WTO Can Deliver Results If Members “Accept We Can Do Things Differently”-WTO DG
DR. NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA appeals to World Trade Organisation members to “do things differently” to achieve reforms necessary to keep the...
DIPLOMATIC ECONOMY
WTO Members Discuss TRIPS Waiver, LDC Transition Period And Green Tech Role For Small Business
By Josephine Akaerr, Special Correspondent Members continued discussions on the role of intellectual property amid a pandemic and how the...
Huawei Listed Anew As Threat To US National Security
US regulators on Friday listed Huawei among Chinese telecom gear firms deemed a threat to national security, signalling that a...
ICT Development: Nigeria Canvasses Increased Regional Collaboration Among West African Countries
Nigerian government has called for increased regional collaboration for the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ecosystem inorder to...
Namibian High Commissioner Praises FRSC, Seeks Its Cooperation To Mitigate Crashes In Namibia
By Angeline Mgbele, Correspondent Abuja In search for strategic initiatives that could lead to reduction of crashes and fatalities in...
Canadian Minister Mary Ng To Address The Biggest African Mining Event In North America, Virtually
By Godson Umejiego, Correspondent USA Amidst COVID-19, leaders in African mining, exploration, financing, development, operations and public policy will assemble...
SMIC Extends Dutch Equipment Deal
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) extended a manufacturing equipment purchase deal with Netherlands-based ASML, giving the Shanghai-headquartered company more time...
Europe Announces Major Release, Review Of Public-private 5G Funds To Spur Economy
By James Blackman The European Commission has published a major review of funding for 5G-based and 5G-related industrial transformation, including €10 billion(US$12.18billion) of new public-private partnership (PPP) funding to drive the region’s digital and green agendas, and a series of “ambitious” recommendations to raise venture funding in home-gown 5G networks and 5G-based IoT applications. The commission has proposed 10 new ‘institutionalised European partnerships’, some building on existing projects, between the European Union (EU) and either member states or industry players. The EU will provide €10 billion of funding, which will...
Delegation Of Nigeria’s Ministry Of Petroleum Resources Holds A Bilateral Meeting With The Ministry Of Mines And Hydrocarbons Of Equatorial Guinea
By Precious John, Special Correspondent Minister of Mines and Hydrocarbons of Equatorial Guinea H.E. Gabriel Mbaga Obiang Lima met with Minister of State Petroleum Resources of Nigeria H.E. Timipre Sylva, at the presidential palace in Malabo intending to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries. The meeting included a signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will consolidate new opportunities for the hydrocarbons sector for both countries and, allow the counterparts to collaborate on maritime piracy protection strategies as security remains a major concern for energy infrastructure, with attacks...
Cameroon’s Tradex Inaugurates Its First Service Station In Equatorial Guinea As Part Of Its Expansion Plan
By Precious John, Special Correspondent Equatorial Guinea’s Head of State H.E. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo officially inaugurated Cameroonian oil operator, Tradex’s first service station last week after nine months of construction work. The new filling station located in Malabo II was constructed by Equatoguinean company, Alammarin For Construction SL and has a storage capacity of 100,000 litres of fuel and 300 tanks of 12.5kg of butane gas. The launch of Tradex’s flagship filling station in the country signals its entrance into Equatorial Guinea’s petroleum products market and, forms part of...