African Telecommunications Union (ATU) has provided a set of guidelines, noting that the regulators should implement the common alerting protocol (CAP) to enable authorities to effectively prevent and mitigate the spread of COVID-19
Manufacturing
COVID-19: Presidential Advisory Council recommends measures to stabilise Nigerian economy
![Nigeria gets 60 per cent of government revenue and 90 per cent of its foreign exchange from the sale of oil. (Image source: skeeze/Pixabay)](/images/industrial_ATR.jpg)
Nigeria gets 60 per cent of government revenue and 90 per cent of its foreign exchange from the sale of oil. (Image source: skeeze/Pixabay)
Nigeria’s Presidential Advisory Council had warned that in the midst of the falling price of oil due to the ravaging COVID-19, Nigeria risked sliding into recession
Nigeria expects to spend less on importing refined products
![Nigeria is expected to spend less importing the refined petroleum products in 2020. (Image source: Talpa/Pixabay)](/images/Nigeria_refinery_bola.jpg)
Nigeria is expected to spend less importing the refined petroleum products in 2020. (Image source: Talpa/Pixabay)
With the price of oil dropping in the international market, Nigeria expected to spend less on importing refined products
AfDB supports Namibia’s water and sanitation sector
![This will provide job opportunities and empower women and youth groups for possible business along the water and sanitation value chain. (Image source: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr)](/images/AfDB_Namibia_sanitation.jpg)
This will provide job opportunities and empower women and youth groups for possible business along the water and sanitation value chain. (Image source: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$121.7mn loan and US$ 3.37mn grant from the Rural Water Supply Sanitation Initiative Trust Fund to support Namibia’s “Water Sector Support Programme”
Nigeria sets up budget review committee
![Timipre Sylva, junior minister petroleum resources, will be a member of the committee. (Image source: Blossom Ozurumba/Wikimedia Commons)](/images/Timipre_Sylva.jpg)
Timipre Sylva, junior minister petroleum resources, will be a member of the committee. (Image source: Blossom Ozurumba/Wikimedia Commons)
In light with the COVID-19 situation, the Nigerian government has set up a committee to review 2020 preparatory to cutting down on its spending