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Nigeria could be the automotive capital of Africa In 35 years

New data from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) predicts that Nigeria can become a leading automotive hub in Africa by 2050 with an increase in local production and an expansion in new car markets. Nigeria is very far away such ambitious targets today according to the report. PwC says this year Nigerians will import as many as 335,000 used cars, also…

How the two manufacturing hubs of Mexico and China stack up

With wages rising rapidly in China, Mexico once again has become an attractive manufacturing hub—even to the Chinese. On Oct. 27, the state-owned China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) signed a preliminary agreement with the Mexican state of Jalisco to build an industrial park that would potentially house dozens of Chinese manufacturers, Reuters reported. The deal…

Visiting Labadi beach, Accra, Ghana

Okay so I have been on business trip since the last 4 months. My journey took me to 3 continents and 8 countries. So I’m in Accra, Ghanas capital. All work and no play, they say makes jack a dull boy. So my Ghanian friends took me out last week Sunday. They wanted to go…

Nigerian romance scammers & the IRS data breach

The United States government accidentally gave $50 million to a group of criminals this year. Hackers successfully filed thousands of fraudulent tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which issued refunds for at least 15,000 of those returns to about 5,000 bank accounts. We know the hackers used a large set of personal data,…

Dubai Plans to Break 4 World Records

Theres no doubt that Dubai loves its’ world records and is planning to Break 4 new World Records. The country has plans to add a few more to the already impressive mantelpiece. As part of Meydan One, a new project from Meydan Group, the city hopes to have the world’s longest indoor ski slope, the…

FEW INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT AFRICA

1. The Gambia has only one university. 2. Equatorial Guinea is Africa’s only Spanish speaking country. 3. South Africa is the most visited African country. 4. Nigeria has the richest Black people in Africa. 5. Samuel Eto’o is the highest paid Footballer of all time, he received about £350,000 weekly in Russia in 2011. 6.…

At Least 30 People Were Killed in Bomb Attack on Turkey

(ANKARA, Turkey) — Two bomb explosions targeting a peace rally in Turkey’s capital Ankara on Saturday killed at least 30 people and injured 126 others, Turkey’s Interior Ministry said. The explosions occurred minutes apart near Ankara’s main train station as people were gathering for the rally, organized by the country’s public sector workers’ trade union…