Updates

Policies on food processing necessary to strengthen Africa’s agriculture

9/9/2016/AfDB The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina, has addressed the challenge of post-harvest losses in Africa, while outlining the importance of policy regulations to end the losses in a continent that spends US $35 billion on food imports each year. “Massive quantities of food crops, fresh fruits and […]

FG Holds Stakeholders Consultation on Pilot Issuance of Green Bond

Sept 10, 2016/Federal Ministry of Environment The Federal Ministry of Environment has held a Stakeholders’ Consultation on the pilot issuance of Green bonds in Nigeria as part of moves to explore innovative sources of funding for its climate action plans towards sustainable development. Nigeria like most countries around the world, […]

Nigerian Stocks End Week Down 0.65% WoW

By Yakubu LAAH InverstAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) all-share index (ASI) and market capitalisation ended the week lower by 0.65% to close at 27,577.52 points and N9.473 trillion respectively. “Similarly, all other Indices finished lower during the week, with the exception of the NSE Main Board Index, NSE […]