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How packaging firms plan to diversify Nigeria’s economy
The crash in oil prices has exposed the dangers of a mono economy. Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, has seen the…
Invest in infrastructure to boost economy, ACCIMA urges…
The organised private sector in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, has decried the continued depreciation of…
South-East hosts NB’s biggest sorghum malting plant
The Nigerian Breweries’ biggest sorghum malting plant in Africa is located in the South-East part of Nigeria.…
Examining Dangote Cement’s $250m Cameroon plant
Dangote Cement plc has added a 1.5-million metric ton per annum (mmtpa) cement plant to its existing plants across…
Economic strain forces manufacturers to think global
Nigeria’s tough business climate is pushing manufacturers into international partnerships and expansion, global…
Ogun industries upbeat as intermediate firms raise raw…
Manufacturers in the food and beverages, distilleries, pharmaceutical sector in Ogun State are upbeat as…
SON vows to slash sub-standard products by 30%
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has promised to reduce the level of sub-standard products in the…
Monetary policy, insecurity raise manufacturers’…
Government’s tightened monetary measures and insecurity shrank consumer demand, resulting in rise in manufacturers’…
‘Quality Infrastructure to raise competitiveness of…
The National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) project will enhance the competitiveness of Nigerian products in the…
‘Multinationals cannot squeeze indigenous pharmaceutical…
Lekan Asuni is the president of Association of Nigerian Representatives of Overseas Pharmaceutical Manufacturers…
Capacity utilisation in Nigeria’s manufacturing sector…
Nigeria’s manufacturing showed some glimpses of hope in the second half (H2) of 2014 as capacity utilisation in the…
Manufacturers bemoan ECOWAS tariff impact on production…
Nigerian manufacturers say the initial phase of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) has been characterised by…