Reports show that Chinese workers have taken over the building of Africa’s infrastructure projects. They are now linking with the host political regimes like never before. What will be the place of the United States and the United Kingdom in the scramble for Africa? China has rapidly become Africa’s most important infrastructure builder, and…
Google parent Alphabet on Wednesday argued that a court should toss out a government antitrust lawsuit against it, saying that agreements it made with Apple and others to make Google the default search engine do not bar smartphone makers from promoting rivals. The statements, which were revealed in a redacted version of a motion…
Insurance software provider Duck Creek Technologies said it has entered into an agreement to be bought by Vista Equity Partners in an all-cash deal of about $2.6 billion. Pending Duck Creek stockholder and regulatory approvals, the transaction is expected to close in the second calendar quarter. Once complete, Duck Creek will become a privately…
Flourish Africa 2023 N1 Billion Grant for Female Entrepreneurs | Winners receive up to N2M funding each The Flourish Africa Grant for Female Entrepreneurs is a One Billion Naira Fund created to support and promote African female-owned businesses over 5 years through training, mentoring, and funding. The Flourish Africa training curriculum has been designed…
Both in the electricity and petroleum sector, Nigeria may battle with the dismal performance that greeted the sectors last year, unless decisive decisions are taken amidst the general elections and political transition. KINGSLEY JEREMIAH writes. Subsidy payment, both in the oil, gas and electricity sectors; crude oil theft, vandalism, insecurity, contract-based market for power,…
Egypt exported some 8 million tons of liquefied natural gas last year, worth $8 to $8.5 billion, the country’s mineral resources ministry said this week, noting the price rally in liquefied natural gas that helped drive revenues higher. The North African country has solid ambitions in natural gas development, planning to become one of…
Efforts by the U.S. to continue growing its natural gas sector are in jeopardy due to takeaway constraints. East Daley Capital Inc.: U.S. LNG exports will grow to 26.3 Bcf/d by 2030. A few midstream companies are well-positioned to benefit from the projected increase in LNG exports Join Our Community Last year, the…
In the celebration over the Florida Legislature’s sweeping insurance reforms approved last month, one statutory change has slipped under the radar a bit – one that insurance attorneys said will streamline the settlement process and could help reduce litigation. Among a raft of other changes, Senate Bill 2A underscored the legality of joint proposals…
The University of Sussex is delighted to honour its much-loved former music lecturer and organist, Dr John Birch (1929-2012), with this scholarship. The aim of this scholarship is to support one selected organ player to continue to develop and perform while studying at Sussex. This scholarship is open to all current undergraduate and postgraduate students…
U.S. lawmakers will review the cause of a Federal Aviation Administration computer system outage overnight on Tuesday that sparked a nationwide ground stop and delayed or canceled more than 10,000 U.S. flights. Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, a Democrat, said on Wednesday that the panel “will be looking into what caused this…
