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Year: 2021

Nigeria’s Center For Disease And Control (NCDC) Boss, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Appointed Assistant DG of WHO
BreakingLocalWorld

Nigeria’s Center For Disease And Control (NCDC) Boss, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Appointed Assistant DG of WHO

Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu of Nigeria’s Center for Disease and Control has been appointed Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) in charge of Health Emergency Intelligence with effect from November 1, 2021

byEkeminiSeptember 1, 2021September 1, 2021
OPEC, Other Meet To Decide On Production Increase
AfricaLocalMarket

OPEC, Other Meet To Decide On Production Increase

The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies will meet on Wednesday (today) to decide whether to press…

byakintundeSeptember 1, 2021
Asia stocks mixed; private survey shows Chinese factory activity shrinking in August
MarketWorld

Asia stocks mixed; private survey shows Chinese factory activity shrinking in August

 Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Wednesday, as a private survey showed shrinking Chinese factory activity in August. Mainland Chinese…

byEkeminiSeptember 1, 2021
Gold Listless As Investors Seek Direction From U.S. Jobs Data
World

Gold Listless As Investors Seek Direction From U.S. Jobs Data

Gold prices were little changed on Wednesday as investors awaited a key U.S. jobs report for clues on when the Federal…

byEkeminiSeptember 1, 2021
Stock Futures Rise Following Another Record-Setting Month For The S&P 500
MarketWorld

Stock Futures Rise Following Another Record-Setting Month For The S&P 500

U.S. stock futures were higher in early morning trading on Wednesday after the S&P 500 notched a seven-month win streak…

byEkeminiSeptember 1, 2021
Australia Is Considering New Laws For Apple, Google, WeChat Digital Wallets
TechnologyWorld

Australia Is Considering New Laws For Apple, Google, WeChat Digital Wallets

The Australian government is considering new laws that would tighten the regulation of digital payment services by tech giants such…

byEkeminiSeptember 1, 2021
Walmart To Hire 20,000 Supply Chain Employees As It Ramps Up For The Holidays
BusinessWorld

Walmart To Hire 20,000 Supply Chain Employees As It Ramps Up For The Holidays

Walmart said Wednesday it plans to hire 20,000 employees to help keep merchandise moving ahead of the anticipated holiday shopping rush.…

byEkeminiSeptember 1, 2021September 1, 2021
European Markets Advance, Looking Past Inflation Data
MarketWorld

European Markets Advance, Looking Past Inflation Data

The pan-European Stoxx 600 gained 0.8% in early trade, with retail stocks climbing 1.5% to lead gains while basic resources slipped…

byEkeminiSeptember 1, 2021September 1, 2021
Google Reportedly Plans To Put Its Own Chips In Chromebook Laptops From 2023
TechnologyWorld

Google Reportedly Plans To Put Its Own Chips In Chromebook Laptops From 2023

Google is edging closer to rolling out its own central processing units, or CPUs, for its Chromebook laptops, according to a report from…

byEkeminiSeptember 1, 2021
Treasury Yields Climb Ahead Of ADP employment Report
World

Treasury Yields Climb Ahead Of ADP employment Report

U.S. Treasury yields climbed on Wednesday morning, ahead of the release of ADP’s August national employment report. The yield on…

byEkeminiSeptember 1, 2021September 1, 2021
Google Delays Office Return Until January As COVID-19 Worries Linger
BusinessMarket

Google Delays Office Return Until January As COVID-19 Worries Linger

Alphabet Inc-owned (GOOGL.O) Google is extending its voluntary return-to-office policy through January next year, CEO Sundar Pichai said on Tuesday, citing uncertainty…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
Data And AI Platform Databricks Raises $1.6 Bln, Valued At $38 Bln
Technology

Data And AI Platform Databricks Raises $1.6 Bln, Valued At $38 Bln

Databricks, a data analytics platform that uses artificial intelligence, said on Tuesday it raised $1.6 billion to expand its engineering…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
Dollar At 3-Week Lows As Traders Await Tapering Clues
BusinessMarket

Dollar At 3-Week Lows As Traders Await Tapering Clues

The dollar was trading near three-week lows against a basket of currencies on Tuesday, as investors looked to U.S. jobs…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
Gold Prices Edge Back Towards 1-Month Peak As Dollar, Yields Slip
BusinessMarket

Gold Prices Edge Back Towards 1-Month Peak As Dollar, Yields Slip

Gold prices rose back towards the previous session’s four-week high on Tuesday, supported by a weaker dollar and a fall…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
Dollar Crunch Turns Nigerian Banks Into Africa’s Cheapest Stocks
BusinessMarket

Dollar Crunch Turns Nigerian Banks Into Africa’s Cheapest Stocks

Nigerian banks are some of the cheapest stocks in Africa, more evidence of how a shortage of dollars in the…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021August 31, 2021
Stocks Sit Near Record Highs As Jobs Report Looms
BusinessMarket

Stocks Sit Near Record Highs As Jobs Report Looms

A gauge of global equities headed for its seventh consecutive month of gains on Tuesday, but stocks and the dollar…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
S.Korea’s Parliament Passes Bill To Curb Google, Apple Commission Dominance
Technology

S.Korea’s Parliament Passes Bill To Curb Google, Apple Commission Dominance

South Korea’s parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that bans major app store operators such as Google and Apple from…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021August 31, 2021
Euro Zone Inflation Surges To 10-Year-High, In Headache For ECB
BusinessMarket

Euro Zone Inflation Surges To 10-Year-High, In Headache For ECB

Euro zone inflation surged to a 10-year-high in August with further rises likely, challenging the European Central Bank’s benign view…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
Prosus Doubles Down On India With $4.7 Bln Deal For BillDesk
BusinessMarket

Prosus Doubles Down On India With $4.7 Bln Deal For BillDesk

Prosus NV (PRX.AS) doubled down on its investment in India on Tuesday with a $4.7 billion deal for payments platform BillDesk, making…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
Canada’s Economy Posts Surprise Contraction In Q2 Amid Election Campaign
BusinessMarket

Canada’s Economy Posts Surprise Contraction In Q2 Amid Election Campaign

Canada’s economy unexpectedly shrank in the second quarter and likely had far less momentum than had been expected heading into…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
Apple Watch Production Delayed – Nikkei
Technology

Apple Watch Production Delayed – Nikkei

Production of Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) latest smartwatch has been delayed due to its complicated design, the Nikkei reported on Tuesday, citing people…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
Zoom Shares Slide 11% As Searing Growth Tapers Off
Technology

Zoom Shares Slide 11% As Searing Growth Tapers Off

Shares of Zoom (ZM.O) slid more than 11% in premarket trading on Tuesday, after the video conferencing company signaled a faster-than-expected drop…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
Analysis: U.S. Liberals See Dwindling Legal Options To Challenge Voting Curbs
BusinessWorld

Analysis: U.S. Liberals See Dwindling Legal Options To Challenge Voting Curbs

During the bitter legal battles over the 2020 presidential election, conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled an embrace of a…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
Biden Administration Aims To Cut Costs For Solar, Wind Projects On Public Land
BusinessWorld

Biden Administration Aims To Cut Costs For Solar, Wind Projects On Public Land

 The Biden administration plans to make federal lands cheaper to access for solar and wind power developers after the clean…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
Digital Currency Gains Traction As Central Bank Of Nigeria Appoints Technical Partner
BusinessLocalMarket

Digital Currency Gains Traction As Central Bank Of Nigeria Appoints Technical Partner

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday announced the formal engagement of global fintech company, Bitt Inc., as technical partner…

byEkeminiAugust 31, 2021
US Ready To Identify Boko Haram Sponsors
AfricaLocal

US Ready To Identify Boko Haram Sponsors

The United States has expressed its readiness to help Nigeria to identify sponsors of terrorism in the country. The US…

byakintundeAugust 31, 2021
Central Bank Of Nigeria Urges NLC and TUC To Support Its 5-Year Economic Strategy
AfricaLocal

Central Bank Of Nigeria Urges NLC and TUC To Support Its 5-Year Economic Strategy

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to…

byakintundeAugust 31, 2021August 31, 2021
Experts Peg Nigeria’s Infrastructure Gap at $3tn
AfricaLocal

Experts Peg Nigeria’s Infrastructure Gap at $3tn

Research experts have estimated that Nigeria has an infrastructure gap of $3 trillion, which according to them is about six…

byakintundeAugust 31, 2021
Nigeria To Launch $3bn Eurobond On October 11, With Lagos, NY Roadshows
AfricaLocal

Nigeria To Launch $3bn Eurobond On October 11, With Lagos, NY Roadshows

The federal government has set October 11, as the date to shop for new creditors to help finance the 2021…

byakintundeAugust 31, 2021August 31, 2021
Central Bank of Nigeria  Engages British fintech To Develop Digital Currency
AfricaBankingLocal

Central Bank of Nigeria Engages British fintech To Develop Digital Currency

The Central Bank of Nigeria, on Monday, announced the formal engagement of a global fintech company, Bitt Inc., as the…

byakintundeAugust 31, 2021August 31, 2021

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