The motivation of a single, tariff free continent has featured on the minds of African leaders for a long time given the commonality of trade both historically and contemporaneously. This idea has its roots in the Pan African ideals of the founding fathers of several African Nations who established the founding principles of a single African Continent of political and economic integration. This led to the Organisation of African Unity in 1963 up until the formation of Regional Economic Communities from the 1970s; the desire for closer integrated trade has dominated proceedings at several intergovernmental dialogues.
Over the past few years, many complex concepts like data science, artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency have received wide fame. A lot of industries have understood the brilliance and usability of these concepts and have started incorporating them.
In Nigeria, the best place to register a trademark is with a trademark agent, who are essentially lawyers. The Firma Advisory has two offices in Nigeria, an office in Lagos and one in Abuja.
In Nigeria, the oil and gas industry is a major source of income. Anyone wishing to start a Nigerian oil and gas business must meet specific statutory obligations. In this reading, the procedure to establish an oil and gas business in Abuja, Lagos, Bayelsa, Port Harcourt, and other oil states in Nigeria
By Chinenye Uwanaka BL, LLB, ACI.Arb (U.K), IPP (Harvard), Nathaniel Ojobo BL, LLB, ACI.Arb (U.K) and Sandra Chude B.sc, LLB, BL, LLM
1. DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT
Impact investing is the allocation of assets (in the form of investments) into companies or organizations with the aim of bringing about positive social or environmental impact while also anticipating profit from such investments. Impact investment challenges the long-held view that social and environmental issues should be addressed only by philanthropic donations and that market investments should focus exclusively on achieving financial returns.
The strategy actively seeks to make a positive impact by investing, for example, in nonprofits that benefit the community or in clean-technology enterprises that benefit the environment. Impact investing can create significant value for investors and society as a whole. Impact investing attracts individuals as well as institutional investors including hedge funds, private foundations, banks, pension funds, and other fund managers.
African Continental Free Trade Area