Business
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Employment: Nigeria Boosts Informal Sector With More Opportunities
Nov 28, 2014By David Atilola The Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity has been recently strengthened and given a boost for more efficiency and effectiveness, through the recruitment of more labor and factory officers. This was made known... -
Exploring Plateau State’s Hidden Vibrant Economy In Metal Fabrication And Recycling Of Steel
Nov 19, 2014In the special feature, RuralReporters.com explores the economy vibrancy of YanTinka, a Metal Fabricators Market in Jos, Plateau state. Esther Onyinyechi Mark reports. The place is a beehive of activities. Their products adorn the environment. You... -
LEAP Africa Inducts 20 Young Fellows For Its 2014 Social Innovators Programme
Nov 15, 2014As part of an initiative to empower young change-makers in Nigeria, a Lagos based organization- Leadership, Effectiveness, Accountability and Professionalism (LEAP) Africa, is creating a network of young African social innovators through its Social Innovators Programme... -
Youth Embrace Entrepreneurship to Tackle Unemployment in Nigeria
Oct 28, 2014Fashogbon Abiodun David, 34, is the CEO of Fashi Fizzie, a fashion boutique, and Fizzie Republic, a marketing company, in Ibadan, a small city in southwestern Nigeria. David says he started his business a decade ago... -
Use Of Motorcycles In Nigeria: To Ban Or Not To Ban?
Oct 27, 2014What do you think about the current move by the federal government to ban the use of motorcycles in Nigeria? Smart move or not? One cannot but imagine how commuters living in “un-motor-able” communities will... -
IRENA Supports Energy Access Initiatives For Africa And Asia
Oct 16, 2014By Wallace Mawire The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) recently organized a weeklong knowledge sharing workshop for energy business incubators and entrepreneurs from Asia and Africa from 22 to 27thof September, 2014. The programme is anchored... -
Zimbabwe To Develop A Stand-Alone Renewable Energy Policy
Oct 7, 2014By Wallace Mawire Zimbabwe is developing a stand-alone renewable energy policy to provide guidelines and a roadmap for the renewable energy sector, according to Engineer Gloria Magombo, Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) Chief Executive Officer. Magombo... -
Speak Out: A Ray Of Hope For Unemployed Youths In Nigeria
Sep 21, 2014Some Nigerians were asked, “How can Nigerian graduates tackle the challenge of unemployment?” Their responses: Nigerian graduates should learn how to write a good CV. “We should pay closer attention to the curriculum vitae of applicants.... -
Controversy Trails Commissioner’s Advertorial On Completion Of Lagos Roads
Sep 10, 2014Dr. Femi Hamzat, Commissioner for Lagos State Ministry of Works, in a newspaper advertorial on The Nation newspaper edition of August 2014, stated that it had completed 20 roads in Mushin Local Government. Among the roads... -
Nigeria is facing its worst oil crisis in years, as the country is losing billions of dollars due to theft
Sep 9, 2014In Southern Ijaw in Bayelsa State, Al Jazeera’s Rawya Rageh follows an oil theft arrest and the destruction of multiple illegal refineries for stolen crude. “Despite these efforts, oil theft in Nigeria is at its highest levels in...