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Road clear for Okonjo-Iweala’s WTO DG race as South Korea withdraws candidate
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AGS Tribe Family Meeting
Our Lightbox session for this week is special! We are bringing something new and totally refreshing. Please, make out time to attend. This webinar is scheduled to hold today, 26/11/2020 Time: 8 pm WAT. AGS LIGHTBOX is a weekly capacity building webinar open to only AGS Tribe Community members. Learn more
Win an All Expense Paid Holiday to Dubai when you register for the Launch of Herconomy!
Finally!!! 6th of December! Herconomy is coming!!!! We are launching a Mystery Product!!!!! Wow, it’s taken a whole year or more for this to come to life!!!! Can you guess what it is??? Register here to attend the launch where we’d be announcing this amazing product! Once you register, you can participate in a competition to win an all expense paid trip to Dubai this Christmas! Whoopsss! To participate in the competition, please follow the steps below.
Step 1: Register to attend the launch of Herconomy at https://www.agstribe.org/herconomy/
Step 2: Once you register, you’d receive an email. Follow the steps in the email to receive your personalized flier for you to post on your page.
Step 3: Upload poster created from the above link on your Instagram page and use the hashtag #Herconomy and #AGSTribe so we can track your post.
Step 3: Tell us under the Instagram post one way you’ve have been able to contribute to the Economy and why you deserve a holiday.
Step 4: Tag 3 of your friends on the post
You must be following @agstribe and @dndtravelsandtours to participate. Make it fun!!! We look forward to reading from you! 2020 has been hard enough, we all deserve some fun! Terms and Condition apply.
Business
Report: Road clear for Okonjo-Iweala’s WTO DG race as South Korea withdraws candidate
South Korea has decided to withdraw its candidate from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) director-general race, Washington Trade Daily is reporting. Yoo Myung-hee is South Korea’s trade minister and its candidate for the top job at the WTO following the resignation of Roberto Azevedo. Read more
Nigeria to benefit as AfDB invests $25bn in African countries
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved the investment of $25 billion to develop agriculture in African countries. Akinwumi Adesina, AfDB’s president, disclosed this at the virtual conference to mark the 10th anniversary of Sahel Group, a private equity firm focused on agribusiness. He said the fund would be shared among African countries. Read more
EFCC to join FIRS in fighting tax evasion, says it is a financial crime
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is committed to fighting tax evasion because it is a financial crime that falls within its purview. Sanusi Abdullahi, head of the EFCC Kaduna zone, was speaking during a courtesy visit to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Kaduna state office on Tuesday. Read more
#EndSARS Sanctions: Nigeria has reached out to the UK Government – Foreign Minister
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, said that the Nigerian Government has reached out to the UK Government over the parliamentary debate on the #EndSARS protests. The Minister disclosed this to Newsmen at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Thursday, which was recorded by Channels TV. Read more
FG to begin online registration, monitoring of petrol stations, depots
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has revealed that it plans to automate and begin remote monitoring, registration, and accreditation of petroleum products depots, retail outlets, and the entire downstream oil and gas industry, with the launch of the newly established Downstream Remote Monitoring Systems (DRMS). Read more
World Bank Group announces the death of ex-president, James D. Wolfensohn at 86
The World Bank Group has announced the passing away of one of its former presidents, James D. Wolfensohn, at the age of 86. This was confirmed on Wednesday by the current President of the World Bank Group, David Malpass, following his statement on the unfortunate incident. Read more
Social
Football legend Maradona dies at 60
Diego Maradona, Argentine football legend, has died at the age of 60. Maradona, who underwent surgery earlier in the month, was said to have suffered a cardiac arrest at home on Wednesday. Maradona is widely considered one of the best players of all time, where his highs resulted in World Cup victories and a remarkable Serie A title for Napoli. Read more
Meghan Markle recounts suffering devastating miscarriage months ago
Meghan Markle has recounted how she suffered a devastating miscarriage months ago. According to the mother of one and wife to British royal, Prince Harry, she was changing baby Archie’s nappy at their former home in Los Angeles when she "felt a sharp cramp." Read more
Banky W Reveals Secret Of Happy Marriage With Adesua On Their Wedding Anniversary
Nigerian singer, actor, and politician, Banky W has used the occasion of his third-year marriage anniversary to eulogize his wife, Adesua Etomi-Wellington. Banky-W used the occasion to reveal that marrying Adesua has turned out to be the second-best decision of his life with the best decision being re-dedicating his life to Christ. Read more
Grammy Nomination: Beyonce ‘Attacked’ For ‘Excluding Wizkid’ From Award Nomination
Renowned United States singer and actress, Beyonce has been called out on social media by fans of Nigerian singer, Wizkid, after she excluded him from the Grammy Awards nomination. Naija News understands that Beyonce had featured the Nigerian singer in her ‘Brown Skin Girl’ but sidelined the singer while nominating artists for the next Grammy Awards. Read more
AGS Quote of the day
“Boredom is telling you that this is a moment for your imagination, for your creativity, for your identity.” - Manoush Zomorodi
About AGS Tribe
The AGS Tribe is a Pan African community built to inspire, connect and build the capacity of young entrepreneurs and professionals. The main purpose of the AGS Tribe is to build a community of strong leaders (Entrepreneurs or Professionals) who will create more job opportunities that will ultimately reduce unemployment in Africa.
The Platform has 3 focus areas which are:
Promoting youth entrepreneurship as a tool to reduce youth unemployment and promote economic growth
Women Empowerment through our AGS Impact Fund and AGS Enterprise Challenge
Capacity building for entrepreneurs and nonprofits
Click on this link https://www.agstribe.org/community/to join our community of entrepreneurs and young professionals.