Nigeria: Telecom Contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Hits 16 per cent in the Second Quarter of 2023- report

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra Ghana- The telecoms sector’s contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased significantly to 16 per cent in the second quarter of 2023, according to the data reported by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) based on the computation by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, stated this in a keynote address delivered at the annual Telecom Executives and Regulators Forum (TERF) hosted by the Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria (ATCON). According to Danbatta, from a 14.13 per cent contribution in the first quarter of 2023, and up from the hitherto 15 per cent all-time-high record contributed in the second quarter of 2022, the...
Posted On 20 Sep 2023
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Philip Mpango: Vice President of Tanzania called for a Global Partnership to address the existing Demographic Emergency

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– From the Office of Vice President, it was believed that the Vice President of Tanzania Mpango appealed in the 5th Budapest Demographic Summit, a symposium held in the The Hungarian capital of Budapest, where politicians and experts dialogue about demographic issues. “We need, more than ever before, a global coalition for the well-being of the family,” he told the summit, calling on the world’s governments to make and implement policies, programs, and laws that guarantee the security and sustainability of the family. “We also call upon international collaboration and solidarity to support Africa to contain the spillovers of its demographic challenges,” Mpango let out, putting…increasing migration,...
Posted On 19 Sep 2023
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Dr. Akinwumi Adesina: President of the AfDB raised an eyebrow at the Improvement to Failing Global Financial Architecture

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– The Bank’s President Adesina made the call at Oxford University, London, during the onset ceremony for the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) Class of 2023, Saïd Business School. He declared unless global leaders give a premium to financing for development, opportunities for governments to attain the joint dream of a more just and equitable world would be a mirage. He said: “We must ensure equal opportunities for all. Regardless of one’s economic, social, or racial background, we must create a level playing field for a more just, fair, and equitable world; a better world for 940 million people who are without electricity; a better place for three billion people without clean cooking energy — a...
Posted On 18 Sep 2023
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Uganda: Will start to export Milk products to Algeria in October

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– This year following the completion of the procurement processes between the two countries. …It was disclosed by the Executive Director of the Dairy Development Authority (DDA), at the opening of the 16th African Dairy Conference in Kampala on Monday, September 11th, 2023. Akankiza let out as part of the pact autographed with Algeria in March of 2013 they are presumed to export 1.4 billion liters for the first quota. He spoke out the exporters are Amos Diaries, Brookside Diaries, and Pearl Diaries. liters on one side, it is the government buying, and on this side, it is the private companies selling, there was a need7 to go the site the country’s procurement procedures, which all through our major suppliers...
Posted On 14 Sep 2023
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