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Nigeria offers oil blocks for bidding

Nigeria has announced 17 new oil blocks for bidding by investors. It brings the total blocks on offer by the country to 36 for the 2024 oil bid round. Tesem Akende reports from Jos.

19 June, 2024 24

Africa

Nigeria revokes dormant mining licences, opens opportunity for investors

Nigeria's government has revoked with immediate effect, 924 dormant licences across four sectors in the mining industry. It has also invited investors to freely apply for the affected licences which it says will be offered on a "first come, first served" basis.

25 April, 2024 36

Business / Economics

Namibia’s digital nomad visa takes lead over South Africa’s

South Africa is following in Namibia's footsteps. This as the country is planning a policy reform with new visa regulations. SA is introducing the digital nomad visa for remote work if earnings exceed R1 million. Bloomberg News reports that a point-based system will replace the critical skills list, with criteria set for publication by the end of April. Also, requirements for police clearance certificates and other documents are being relaxed. […]

9 April, 2024 53

Africa

Namibia, Ghana hold B2B networking session

The Namibian Tourism Board (NTB) on Monday held a business-to-business (B2B) networking session with over 21 tourism industry partners from Ghana to position Namibia as a tourism destination and investment opportunity. Speaking at the event in Windhoek, NTB Head of Marketing, Charmaine Matheus, explained that the B2B engagement aims to promote Namibia as a tourism destination and investment opportunity amongst Ghanaians in various sectors of the economy, including tourism. “Linking […]

21 November, 2023 15