WTO
13 Mar
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has inaugurated a 1.2 million dollar programme to improve the export standards of Nigeria’s sesame and cowpea products.
5 Mar
Olympian, Peters Emmanuel Oghenejobo, has been named president of the World Taekwondo Organisation (WTO), Nigerian chapter.
28 Feb
World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Director General, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said that the world is yet to fully appreciate the economic value of sports, which potential she described as enormous.
27 Feb
President of the International Law Association (ILA), Nigerian Branch and the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic, Research and International Partnerships) at Afe Babalola University, Professor Damilola Sunday Olawuyi (SAN)...
22 Feb
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; former President of Liberia, George Weah and Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vista Equity Partners...
28 Jan
The global recognition by Forbes of Dr.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as one of the World’s leading women is a manifestation of Nigeria as home to some of the world’s best in terms of human resources.
27 Dec
Africa’s exports of Intermediate Goods (IGs) are estimated at $265 billion in 2021, growing an average of 15 per cent yearly from 2019 to 2021, the global body for trade, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has revealed.
1 Dec
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to grab the investments from the climate funds. Okonjo-Iweala made this call on Friday at the ongoing 28th meetings of the COP28 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, and suggested that Nigeria as a country needs to commence…
15 Nov
The United States has contributed $600,000 to the World Trade Organisation (WTO’s) Global Trust Fund to finance training programmes for government officials from developing economies like Nigeria, and least-developed countries (LDCs).
19 Sep 2023
FIFA President, Gianni Infantino and Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday in New York reviewed the progress of their collaboration in leveraging football's power and influence to boost the economies of the least developed countries, with a particular focus on the ‘Cotton Four plus’ nations (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and…
6 Sep 2023
Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said that turning away from open trade would only lead to greater price volatility, inflationary pressures and weaker growth prospects overall. Speaking at a recent economic policy symposium that had in attendance, global leading central bankers, policymakers and economists, she said predictable trade is…
30 Aug 2023
Global goods trade showed signs of a turnaround in the second quarter of 2023, driven by strong automobile production and sales, but further upward momentum in Q3 and beyond may be limited as long as export orders remain weak....
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