According to Mr. Olumide Balogun, the Country Director of Google West Africa, the recent Google Hustle Academy graduation in Abuja was a celebration not just of 5,300 graduates but also of the significant empowerment provided to 10,000 businesses across Africa, including 4,400 in Nigeria. Balogun emphasized that the fund, comprising financial aid, mentorship, and business Read More…
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Twenty per cent of Nigerian workers lost their jobs as a result of COVID
Around 20% of workers in Nigeria have lost their jobs as a result of COVID-19, the government’s statistics office said on Tuesday, outlining the impact of the pandemic on businesses in Africa’s most populous nation. The National Bureau of Statistics and the United Nations Development Programme surveyed nearly 3,000 businesses in the formal and informal Read More…
Dangote refinery adds 17,000 more jobs
Dangote Refinery is adding 17,000 more jobs to its workforce over the next few months. This was revealed by the President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Ltd., Alhaji Aliko Dangote, in a statement signed by the Group Head, Corporate Communications, Dangote Group, Mr Anthony Chiejina, on Sunday in Lagos. According to the statement, the refinery intends to Read More…
Coronavirus spurred changes to global workforce to be permanent
Sweeping changes to the global labour market caused by the coronavirus pandemic will likely be permanent, policy makers said on Tuesday, as some industries collapse, others flourish and workers stay home. “I think it would be a fallacy to think we will go back to where we were before,” Philippines central bank Governor Benjamin Diokno Read More…