A), and the Government of Kenya, will take place at The Africa Center at Aliko Dangote Hall in New York City. Speaking on the programme, Mr Uzodinma Iweala, CEO of The Africa Center, said the conversation was coming at a time when Africa is

By Kestér Kenn Klomegâh The 17th Toronto Global Forum was held under the theme Fostering Economic Resilience from October 11-13, 2023, in Toronto Canada. According to reports, the forum gathered over 170 speakers and more than 3,000 attendees from all over the world. The central themes at the Toronto Global Forum revolved around the global economy, infrastructure, finance, innovation, energy and sustainable development. Through its ability to foster connections and collaboration, the Toronto Global Forum stands as an exceptional and distinctive platform bringing together decision-makers from all spheres of society to tackle the most pressing issues of the changing times.

By Kestér Kenn Klomegâh Russia, the largest country in the world by area, has a population of 147.2 million, according to the population census. In the 2021 census, it was said that roughly 81% of the population were ethnic Russians, and 19% of the population were ethnic minorities. Demographers say Russia has become increasingly reliant on immigration to maintain its population. Russia’s population is increasingly decreasing since the start of its invasion of neighbouring Ukraine in late February 2022. The demographic crisis has deepened primarily due to high military fatalities while simultaneously facing renewed brain drain and human capital flight

By Adedapo Adesanya The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has urged entrepreneurs in Nordic countries and Ireland to make Africa their business and investment destination. According to a statement, the call was made by the lender’s Chief Economist, Mr Kevin Chika Urama, on a spate of official visits to Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden between September 25 – 29. He said Africa’s population boom is projected to make it the world’s most populous region by the end of the century, with up to 3.4 billion people offering huge business and investment opportunities to the rest of the world. “With

FBNQuest Merchant Bank, the investment banking and asset management subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc, took the nuggets of financial literacy to secondary school students across the country to commemorate the 2019 Global Money Week (GMW) which took place on March 25 – 31, 2019. The 2019 Global Money Week was themed “Learn Save Earn”. Representatives of FBNQuest Merchant Bank, imparted over 800 students with the knowledge required to make wise financial decisions as they proceed with their academic and career pursuit in life. They emphasised the importance of being grounded on the essentials of financial literacy which include budgeting, learning

By Adedapo Adesanya Popular instant messaging service, WhatsApp, has started rolling out a feature that allows users to chat with themselves or save messages. Sending messages to one’s own account can be a way to keep a piece of information easily accessible, right next to other WhatsApp conversations. Called Message Yourself, the feature lets users send notes, reminders and shopping lists to themselves on WhatsApp. On Monday, the Meta-owned instant messaging app announced the rollout of the new self-messaging feature that will reach all its Android and iPhone users in the coming weeks. Users will see their contact at the

By Dipo Olowookere Manchester City have retained the English Premier League title after winning their last match of the season at the Amex Stadium. The blue side of Manchester defeated Brighton and Hove Albion by four goals to one to win the premiership for the second time in a row. The title race was stretched to the last game of the season after the Pep Guardiola’s team won at the Etihad Stadium on Monday by a lone strike against Leicester City. Liverpool, which were in the race to snatch the title from City, won their last match against Wolves by

By Nneka Okumazie If a country has people whose means of income is street hawking, with stuff on their heads, or in their hands, from street to street, or across roads, shouldn’t it be possible that that country can have people willing to work, at varying conditions to bring lots of productivity to that country? If another country has people who cling to buses, leaping out and on, seeking those heading to their destinations, shouldn’t that country also have people with very open work willingness? There are lots of unanswered questions about many places in the world, with the kinds

By Dipo Olowookere The board of directors of Oando Plc will be meeting on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, the energy firm has disclosed. The meeting is mainly to consider the financial statements of the leading oil company for the period ended December 31, 2017. “This is to inform the public and our stakeholders that the Board of Directors of Oando Plc will be meeting to consider the 2017 Audited Financial Statements of Oando Plc on Tuesday, March 27, 2018,” a statement signed by Ayotola Jagun, Chief Compliance Officer of the firm said. Consequently, in compliance with the Nigerian Stock Exchange

By Adedapo Adesanya Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp has raised an alarm over a dangerous new malware in fake YouTube and WhatsApp apps. The company in its latest Quarterly Adversarial Threat Report 2022 said the new threat named Dracarys is being injected into fake versions of popular apps such as WhatsApp and YouTube. According to the report, this malware strain is capable of stealing call logs, contact information, files, SMS texts, geolocation, and device details from an Android device as well as taking photos secretly, enabling the phone or tablet’s microphone. The latest report revealed

By Modupe Gbadeyanka On Monday, the Oyo State Government decried the low turnout of pupils in public schools as schools resume the first term of the state’s 2022/2023 academic session. The Executive Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (Oyo SUBEB), Mr Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, expressed his disappointment when he monitored some schools in Ibadan to ascertain the preparedness of teachers and pupils for the resumption of the new academic session. He appealed to parents and guardians to release their wards to resume school. He also urged parents in the rural areas not to stop their children from