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By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- NIGERIA, Emeka Emuwa – Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank Plc, has pronounced that, gender equality and women empowerment are of the essence to the bank. During the launching of Alpher,  the bank’s women banking proposition targeted at enhancing women for success, Emuwa stated, with our track record of supporting women, Alpher is a natural next step for us. “Through Alpher, our focus is to empower women across all segments of the Nigerian society with tailored financial services, and other benefits that improve the quality of their lives. At the launch, the Head of Retail Bank and Digital – Lola Cardoso re-emphasized the needful for women to demonstrate their best at achieving...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Members of the board directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has dispensed the sum of US $22 million as loan to stout Small Medium Enterprises across (SMEs) agribusiness and food industries, tourism, Information Communication Technology (ICT), clean energy, health, transport and manufacturing sectors. The loan, which was disbursed to aid Egypt’s Corporate Leasing Company to unfold its operations in Egypt, would assist to reinforce the economy at a certain height that is expected. Country Manager in Egypt, African Development Bank – Malinne Blomberg described that, the intervention was in line with the bank’s strategic priorities, specifically “Feed Africa”, “Industrialize Africa” and “Improve the...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra, Ghana- The Ministry of Finance says it is working to ensure that levies and charges placed on imports into Ghana are at par with others within the West African sub-region. The Deputy Minister of Finance, Kwaku Kwarteng, explained that though Ghana is a signatory to several trade treaties, the government will be measured in setting rates and charges which will affect businesses. He made the remarks on the sidelines of the commemoration of the World Customs Day in Ghana, on January 31, 2020. “The immediate concern is how we get that negotiation right because we ought to be responsible members of the international community but at the same time; we are sensitive to our domestic imperatives. For example, for the Common External...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- NAMIBIA Airports Company (NAC) has opted in to make do with Namibian companies for contractual work on its airports and other functions with stringent measures that are out of touch with realities. Leake Hangala – Board Chairperson of the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) disclosed on January, 28th 2020 during a media briefing at the Hosea Kutako International Airport. Hangala stated: “We have decided that, we will employ Namibian companies whenever possible. On this project (airport extension), we contracted just Namibian companies and we do not expect them to perform below standard.” He noted, Namibian contractors and entrepreneurs would be prioritized with preferential treatment provided, they...