THE Central African Republic on Wednesday became the first African country to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency, becoming only the second in the world to do so. A bill governing the use of cryptocurrency was adopted unanimously by parliament…
KANO State Agro-Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, has awarded contract worth N68, 652, 601. 21, for the construction of a Veterinary Reference laboratory at Gwale Vet Clinic, in Kano. Veterinary reference laboratories are service facilities where several vital functions related to…
ZAMBIAN President Hakainde Hichilema thanked China on Monday for joining international efforts to help his country to restructure its debt after China committed to joining Zambia’s creditor committee at International Monetary Fund meetings last week. Meanwhile IMF Managing Director Kristalina…
GLOBAL food and fuel price shocks linked to the Russia-Ukraine war are set to last until at least the end of 2024 and raise the risk of stagflation, the World Bank said in its latest Commodities Market Outlook report. In its first…
THE Russia-Ukraine conflict has deepened Ghana’s macroeconomic imbalances in the short term, threatening its growth in the medium term, said a Ghanaian expert on Friday. Lesley Dwight Mensah, a research fellow at the Institute of Fiscal Studies, a local economic…
TANZANIAN authorities announced on Thursday plans to boost production of avocado in the 2022/2023 financial year that begins on July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. During the 2022/2023 financial year, the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institution (TARI) will be tasked…
THE Managing Director and chief executive officer of the kano distribution company Dr. Jamilu Isyaku Gwamna has said that customers of KEDCO in Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa states will be experiencing an Increase in provision efficient power supply. Gwamna stated…
LAST week President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the boards of Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) alongside that of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) for effective administration after the expiration of the tenure of the previous boards. Comrade…
ETHIOPIA generated $390 million in export revenue from the manufacturing industry sector over the past nine months, the country’s Ministry of Industry has disclosed. The revenue marked 87 percent of the initial target that was set by the East African…
THE National President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Dr Bayo Olubgemi has said the Banking industry still remain as one of the Major ingridient of National developments and sources of employment to many Nigerians. Making the…
