In 2022, songs classed as Afrobeats, the trendy genre that has kept millions on their feet in the last dozen years and spurred the introduction of an African music category at the Grammy Awards only two weeks ago – cumulatively reached 13 billion streams on streaming platform Spotify. Since 2017, …
Read More »BAT wins award for contributing to Nigeria, West Africa’s non-oil exports
This award comes weeks after British America Tobacco was nominated alongside Dangote Group and Indorama Corporation for the Best Exporter of the Year Category. While conferring the honor, Dr. Ezra Yakusak, Executive Director and Chief Executive, NEPC, explained that the council recognized all the non-oil exporters who have achieved notable …
Read More »Ukraine and Russia sign United Nations-backed deal to restart grain exports to solve global food crisis (photos/video)
????? Russia and Ukraine have agreed to restart shipments of blockaded grain, in a step toward easing a global crisis that has exposed tens of millions of people, especially in Africa and the Middle East, to the threat of acute hunger, the U.N. secretary general announced on Friday, July 22. …
Read More »Video: Ukraine and Russia Agree on a Deal to Resume Grain Exports
The United Nations and Turkey helped broker the deal, which aims to alleviate the global food crisis by freeing more than 20 million tons of grain stuck in Ukraine’s blockaded Black Sea ports.
Read More »India bans wheat exports as heat wave hurts crop, domestic prices soar | CNN Business
India banned wheat exports on Saturday — days after saying it was targeting record shipments this year — as a scorching heat wave curtailed output and domestic prices hit a record high. The government said it would still allow exports backed by already issued letters of credit and to countries …
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