AMERICAN firms are encountering significant hurdles in securing business opportunities and contracts in Kenya due to demands for bribes from top government officials, according to a recent report released by the US trade office. The report underscores concerns that corruption…
IN a recent report by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), Ghana’s customs practices and port infrastructure were identified as significant barriers to trade, presenting challenges for importers and contributing to delays and inefficiencies. The report, National Trade Estimate…
ZIMBABWE unveiled a new currency, ZiG, on Friday in a strategic move to confront the country’s persistent economic challenges marked by currency depreciation and rejection. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mushayavanhu announced the launch of ZiG, backed by gold reserves and…
ONE of my memorable early experiences in BPE was a political baptism of fire – an encounter that opportunity to cash in on that misfortune. They did something similar in India in the 1990s and it went really wrong but…
THE Lagos State Government recently endorsed a food production agreement with the Niger State Government. The partnership, known as the ‘Produce for Lagos Initiative’, is aimed at ensuring a steady flow of agricultural products to the end consumers. Interestingly, this…
MUCH have been said about the three major contestants in the Edo State gubernatorial election candidates, however, sticking to the ideals of Dr Asue who has said times without number that he would prefer that campaigns are issue-based rather than…
WHEN, in 1814, Europe’s leading statesman, Count Metternich, said that Italy “is only a geographical expression”, the former Deputy of the Kingdom of Italy and the Father of Modern Italy, Giuseppe Garibaldi, didn’t take it as an offence. Instead, the…
A former prominent figure of the Association for Better Nigeria (ABN) and a well-known golfer, Abimbola Davis, has died in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. Davis’s death was confirmed to Punch, by his elder brother, Mr. Azeez Olalekan, also known as…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has appealed for global peace and stability in Africa and other trouble spots around the world, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Tinubu stated this while addressing members of the Diplomatic Corps and Heads of International…
THE National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has said that no fewer than 50,000 Nigerian intending pilgrims will perform the 2024 hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Executive Chairman of NAHCON, Malam Jalal Arabi, disclosed this at a…
