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Covid-19 vaccines are providing hope that the pandemic is coming to an end. But mass immunization will be a huge feat, especially in low and middle-income countries. Startups like Nigeria s Gricd are trying to bridge the gap, providing portable cold boxes that can be transported to remote and rural areas.
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Gricd cold boxes are packaged securely, and equipped with monitoring devices that can detect their location, internal temperature and humidity. This creates a controlled environment to ensure the vaccine s efficacy.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, where 600 million people live off the grid, PEG Africa is helping to outfit rural health clinics with solar power, so that they can power vaccine refrigeration, as well as carry out other medical procedures that require energy.
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AfCFTA: MAN seeks SON’s positioning at borders
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By Yinka Kolawole
The Kano branch of Manufacturers facturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called for Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) to be properly positioned at the nation’s entry points following the commencement of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement.
National Vice President, North West Zone, MAN, Alhaji Ali Madugu, made the call in Kano when the Director General, SON, Mallam Farouk Salim was in Kano recently a working visit.
Madugu emphasised the need for SON’s quality verification of all imported products including those from West African countries, even with the rule of origin in the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme.
By Dianabasi Effiong
Onne (Rivers) Jan. 13, 2021 The Area II Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Onne Port in Rivers, says it generated ₦118.9billion (₦118,959,214,999.53k) in the out gone year 2020.
The figure was announced on Wednesday by Comptroller Mohammed Auwal, Area Controller, Area II Command, at a media briefing in Onne Port.
According to Auwal, this figure is N11.6 billion (₦11,623,072,175.04) higher than the N107.3 billion (₦107,336,142,824.29) generated by the command from January to December of 2019.
Auwal also stated that the command’s enforcement and anti-smuggling personnel made a total of 37 seizures with total duty paid value of over one billion naira (₦1,008,266,282.53) within the period in focus.
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In partnership with the private sector, the Federal Government would continue to support innovation and interventions to boost the growth of small businesses across the country, so as to improve the economy and create more employment opportunities for Nigerians, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN
Prof. Osinbajo stated this Monday at the first meeting of MSMEs stakeholders for the year 2021.
The Vice President urged stakeholders in the public and private sectors at the virtual meeting to be innovative in the interventions planned for small businesses across the country, so as to consolidate on the gains recorded in the MSMEs space in the past few years
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that small businesses are the engines of growth of any economy, especially in the areas of wealth creation and employment opportunities.
Prof. Osinbajo also said that in partnership with the private sector, the Federal Government would continue to support innovation and interventions to boost the growth of small businesses across the country.
This he said would improve the economy and create more employment opportunities for Nigerians.
Speaking on Monday in Abuja at the first meeting of MSMEs stakeholders for the year 2021, Osinbajo urged stakeholders in the public and private sectors at the virtual meeting to be innovative in the interventions planned for small businesses across the country, to consolidate on the gains recorded in the MSMEs space in the past few years.