Brazil 2014 World Cup has surpassed revenue expectations says Brazilian official

►Brazilian micro and small enterprises and individual micro entrepreneurs totaling 43,910 will generate R$ 500 million in revenue, top Brazilian business executive, Luiz Barretto has said.
►Barretto said in a statement in Rio de Janeiro on Monday that these were companies which participated in the “2014 Project’’.

►The business executive is the president of the Brazilian Service of Support for Micro and Small Enterprises (Sebrae).

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Project Account Officer - Needed @ IITA

Employer: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

The Company

IITA is an international non-profit agricultural research-for-development (R4D) organization established in 1967, governed by a Board of Trustees, and a member of the CGIAR Consortium.

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Project Assistant - Needed

Employer: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Our Client
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture seeks suitable candidates for the position of  Project Assistant at its Headquarters in Ibadan.

Job Title : Project Assistant

Location: Ibadan, Nigeria

The Company

IITA is an international non-profit agricultural research-for-development (R4D) organization

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N8.22trn accrued to 9 states in 4 years says NEITI

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, has disclosed that nine state governments received a total sum of N8.22 trillion accrued from oil and gas revenue from the federation account between 2009 and 2011.

Chairman of NEITI, Mr. Lidum Mitee, who revealed this in Abuja, said the first Fiscal Allocation

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World Bank Gives Nigeria $8bn CPS Fund

►The World Bank launched Nigeria’s Country Partnership Strategy, CPS, in Abuja, yesterday, with a funding allocation of $8 billion over the next four years.
►According to its strategy document, CPS is aimed at helping Federal and state governments boost socio-economic development for Nigerians.

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Bureaux De Change (BDCs) appeal to CBN to review N35m capital base

Bureaux De Change (BDCs) operators under the aegis of Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to review the new licensing requirements announced for BDC operations.

On June 23rd, the CBN announced new requirements for BDC operations. These include 250 percent

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