Tag: Bloomberg

Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy – Bloomberg

March 5, 2020

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

May 22, 2019

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

April 23, 2019

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

September 24, 2018

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

March 22, 2018

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

January 19, 2018

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

September 22, 2017

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

August 5, 2015

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

May 25, 2015

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

February 25, 2013

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