Posted on September 5th, 2008 by Barney Akwenuke
Vietnam has become the world’s largest cashew nut exporter. It has successfully exported 81,000 tonnes of cashew nuts to foreign markets in the first 7 months of the year 2008 registering a 2.2% rise and has received an inflow of 490 million USD which is around 50% in value as compared to the year 2007. […]
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Filed under: Agriculture, Food Processing, Micro Credit, Nigeria, Relationship
Posted on August 8th, 2008 by Barney Akwenuke
Nigeria is endowed with numerous mineral resources. Recent policy reforms have brought the solid minerals sector to the fore. The emphasis is on encouraging massive foreign investors’ participation in this sector.
PROFILE OF SOLID MINERALS DEPOSITS IN NIGERIA
TALC
An estimated reserve of over 100 million tones of talc has been obtained […]
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Filed under: Connection, Mining, Nigeria
Posted on June 19th, 2008 by Barney Akwenuke
India and Nigeria have a long history of fruitful relationships for the past several decades. The relationship between these two rapidly growing nations started a couple of years before Nigeria became independent. The challenges before India and Nigeria are similar: economic development and the removal of poverty, illiteracy and ill-health. And the solution […]
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Filed under: Connection, India, Nigeria, Power Generation, Relationship
Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by Barney Akwenuke
Scrambling for Kerosene in Nigeria is a regular occurrence.
The Federal Government of Nigeria currently needs $1billion to establish three central processing facilities for gas production in the country, the Chief Economic Adviser to the President, Mr. Tanimu Yakubu has disclosed. Speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja, Yakubu said the facilities, to be located […]
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Filed under: Connection, India, Nigeria, Oil and Gas, Power Generation, Project Finance
Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Barney Akwenuke
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (1), Alhaji Tijjani Kaura , has disclosed that the federal government will require 600 billion dollars foreign investment to make Nigeria one of the top 20 economies in the world by 2020.
He made the disclosure in Abuja when he received a group of investors, known as […]
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Filed under: Mining, Nigeria, Project Finance
Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by Barney Akwenuke
Nigeria is predominantly still an agricultural society. It is blessed with agricultural resources. Approximately 70 percent of the population engages in agricultural production at a subsistence level. Most parts of the country experience rich soil, and good rainfall. Nearly 80 percent of the land is cultivable, and about 13 percent of the land is forested. […]
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Filed under: Agriculture, Food Processing, Nigeria, Relationship
Posted on April 16th, 2008 by Barney Akwenuke
With Global warming posing greatest threat to our life, renewable energy seems to be an essential solution. Solar and wind power have tremendous potential to generate electricity. Being non pollutant and abundant in supply, they can perhaps be the panaceas for global warming and a permanent alternate energy source for the future generations. A number […]
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Filed under: Nigeria, Power Generation, Project Finance, Solar and Wind Energy
Posted on April 15th, 2008 by Barney Akwenuke
Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising thirty six states and one Federal Capital Territory. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north. Its […]
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Filed under: Nigeria