Tag:United Kingdom (UK)

Business

UK partnership to boost investment in Nigeria’s manufacturing sector

Manufacturing Africa (MA) - one of the UK’s flagship economic development programmes for Africa - on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, signed a strategic partnership...

Michael Simire - April 29, 2025

Renewable Energy

New hydrogen power projects to boost growth in UK

A new wave of hydrogen powered projects was shortlisted on Monday April 7, 2025, to help cut emissions and create thousands of jobs in...

Michael Simire - April 9, 2025

Agric & Biotech

UK pledges £204m for Nigeria’s agriculture growth

The United Kingdom (UK) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has expressed readiness to leverage £204 million in private sector finance and investment into...

Michael Simire - February 25, 2025

Cover

UK confirms 2035 emission targets in updated plan to UN climate body

The UK Government on Thursday, January 30, 2025, announced their five-year UN mandated climate action plan (Nationally Determined Contribution) reaffirming the commitment of cutting...

Michael Simire - January 30, 2025

Business

Flo Eshalomi appointed UK Trade Envoy to Nigeria

A new "global growth team" of UK Trade Envoys has been appointed by the Trade Secretary to drive UK exports and investment as the...

Michael Simire - January 29, 2025

Renewable Energy

UK sets out plan for new era of clean electricity

UK Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband, on Friday, December 13, 2024, set out a detailed plan for achieving the target of clean power by 2030. The Clean...

Michael Simire - December 17, 2024

Sustainable Devpt

Visiting FCDO adviser reiterates UK’s commitment to strengthening partnerships in innovation, research

The UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office’s Chief Scientific Adviser and Director for Research and Evidence, Professor Charlotte Watts, arrived in Nigeria this week...

Michael Simire - December 12, 2024

Climate Change