Tag: China

Nigeria’s Buhari to sign loan deal from China during visit next week-spokesman

Wed Apr 6, 2016/Reuters By Felix Onuah and Ulf Laessing Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will sign a loan deal with China during a visit next week, his spokesman said on Wednesday, helping to finance badly-needed infrastructure projects. “I can’t tell you how much until the day the loan will be […]

Asia shares dragged lower by Japan, dollar still groggy

Fri Apr 1, 2016/Reuters By Wayne Cole A rout in Japanese shares led Asian markets lower on Friday as a gloomy suite of surveys on Japanese manufacturing sparked heavy fund selling and overshadowed upbeat news from China’s vast factory sector. A renewed slip in oil prices added to the cautious […]

AfDB Tasks African Ambassadors on Economic Diplomacy

March 28, 2016/AfDB The President of the African Development Bank Group, Akinwumi Adesina, has urged African diplomats to work harder on promoting the development of the continent by exploring business opportunities that can mutually benefit their hosts as well as their home countries. Africa, he said, can learn very useful […]