Travel & Tourism
28 Jun 2023
Stakeholders have said regulatory and policy uncertainty, poor incentives, small and fragmented markets, lack of market data, failure of public, private partnership (PPP) and unclear investment goals, are challenges holding private investors from supporting the maritime green project in Nigeria.
28 Jun 2023
The Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) has commenced talks with Afreximbank on ship financing and procurement of other maritime assets for African investors and maritime stakeholders.
28 Jun 2023
Nigerian seafarers have said investing in local shipbuilding to participate in international trade will generate over $100 billion for the economy and create about 15,000 jobs yearly to bridge the unemployment gap in the maritime industry.
28 Jun 2023
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it is set to redefine its operations with the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions like ChatGPT and advanced geo-spatial intelligence approaches such as GEOINT.
28 Jun 2023
Four years after the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, flagged off the rail movement of cargoes to/from the Kaduna Inland Dry Port, construction of the rail lines has been abandoned.
24 Jun 2023
Organiser of the annual Hotel Managers Conference (HMC) billed for July 13-14 have unveiled a list of renowned operators and technocrats in Nigeria tourism sector as speakers.
24 Jun 2023
Director General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe has charged the tourism and travel media practitioners to continue to perform as change agents and influencers in the tourism industry as Nigeria deserves to be a top destination in Africa, and the world.
24 Jun 2023
Focused on exploring the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities within the hospitality sector, Vertiline Synergy Ltd, a leading hospitality consulting company has announced its upcoming Hospitality Business and Hospitality Summit that will bring together industry leaders, experts, and professionals.
23 Jun 2023
Entrepreneurship often entails facing numerous challenges and uncertainties. However, driven individuals possess a strong internal motivation that keeps them going, even in difficult times. Such is the most apt description for Gladys Ameh, founder and CEO of Sonderliving Africa.
16 Jun 2023
The industry is not backward if you examine the status in 2012/13, at the eve of the National Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP) launch. From a mere installed capacity of less than 80,000 vehicles per annum and one per cent capacity utilisation, it rose to about 500,000 installed capacity and 10 per cent capacity utilisation by 2017 although it dropped to six per cent in 2022.
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A regional railway advocacy group, the African Railway Roundtable, has urged President Bola Tinubu to tap into the reform of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) as a quick win.
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Piqued by the controversies rocking the Nigeria Air project, Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASRTI) has urged the Federal Government to ditch the national carrier plan for more sustainable private sector-driven flag carriers.[
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