Updates

USDA Awards Funds for Fiscal Year 2022 Market Development Programs

December 3, 2021/USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has awarded fiscal year 2022 funding to more than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations to help expand commercial export markets for U.S. goods. The Market Access Program (MAP) focuses on consumer promotion, including brand promotion for small companies and […]

NGA Holds Industry Forum to Explore Opportunities for Gas in Nigeria’s PIA Regime

December 3, 2021/Modion Communications In consonance with the Federal Government of Nigeria’s vision in pivoting to natural gas as key driver of the nation’s economic development in the energy transition era, the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA), the largest gas industry’s advocacy group is gathering leading stakeholders to explore the progress […]

First Deputy Managing Director Geoffrey Okamoto to Leave IMF, Gita Gopinath to Be IMF’s New First Deputy Managing Director

December 2, 2021/IMF The IMF said today that First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) Geoffrey Okamoto will leave the Fund early next year and that Gita Gopinath, currently the IMF’s Chief Economist, is proposed to be the Fund’s new First Deputy Managing Director. In making the announcement Kristalina Georgieva, the IMF’s […]