Lebanon has a long history of economic and political instability. In the past, local insurers have been successful at navigating this challenging environment. However, recent civil unrest and a ballooning public debt have increased the level of economic uncertainty, which is negatively impacting the credit quality of Lebanon’s insurance market.

In a new Best’s Special Report, “Lebanese Insurance Market Faces Mounting Uncertainty”,"...

The LEGO Group announced a partnership with Nintendo that will change the way people interact with Super Mario in the physical world and engage in LEGO® experiences.

Both companies share a passion for innovation and play and their collaboration has led to a reimagination of the LEGO building experience, enabling an entirely new way to play inspired by the beloved video game icon, Super Mario.

Neither"...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for the investigation of empagliflozin to reduce the risk of kidney disease progression and cardiovascular death in adults with chronic kidney disease, Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced. The designation was granted for the clinical investigation of empagliflozin in adults with chronic kidney disease. This Fast Track designation for empagliflozin underscores the urgent need for new treatment options for people"...

The federal government plans to make Nigeria self- sufficient in rice production. That is highly commendable. From research it has been proven that Nigeria rice is the best rice in the world as the taste and quality is far better than the imported ones from other parts of the world.

In Nigeria today, some states produce paddy rice in abundance. Some of these states are Enugu, Anambra, Abia, Kebbi, Imo, Kwara, Edo, Ogun, Ondo, Cross River State and"...

The Nigerian Communications Commission is committed to lead Nigeria in achieving the 70 per cent broadband penetration target by 2025, writes Emma Okonji

The second broadband committee with a mandate to develop the 2020 – 2025 National Broadband Plan, targeted at achieving 70 per cent broadband penetration by 2025 was recently inaugurated. However, most industry analysts are afraid that the mandate may be a tough one to achieve, given the"...

KAIROUAN, Tunisia — Mohamed Sid is waiting for the lights to go out — not for lack of oil but because there is too much of it.

Unusually heavy rains have yielded a bumper crop of olives across Tunisia, and that oversupply has sent the price of olive oil plummeting, provoking a crisis in one of the world’s largest producers.

Sid’s olive trees in"...

Fremont, Calif. – Tunisian ceramics manufacturer Société de Ceramique de Chebedda (Socer) has added an EFI™ Cretaprint® 5th generation ceramic printer from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. to further expand its production capacity. This will be the fourth EFI ceramic printing machine that Socer has purchased.

“We have been a loyal EFI Cretaprint customer for 14 years with our first purchase being Cretaprint rotary printers. A few years back, we adopted our first EFI Cretaprint"...

(TAP)- The government has mobilised funds worth 12 million dinars as part of a national plan to address the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Nissaf Ben Alaya, Director of the National Observatory of New and Emerging Diseases, said Wednesday.

Speaking to TAP, Ben Alaya added that the Health Ministry has so far spent 4 million dinars in the implementation of that plan, adding"...

(TAP)- The economic and social situation, the requirements of the current stage and the context of the coronavirus, were at the heart of a meeting on Wednesday in Tunis, between Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh and president of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA), Samir Majoul.

UTICA president reaffirmed the need to boost investment, employment and development in the interior regions. Achieving this goal remains dependent"...

(TAP) - The main issues related to the agricultural sector, including the difficulties encountered in the olive sector and means likely to market these products, were the focus of a meeting held Wednesday between Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh and President of the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries (UTAP), Abdelmajid Ezzar.

The meeting has also made it possible to review the solutions that can help solve the difficulties facing the cereal"...