Comment on this story Comment Nigerians have until the end of January to exchange their highest-value banknotes for freshly-issued bills. The aim is to bring an estimated 2.7 trillion naira ($6 billion) that circulates in informal channels into the regular banking system. But cash is the lifeblood of Africa’s biggest economy and there’s concern that … Read more
The Sunday Mail Trade FocusAllan Majuru ZIMBABWE’s horticulture sub-sector offers immense opportunities for the country’s export growth. To unlock potential, President Mnangagwa’s Government is implementing an array of programmes to boost agricultural production, and, at the same time, exports of horticultural produce. For example, the Presidential Rural Horticulture Programme, launched by President Mnangagwa in December … Read more
TikTokers have created an entire underground economy based on a fake currency called ‘dabloons.’ Dabloons work on an honor system and can be used to purchase imaginary goods like food and housing. But real-world concerns like inflation and fraud have rocked its fake economy in recent weeks. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! … Read more
The real estate unit of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s Adani Enterprises has won the right to redevelop India’s largest slum, Mumbai’s Dharavi neighborhood, with a 50 billion rupee ($612 million) bid, a state official said on Tuesday. Believed to be the largest slum in Asia, Dharavi is a crowded area that houses thousands of poor … Read more
Urban built-up heights were plotted across the United States as part of a new global atlas released by a research group that includes Iowa State University associate professor of geological and atmospheric sciences Yuyu Zhou. A visualization tool for the relative built-up heights in each 1-kilometer square grid is available online. Screenshot image courtesy … Read more
SINGAPORE, Nov. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — With Southeast Asia’s booming digital economy projected to surpass the US$300 billion mark by 2026, digital payments continue to present tremendous growth opportunities for businesses, according to a new IDC report commissioned by global payments platform 2C2P and global membership association for payments and fraud prevention professionals Merchant Risk … Read more
Interest rates are creeping higher, and the word “recession” is on everyone’s lips. But so far, only a few financial commentators are warning of something much worse that could abruptly change the rules of the game: The threat of a financial crisis. On Wednesday, the Bank of Canada is preparing to announce what’s expected to be another large hike … Read more
🔊 Listen to this Article To a large extent, NBFC sales growth is still linear in terms of employee strength. This will not remain sustainable in the face of extreme competition and organisations will have to depend heavily on analytics (in its multiple avatars) to augment / transform business processes. To know more about the … Read more
Gerald O’Brien lived a very public life – he was a New Zealand MP, anti-war activist and president of the World Peace Council, but not even those closest to him knew of his secret, all-consuming lifelong art project, which resulted in a vast and complex imaginary world. Hidden in the late politician’s basement were O’Brien’s … Read more
Targeted News Service (Press Releases) WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (TNSres) — America’s Health Insurance Plans issued the following news release: * * * Costs underscore the need for new solutions to improve health care competition to improve affordability and access for everyone * * * American deserve to know how their premium dollars are used. To … Read more