April 8, 2018//-Nigeria is yet to benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), after it was signed into law in May, 2008.
Category: Manufacturing
Seven stories from China You Might Have Missed in March
April 8, 2018//-1. China is creating its own clouds In a bid to address water shortages, China is trying to change the weather itself. The new climate-modification system consists of an enormous network of fuel-burning chambers high in the Tibetan mountains, which transform moist monsoon winds from south Asia into rain using a cloud-seeding agent called silver iodide. […]
Selling ‘Waakye’ with Degrees: The Story of Atomic Foods
Accra, March 30, 2018//-What a bold step! Can you imagine your child, brother or sister completes university and after national service comes back to tell you: “I want to sell waakye”?
Zimbabwe President Blames Africa’s Problems on Failure of Leadership
Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 29 March 2018, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Economic recovery and institution building are the challenges faced by all African countries today.
US-China Trade Feud Escalates
March 29, 2018//-Washington and Beijing both promised a new round of unilateral tariffs on each other’s imports bypassing the WTO altogether, intensifying a fight that is sending shockwaves through the global trade order. Jacopo Dettoni reports.
South African Businesses Seek Trade and Investment Opportunities in Nigeria
Pretoria, South Africa, March 26, 2018/ — The South African business delegation taking part in the Outward Trade and Investment Mission (OSM) in Nigeria continued their search for trade and investment opportunities in different sectors of the Nigerian economy.
Gambia: Barrow Shifts Economy Out of Doldrums
March 19, 2018//-The Gambia’s economic growth is expected to gradually accelerate to about 5% by 2020.
African Steel Demand to Hit 3 Million Tonnes Per Year by 2050
Washington D.C., USA, March 14, 2018// — In 2015, The economist published “It’s a STEEL!” analyzing Chinese strategy of their over-production of steel.
Hyundai, Kia Costs Increase with Trump’s Tariffs
Tariffs affect South Korea’s free trade deal with the US. March 13, 2018//-South Korea will “deploy all possible means” to respond to US President Donald Trump‘s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, the country’s finance minister has said.
South Africa’s Listeria Outbreak is Forcing the Country to Rethink its Iconic National Foods
March 6, 2018//-South Africans now have reason to fear some of their favorite foods.