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By Cynthia Alo Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sterling Bank Plc, Mr Abubakar Suleiman, has identified lack of trust as the main problem affecting the growth and development of the Nigerian commodity market. He disclosed this while delivering a welcome address on a webinar organised recently as part of measures to promote SABEX, a digital commodity exchange empowered by blockchain technology. The webinar held with the theme: AgroCommodities as a Viable Asset Class. SABEX, which was designed to...

SABEX, which was designed to facilitate the exchange of agro commodities, operates through an ecosystem of buyers, financiers, warehouse operators and other players in the agro commodity trading business across Nigeria. On SABEX, traders – typically farmers – can pledge their warehoused agricultural goods as collateral to access instant loans to facilitate their business growth. Suleiman said the webinar had the objective of developing trust in the commodity market because there is currentl...

Photo: ECLAC. The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called today for overcoming the structural constraints of inequality that impair women’s economic, physical and political autonomy, and for building care societies to attain a more egalitarian, sustainable and resilient future, during a virtual keynote lecture organized by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). “The post-pandemic recovery must overcome...

Reforms package ready to streamline Irrigation Dept in KP Peshawar April 28, 2021 PESHAWAR: The Irrigation Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has prepared a comprehensive reforms package to streamline its overall business along modern lines with a special focus on water resource management, revenue generation, protection of water resources, and their efficient utilisation. This was told at a meeting on the reforms of the Irrigation Department held here with Chief Minister Mahmood K...

Archyde April 10, 2021 by archyde To optimize the value of its assets with a leasehold related to the crude oil pipeline network Saudi Aramco has entered into a deal with a consortium led by EIG Global Energy Partners (EAG), one of the most prominent global investors in infrastructure in the energy sector, to optimize the value of its assets through a lease and re-leaseback agreement related to Saudi Aramco’s pipeline network for concentrated crude oil. . In detail, upon completion of the dea...

Eight Candidates Named in the Final Phase of UAA Chancellor Search The UAA Chancellor Search Committee has recommended eight candidates to meet with the UAA and Anchorage community in the final phase of its search for the next UAA Chancellor. The eight leaders were chosen from a pool of diverse and highly qualified candidates and include three Alaskans and five university leaders from outside of Alaska. The eight candidates are: Deena Bishop, Ed.D., Superintendent of the Anchorage School Distri...

UGA hosts 10th annual Three Minute Thesis competition 9 hours ago The University of Georgia Graduate School hosted the 10th annual Three Minute Thesis competition in a virtual ceremony on April 8. Better known by the acronym 3MT, the competition requires contestants to explain their thesis or dissertation topic and its significance in three minutes or less using only a single static presentation slide. This year’s grand prize winner was Judith M. Reyes Ballista, a doctoral student in the Depa...

Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz Joins the TriNetX Network to Expand Clinical Research Capabilities in Brazil and Latin America News provided by Share this article Share this article SÃO PAULO, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, one of the largest hospital centers in Latin America, has announced a partnership with TriNetX to join the global health research network. The emergence of the novel coronavirus in 2020 underlined the urgency and importance of clinical research ...

5 Mar 2021 Lendistry to Administer Additional $2 Billion in California COVID-19 Relief Grants to Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Cultural Institutions Lendistry selected as intermediary to administer new state funding for grants up to $25,000 for small businesses and nonprofits and $50 million in funding for cultural institutions impacted by the pandemic SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After successfully administering $500 million in California Small Business COVID-19...

Traders Magazine 0 Shares The World Federation of Exchanges (“The WFE”), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, today published its inaugural annual Women Leaders List. The WFE’s Women Leaders initiative aims to shine the spotlight on some of the talented and gifted women in our industry. The industry initiative drew almost 60 nominations from every corner of the world as the WFE’s global membership put forward their talented existing, and future, leaders. From the total...