The president stated this at a Presidential Conference with the Participants of Senior Executive Course 42 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies at the State House, Abuja, recently.
He noted that the focal point of the group's research for the year, "Population Growth and Human Capital Development: Challenges and Opportunities," was most appropriate in timing, and the...
Japanese automotive group Nissan is to set up a new regional business unit for Africa as it seeks to boost manufacturing capacity and infiltrate one of the world’s biggest undeveloped new vehicle markets.
The move denotes a revamping of the company's disparate operations on the continent bringing them inside one entity headed by Mike Whitfield. He has previously served as...
Innovation & Technology
Alibaba’s Cainiao says it is in talks with Chinese vaccine makers over Logistics
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Alibaba Group’s Cainiao is in talks with Chinese vaccine makers over COVID-19 vaccine logistics, a representative said recently, as the company launched a partnership with Ethiopian Airlines to transport medicine to the Middle East and Africa.
“We are currently in discussion with some domestic COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers and international organizations on cooperation over COVID-19 vaccine logistics,” the spokeswoman said.
“This is...
Politics
Meet the Nigerian-born Wale Adeyemo, US President-elect Biden’s pick for Deputy Treasury Secretary
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President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, is assembling his team ahead of his inauguration on January 20, 2021
Among Biden's group of top bureau picks and economic advisers are Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo, who served as a senior international financial adviser in the Barack Obama administration and has extensive experience working at the Treasury Department during the Obama administration
Adeyemo will...
Innovation & Technology
The Nigerian government Inaugurates 100KWP Solar Hybrid Mini-Grid in Oyo
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In Nigeria, the government has boosted its electricity generation by inaugurating a 100KWP solar hybrid mini-grid project in Budo-Are community, in Itesiwaju local government area of Oyo State.
While speaking at the official inauguration event, the governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde, noted that the facility which was built by the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) in conjunction with a...
Ken Giami Notes
Ken Giami Notes
You don’t win a race sitting down; you run, in spite of the odds, to win. Set your eyes on the prize, brace up...