Business a.m. - 2021-06-21

• Six decades on, insurance industry struggles to make impact in Nigeria
• Experts see solution in full privatisat­ion of power sector
• The Benefits of Bottom-Up Entreprene­urship
• The New Normal for Innovation
• IMF worry over Nigeria fuel subsidy
• Nigeria’s oil needs technology
• Disinflati­on settling nicely
• Nigeria’s diversific­ation not working
• P&I maritime insurance eludes Nigeria
• Here comes Nissan Navara for Africa
• G7 DFIs, others in $80bn African programme to benefit Nigerian SMEs, businesses
• Kano approves site for gas industrial layout in $2.8bn AKK project
• Nigeria’s to benefit from AfDB’s AUD$600m Australian kangaroo social bond
• Kano to add 50,000 litres to Nigerian annual milk production
• Ikpeazu’s Chicken Republic achievemen­t as metaphor of Southeast governance failings
• NNPC, be more focused on expansion with new plants
• Manufactur­ing poverty on an industrial scale
• MV Xpress Pearl: One maritime disaster too many
• On Nigeria’s Twitter ban and pursuit of Internet sovereignt­y
• The Fickle Charms of Private Global Finance
• How Nigeria’s swimming against Kondratief­f’s wave
• Buy-side sentiments pervade FIM, but naira calm despite CBN boost
• Nigerians crave stability in purchasing power as naira falls amid disinflati­on, oil rally
• Lotus Bank obtains non-interest banking licence from CBN
• SSA’s top 30 firms see 6.7% rise in market cap to $78.7bn in April
• Analysts expect more bearish sessions after halt to bullish trend
• GNI sees retirement portfolio grow 800% to 4.7bn in Q1’21
• Without Psychologi­cal Safety, Hybrid Work Won’t Work
• How to Overcome Cognitive Biases Against Climate Action
• Do You Prefer Cats or Dogs? Why Self-expression Increases Giving
• African-focused insurance products will support business investors against future risks, saya CEO, Africa Specialty Risks
• NCRIB LAC taps Leadway, Sovereign Trust, Cornerston­e to sensitise students on insurance
• May 2021 Inflation- Base effects ease pricing pressures
• Nigeria flags off $7bn NLNG Train 7 constructi­on project
• Ardova’s 100% takeover of Enyo nears completion
• UBA Foundation raises education empowermen­t project across Africa
• ACCI partners CPAA on digital economy policy
• Dangote Cement successful­ly issues N50bn Series 1 bonds
• NGX, LSE suspends trading on GTBank shares to allow bank restructur­e into HoldCo
• Agricultur­e ministry creates online portal to monitor 10 million farmers
• Aluminium trades lower as China price curb persists
• Sugar contract leads coffee, cocoa to weekly plunge
• Int’I cocoa symposium postponed over covid-19 scare
• Copper stumbles to record low amid China’s sale plan
• ‘MMA2 phase two would have been among Africa’s best terminals if….’
• Air Peace begins daily LagosIlori­n, Ilorin-Abuja flights
• United Nigeria, Bayelsa state govt sign service agreement
• AOC delay holds back start-up Green Africa inaugural flights take-off
• All-new Nissan Navara built in Africa for Africa debuts
• VP Osinbajo thumbs up for Hyundai Kona EV after test-drive
• NCC sets ball rolling for new licensing round, eyes higher standards
• Ericsson re-inforces positive expectatio­ns of subscriber­s on 5G mobile network
• Truecaller launches smart SMS to improve user experience
• The importance of Business Impact Analysis
• Canon announces collaborat­ion with major photograph­y, film communitie­s in Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya
• Re-assessing Africa’s relevance in global affairs under climate change (5)

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