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Tag: Bloomberg
Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy – Bloomberg
Nigerian economy has recovered—slowly after it suffered a recession in 2016. New data from Bloomberg shows that Nigeria is now Africa’s largest economy, pushing South ... Read More
Nigeria keen to join Africa free trade zone – Minister
Nigeria’s minister of industry, trade and investment on Monday said the West African nation will sign the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement as soon as ... Read More
Libya: Serraj warns against export of Gulf crisis to Libya
Head of the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) Monday expressed fears that Libya could become a terrain of proxy war between Qatar and its ... Read More
Libya Expects Higher Oil Output despite Clashes in Tripoli
Libya’s oil production climbed to the highest since 2013 and can go even higher if security at the nation’s energy facilities can be improved, the ... Read More
IFC to Expand Infrastructure Investment in Morocco, Tunisia
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, said it plans to invest $373 million in Maghreb nations, mostly in Morocco and ... Read More
Libya: BP, Shell cueing up to buy oil
British Petroleum and its sister Dutch Shell have inked deals with the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) to buy ship-ments of Libyan oil, Libya Herald ... Read More
Attijariwafa Bank Expects Egypt’s Unit to be its Major Growth Driver
Leading Moroccan bank, Attijariwafa Bank, is expecting its newly acquired Egyptian unit to be its major growth driver in coming years and is planning to ... Read More
ISIS sets price for child slave, UN official confirms
UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, said Tuesday she saw a ‘price list’ for child slaves in the hands ... Read More
Peugeot to build its MENA region plant in Morocco
The French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen plans to open a plant in Morocco to meet the needs of the Maghreb and other African markets, a ... Read More
Egypt: reserve recession rate could decline soon
Governor Hisham Ramez of the central bank has said that the foreign cash reserve recession rate may decline by next month. The central earlier on ... Read More