Taiwan MV Hot in ASEAN Malaysian Talent of Musical Creation Echoes with Asian Drumming Queen

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Taiwan MV Hot in ASEAN Malaysian Talent of Musical Creation Echoes with Asian Drumming Queen

TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 25 October
2019 – Taiwan-In the wake of the hot pursuit of the New Southbound Policy
by the government of Taiwan, the Bureau of International Trade, Ministry of
Economic Affairs commissioned the Commerce Development Research Institute
(hereinafter referred to as “CDRI”) this year to launch the “New Southbound
Market Innovation Marketing Development Plan — Wow! Taiwan” overseas. The
marketing project aims at the youth groups of Malaysia, the Philippines and
other ASEAN countries in a series of Internet events. Tan Vui Chuan, known as
the “Talent of Musical Creation” in Malaysia, and S. White, the renowned Asian
Drumming Queen, to participate in the filming of a good qualify MV. Round trip
tickets for four between Taipei and Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh, Manila, and New
Delhi were offered to attract the youths in these countries to Taiwan to
experience the beautiful scenes and taste the exotic products of Taiwan.

Malaysian Singer Tan Vui Chuan feat.
Taiwanese Drummer S. White to introduce Taiwan Products.NATURE _ Taiwan’s
natural cosmetic products are trending in ASEAN

“Nature, Beauty, Flash” are the 3 pillars of the theme to promote the
products of Taiwan. From music to style, almost 30 kinds of Taiwanese products
were interpreted through lively music exclusively customized for Taiwan,
including the famous souvenirs of: pineapple cake, egg yolk cake, skincare
products of masks and hand cream. These items will enter the minds of the
consumers in ASEAN countries through their daily lives. CDRI has undertaken
the study of the markets of ASEAN and India, and discovered that the trendy
mode of business opportunity of Taiwan is in the fermentation process in ASEAN
countries. As such, showing that Taiwan is a creative item in itself and also
has one selling point, including the organic packed foods, snacks with
nutritional ingredients, cute and innovative little toys, cosmetics and
healthcare products with natural ingredients, which are all hot items that the
youths of ASEAN would like to recommend to friends. For further information on
Wow! Taiwan, visit the official website at https://www.wowtaiwan.org. For online viewing
of MV, visit https://reurl.cc/XXLZOR, or call the New Southbound Market
Innovative Marketing Development Project Office at 02-7707-4921.

WOW _ CDRI
activates the Wow! Taiwan project


Remarks:

Wow! Taiwan Project: Win Free Flights to Taiwan in 3 steps:

1. Press Like + share: On Wow! Taiwan Facebook fans page (https://www.facebook.com/wowtaiwan2019/) Press like and share the messages to your
site and make it available to the public.

 

2. Choose my favorite: Enter Wow!
Taiwan official website (https://www.wowtaiwan.org/) choose your most preferred item from Taiwan.

 

3. Message: On the Wow! Taiwan fans page, in the section of Wow! Taiwan Project, leave a message
under the Win Free
Flights to Taiwan heading, the content includes 1. Preferred brands; 2. Product name; 3. City
to take off (Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh, Manila or New Delhi), and anything else
you want to say to us.

 

※. Event period: 2019/10/21-11/21, Winner list will
be unveiled on 11/22 at Wow! Taiwan Facebook fans page.

 

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World’s first Entrepreneur Token (E3T) to list on DCoin.com

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World’s first Entrepreneur Token (E3T) to list on DCoin.com

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 25 October 2019 – Global
cryptocurrency platform DCoin.com has been selected by E3, a Malaysian
entrepreneur development organisation to conduct an initial exchange offering
of the world’s first Entrepreneur Token E3T (E3 Token). E3 aims to build the
world’s largest digital ecosystem for global entrepreneurs powered by E3T. E3T
is a utility token and acts as a medium exchange among E3 members within a
closedloop entrepreneur ecosystem.

 

“We envision a future of leveraging on blockchain technology to develop a
medium of exchange that can be used globally among entrepreneurs. We believe by
year 2030, more than 1% of a country’s GDP where E3 has its presence will
utilise E3T as the utility token of choice. We want to bridge the disparity by
having our own medium of exchange with a value that is parity between
entrepreneurs in different countries. We will pave the way to tap into the vast
potential of blockchain and connect entrepreneurs via the E3 Platform”, said
Andrew Wong, Founder of E3.

 

Among the utilisation of E3T includes, but
not limited:

a.     
To serve as
a medium of exchange within E3 Platform

b.     
To power up
E3 Global Marketplace

c.      
To be used
extensively in the sharing economy

d.     
To fund
entrepreneurial projects under the equity funding platform

e.     
To
facilitate cross border money payment and transfers

f.       
To be the
mode of payment to attend activities organised by E3 Academy

g.     
To fund the
development of E3 DApps and E3 Blockchain Incubator

h.     
To create
an E3T Tokenized Asset Trading platform

i.       
To build an
E3T Multifunctional Wallet

 

The IEO of E3T is strictly limited to a
hardcap of 4,000,000 E3T valued at 0.03USDT (1 USDT = US$1). The IEO is
currently underway on DCoin Exchange
and is set to run until October 26th, 2019 before listing on DCoin Exchange on
October 28th, 2019.

 

Visit DCoin Exchange to participate
in the IEO or learn more about E3T

 

ABOUT E3

E3 is an entrepreneur development organisation
and the operator of E3 Entrepreneur Hubs around South East Asia region. E3 is
the acronym of “Entrepreneurs Empowering Entrepreneurs” and is the
operator of the world’s largest Digital Economy Platform. E3 aspires to build
1000 Entrepreneur Hubs globally and empowers more than 500,000 entrepreneurs,
mentors, trainers and investors.

Airtel Africa Q2 revenue grows 9.8% to $844M, driven by double-digit growth in Nigeria and East Africa

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Airtel Africa Q2 revenue grows 9.8% to $844M, driven by double-digit growth in Nigeria and East Africa

Airtel Africa on Friday reported a 78% jump in net profit to $96 million for the second quarter ended on 30 September 2019, driven by growth in customer base.

The company had recorded a net profit of $54 million in the same period a year ago.

The Africa unit, which crossed the 100 million customer mark in July, said its revenue growth of 10 per cent in reported currency was driven by double-digit growth in Nigeria and East Africa, partially offset by a slight decrease in Rest of Africa.

In constant currency terms, revenue grew 11.4% in H1 and 12.6% in Q2. This was the 7th consecutive quarter of double-digit constant currency growth. The constant currency revenue growth of 11.4% was driven by double-digit growth in Nigeria and East Africa, partially offset by a slight decrease in Rest of Africa. Growth was broad-based across all services, with revenue in Voice, Data and Mobile Money up by 3.2%, 37.8% and 46.5% respectively

“These figures underline the strength of our ability to consistently deliver growth across voice, data and mobile money. In the first 6 months of this financial year, we delivered revenue growth of 11.4 per cent in constant currency terms, with even higher underlying EBITDA growth as we continued to improve our operating leverage and tight focus on costs,” said Raghunath Mandava, Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Africa.

The average revenue per user almost remained flat at $2.8 in the second quarter. However, it grew by 2.4 percent on a constant currency basis.

The total customer base of Airtel Africa grew by 10.4 percent to 103.9 million from 94.1 million during the period under review. Data users on the company’s network grew by 17.7 percent to 31.9 million in July-September 2019 from 27.1 million a year ago.

“This performance underlines our ability to consistently grow in double digits, powered by our growth engines of data and Airtel Money growing at 37 percent and 46 percent respectively. This is the 7th quarter of double-digit growth with EBITDA margin expansion of over 90 basis points,” Mandava said.

The net debt on the company almost halved to $3,191 million at the end of 30 September 2019, from $6,439 million a year ago.

“The reduction in net debt is a result of bond repayments of $2.2 billion and an increase in cash from the net IPO proceeds of $670 million. As a result, leverage reduced to 2.3 times as of September 2019 as compared to 5.1 times as of September 2018 basis last twelve month EBITDA,” the company said.

Airtel Africa’s data revenue was up 39 per cent at $229 million on-year and was the largest contributor to growth owing to an increasing number of customers taking to high-speed LTE services, resulting in a 57 per cent growth in data usage. Data average revenue per user rose to 2.5$ up 20 per cent in constant currency terms for the September ended the quarter, on-year.

Voice revenue in constant currency grew by 3.3 per cent to $491 million largely driven by customer growth driven by stable churn and expansion of distribution infrastructure. Voice Apru however declined by 6 per cent on-year to $1.6 in the quarter due to weakness in Rest of Africa and decrease in interconnect rates across key markets, especially in East Africa which more than offset ARPU growth in Nigeria.

Wema Bank Plc records N4.09bn PAT in Q3 2019 Results

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Wema Bank Plc records N4.09bn PAT in Q3 2019 Results

Wema Bank Plc released its Unaudited third-quarter results for the period ended September 30, 2019.

Key Highlights 

  • Interest Income grew by +8.6% to N17.19bn from N15.83bn in the previous quarter.
  • Profit Before Tax grew by 54.8% to N4.73bn.
  • Profit After Tax grew by 54.7% to N4.09bn.
  • Net Assets also grew by 2.1% to N51.98bn from N50.88bn as of December 31, 2018.

The report showed that Wema Bank generated N64.82 billion in gross earnings as at the period ended September 2019. This represents a 32.33% increase compared to the nine months period of 2018 when the lender recorded 48.98 billion.

As at the end of the third quarter of September 2019, Wema Bank recorded N4.73 billion as profit before tax, up from N3.05 billion recorded as at the end of the third quarter of September 2018. This represents an increase of 55.08%.

The lender recorded a profit of N4.08 billion for the nine-month period of 2019, compared to N2.64 billion recorded at the end of the nine months period for 2018. This represents a 54.54% increase in profit.

The bank recorded N9.2 as earnings per share as at the end of the third quarter 2018 compared to N14.1 as at the end of the third quarter of 2019.

Get the full financial statement report here.

Bishop Sam Zuga Receives Award Of Excellence As He Takes Free Medical Treatment To Kogi State (Photos)

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Bishop Sam Zuga Receives Award Of Excellence As He Takes Free Medical Treatment To Kogi State (Photos)

Bishop Sam Zuga of House of Joy ministry who recently launched his free Medical treatment in four different states in Nigeria and barely days of organizing a massive free Medical treatment in Yola has again lunched his free medical treatment in Igala Land, Kogi state.

As always expected, the turnout to the newly launched free medical treatment was another milestone recorded for the progress of Sam Zuga free medical treatment Foundation.

He was then honoured with an award of excellence and was given free land towards building Sam Zuga free medical treatment program.

Bishop Sam Zuga Receives Award Of Excellence As He Takes Free Medical Treatment To Kogi State BRANDSPUR6
Bishop Sam Zuga Receives Award Of Excellence As He Takes Free Medical Treatment To Kogi State BRANDSPUR4

The Overwhelmed Bishop in his speech to the good people of Attah Igala said;

“Thank you Attah Igala, the District Head of Ejule and the entire people of Igala land, for accepting my Free medical treatment program.”

I thank you for the reception, the award, the honour, the land you donated for the building of Samzuga foundation free medical centre, above all, believing in me.

God of heaven will surely meet you at the point of your needs”

Three Crowns Flags off Mum of the Year 2019 Campaign, Set to Sponsor 3 Winners to Dubai

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Three Crowns Flags off Mum of the Year 2019 Campaign, Set to Sponsor 3 Winners to Dubai

Three Crowns Milk, Nigeria’s dairy brand and product from the stable of FrieslandCampina WAMCO, has commenced its search for 2019 Mum of the Year. This year’s edition, just like last year, will crown three Nigerian mothers as winners of the competition and reward them with an all-expense-paid trip to Dubai.

According to the Marketing Manager, Three Crowns Milk, Omolara Banjoko, Three Crowns Milk Mum of the Year campaign has come to be recognized as the leading campaign dedicated to celebrating Nigerian mothers.

She confirmed to journalists in Lagos that the competition was designed to put the spotlight on mothers by recognizing the unique role they play in ensuring healthy nutrition for the family.

“As a brand, Three Crowns Milk cares for mothers’ hearts so that they can in turn care for their families. This is the essence of Mum of the Year campaign. One of the key things that we have identified is that the foundation of any family and heart of every home is the mother and for her to be a solid foundation, she needs to stay fit and healthy which is what Three Crowns Milk helps her achieve. We strongly believe that if the pillar of the house, the mother is healthy, the whole family would be happy” Banjoko said.

The three winners of Three Crowns Mum of the Year competition will be rewarded with an all-expense-paid trip for themselves and three members of their families to Dubai plus one year’s supply of Three Crowns Milk, while others would win consolation prizes, including kitchen makeover and a range of Three Crowns Milk products.

Three Crowns Mum of the Year campaign debuted in 2015 when Olamide Olaleye emerged winner, followed by Nkechi Brayila who won in 2016, while Oluwakemi Longe was crowned Mum of the Year in 2017.

In 2018 and in commemoration of its 30 years anniversary, Three Crowns raised the stake of the competition by awarding the grand prize to three winners; Jennifer OtoGod, Pauline Pambolo Daniel and Adaobi Okonkwo. They were each rewarded with an all-expense paid a vacation to Dubai with 2 members of their families and a year’s supply of Three Crowns Milk.

Banjoko announced that this year, family and friends only need to follow three simple steps: “BUY, WRITE and SUBMIT” to participate in the competition.

“Interested participants are expected to buy a range of Three Crowns Milk products; either two units of 350g refill pouch, six units of Evap 160g or two rolls of 12g sachet. They are then to write a short story on why their mum is the best and deserves a grand holiday.

“The story writes up, names, pictures of nominated mums alongside empty packs of the Three Crowns Milk products will then be submitted to the brand website https://www.femininelounge.com/threecrownscompetition or on WhatsApp 08036847790 or in selected stores” Banjoko explained.

She said that nominations could be made in person or through friends and family, adding that the more you buy and submit, the better your chances of being shortlisted to win.

All entries received would be screened while shortlisted contestants would be invited for the grand finale for a competition to determine the winners of the 2019 competition. The judges for this year’s edition of the grand finale include top Nigerian celebrities and popular fitness coaches.

Since 1988, Three Crowns Milk has nourished consumers in ways that promote healthy eating habits and active lifestyles so that mothers and their families remain healthy.

As the heart-friendly milk, Three Crowns Milk is the only Nigerian dairy brand endorsed by the Nigerian Heart Foundation as it continues to celebrate every mum as the heart of the home.

Photo Story: Heritage Bank MD/CEO Attends Russian-African Summit

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Photo Story: Heritage Bank MD/CEO Attends Russian-African Summit

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Bank, Mr Ifie Sekibo, joined other personalities for the ongoing Russian-African Summit in Sochi, Russia.

The Bank executive is in the Eastern European nation in a bid to support Nigeria’s economic drive. He is with other corporate and government agencies to brainstorm on the way forward for the African continent.

In Sochi, President Buhari held a Bilateral Meeting w/ a delegation from Afrexim Bank led by Bank President, Benedict Oramah. Present were Kanayo Awani, MD of Afrexim’s Intra-African Trade Initiative; Ifie Sekibo, MD/CEO, Heritage Bank; Christopher Oshiafi, CEO, PanAfrican Capital.

L-R Mr Wale Tinubu, Group Executive, Oando; Mr Timi Alaibe, Non-Executive Director, Heritage Bank; Mr Chris Oshiafi, Group Managing Director, Pan African Capital Holdings; and Mr Demetrios G. Halios, President/CEO, HALIOS Capital.

World Bank Doing Business Index: President Buhari Delighted As Nigeria Moves Up 15 Places To 131 From 146

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World Bank Doing Business Index: President Buhari Delighted As Nigeria Moves Up 15 Places To 131 From 146

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight with the World Bank’s 2020 Doing Business Index (DBI) which ranked Nigeria 131 out of 190 countries, up 15 places from 146th position last year.

The report, which was released Thursday, also named Nigeria one of the top 10 most improved economies in the world for the second time in three years.

Nigeria is one of only two African countries to make this highly prestigious list. With this year’s leap, Nigeria has improved an aggregate of 39 places in the World Bank Doing Business index since 2016.

The Doing Business Index is an annual ranking that objectively assesses prevailing business climate conditions across 190 countries based on 10 ease of doing business indicators.

The index captures the ease of doing business reforms that have been validated by the private sector and offers comparative insights based on private sector validation in the two largest commercial cities in countries with a population higher than 100 million. The report consequently features Lagos and Kano for Nigeria.

Welcoming the announcement, President Buhari noted that “the movement of 15 places to 131 as well as the recognition being given to Nigeria as one of the top 10 most improved countries, that have implemented the most reforms this year, is significant because we were not even able to achieve some of the key reforms we had pursued, but what we have done so far is being recognized.

This validation confirms that our strategy is working and we will continue to push even harder to deliver more impactful reforms.”

With the impending ratification of the Companies and Allied Matters Bill and the introduction of the Business Facilitation (Omnibus) Bill, 2019 in view, along with other pending and ongoing regulatory, judicial and sub-national reforms, the President declared that “the announcement by the World Bank indicates that our mandate to move into the top 70 doing business destinations by 2023 remains achievable.”

Briefing President Buhari on the rankings, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment and Vice-Chair of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), Otunba Niyi Adebayo had stated:

“The steady improvement in Nigeria’s ease of doing business score and rank is a testament to the reforms implemented by this Administration over the past four years in line with the reform agenda being implemented at national and sub-national levels across the country since the establishment of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) by President Muhammadu Buhari in July, 2016.

“The PEBEC works towards the fulfillment of the projections of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP 2017-2020), which is striving to deliver sustainable economic growth in Nigeria by restoring growth, investing in our people, and building a competitive economy as we work towards delivering Mr President’s mandate of bringing 100 million people out of poverty.

The 2020 Doing Business report from the World Bank has reaffirmed the commitment of the newly constituted PEBEC to making Nigeria a progressively easier place to do business and removing the bureaucratic constraints to doing business in the country as we forge ahead in this Next Level.”

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, chaired by His Excellency the Vice President, with 13 ministers as members amongst others, has through the Enabling Business Environment Secretariat collaborated with ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), the National Assembly, the Judiciary, State governments and the private sector to carry out over 140 reforms so far in a bid to remove bureaucratic constraints to doing business in Nigeria and make the country a progressively easier place to start and grow a business. On the new ranking, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Special Adviser to the President, Ease of Doing Business/Secretary PEBEC, said:

“The private sector remains the fulcrum of the ease of doing business interventions. We are committed to more engagements among reform-implementing organs of government and the private sector players, and we are happy to see that these have resulted in a more favourable validation of the reforms by the private sector.

This result will serve as an encouragement to sustain the deepening of these reforms and make it even more tangible for businesses and the citizenry. The PEBEC is focused on delivering even more substantive reforms for the improvement of the general business climate.”

She noted that over the past four years, Nigeria’s score has steadily improved in the World Bank Doing Business Report, after years of decline in both score and ranking in the years preceding 2016.

She also recalled that in 2017, Nigeria moved up by an unprecedented 24 places on the Doing Business rankings, and was for the first time ever, recognized as one of the top 10 reformers in the area of doing business that year.

Ondo State Government To Employ Soon — Agagu

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Ondo State Government To Employ Soon — Agagu
Ondo State Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology Pastor Femi Agagu has said that Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu led government would soon employ primary school Teachers and Administrative Officers into the civil service.
This cheering news was made yesterday at the October edition of the monthly APC Okitipupa LG chapter meeting held at Ilutitun City Hall, Ilutitun Osooro.

Agagu said the state government is concerned about the welfare of its citizens particularly APC members as he has shown a clear willingness to tackle the challenges affecting them.

His words ” the Akeredolu led government is very concerned about the welfare of the residents in the state particularly our party members and takes issues that affects them very seriously. APC government both in the state and at the Federal level has demonstrated clear willingness to tackle citizens challenges head-on and have come up with several empowerment schemes to engage the people”.

On employment, Agagu explained that recruitment into the Teaching profession would be a computer-based test, while that of Administrative Officers’ Cadre are for graduate possessing University degree in any of the social sciences or humanities.

He further enjoined party members to wake up and harness these employment opportunities for the benefits of party members.

” To be relevant in the 21st century, there is a need to develop the necessary skills to become a modern Teacher. You need to be computer literate, get new ideas, get fresh ideas ” he counselled.

The commissioner thanked party members for their prayers, support and dedication to both APC and Governor Akeredolu.

Ondo State Govt Partners With German Firm To Build $1.1billion Medical City

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Ondo State Govt Partners With German Firm To Build $1.1billion Medical City

As part of its commitment to improve the health sector, facilitate modern healthcare in Ondo State and end medical tourism abroad, the administration of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Germany-based health institution, Medicus International, to build a USD1.1billion Sunshine medical City in the state.

The Mou was signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hon. Ifedayo Abegunde, while the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Medicus International, Frank Spriewald, signed on behalf of the company at the Ondo State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, on Thursday, October 24, 2019.

Speaking at the event, Governor Akeredolu said he was more than convinced that Medicus International has good intention to develop the medical infrastructure in the state.

He said: “I am more than convinced that Medicus has good intention. As I told them when they came, coincidentally about a few weeks ago, I was in Germany myself and I saw their structure.

“When I was in Berlin, I was talking to another medical organisation to bring their facility to Ondo State. I was negotiating with them not knowing that someone else was already waiting for this.

“No doubt, we are interested in this. We have made efforts. We are already working on how to secure a land very close to the airport. It is an interesting thing.

“We are prepared to cooperate and we know that this sort of thing is to be done as a joint venture. The interest of Ondo State is there. We are putting land. The joint venture itself will come up.”

Arakunrin Akeredolu also announced that the state government has set up a team led by the Special Adviser on Health to work with the Medicus International.

Earlier, the facilitator for Medicus International, Chief Oludare Bello, said the time for the execution of the project is thirty-six months and development will be completed in forty-eight months.

According to him, the hospital will deal with all facets of healthcare, adding that the nearness to the airport became imperative because the hospital will have its own helicopter that will transverse other parts of the state for medical purposes.

Chief Bello explained that there will be other facilities in the medical city such as conference Center, Cinema, teaching hospital and nursing school.

He said: “The hospital is a city on its own. The design is premised on the fact that there will be green in the whole hospital. That is to make the patients see the ambience of the hospital when they lean over the window to have a view.

“It will be one of its kind in Nigeria. Over 50% of the doctors are already trained in Germany. The doctors that will be employed here will also be trained in Germany.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr Jibayo Adeyeye, said Medicus International is charged with the responsibility of looking for the fund for the project, adding that the State government is only investing 100 hectares of land and with other routine approvals.

He said the MoU is coming after serial of engagements to have a memorandum signed between the state government and the organization.

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