On Thursday 13 October, The Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA) will host the sixth Summit of its kind and the largest Nordic business conference on Africa. The summit will convene under the theme “Investing in Africa’s Growing Cities”. African and Norwegian leaders from across industries will meet to discuss trends, issues and the great potential for the rising … [Read more...]
19-year-old Norwegian girl is world’s youngest billionaire—Forbes
A Norwegian teenager has been named the world’s youngest billionaire, following Forbes’ release of its 2016 ranking of the world’s richest people. Alexandra Andresen, 19, who is worth an estimated US$1.2 billion, has been ranked joint 1476th on the 1,810-strong list along with her 20-year-old sister Katharina. The sisters’ wealth stems from the 42.2 per cent stakes they each … [Read more...]
THE LARGEST NORDIC-AFRICAN BUSINESS SUMMIT 2015
OSLO – Today, 35 speakers and about 400 African and Nordic leaders, including more than 20 Ambassadors from Africa, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark discussed how Nordic capabilities can be linked with African opportunities at the Nordic-African Business Summit in Oslo. For the fifth consecutive year, The Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA) hosted the largest … [Read more...]
The largest Nordic-African Business Summit begins on October 29th, 2015
For the fifth consecutive year, the Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA) will host its annual Nordic-African business summit in Oslo on October 29th, 2015. 500 Scandinavian and African experts, from finance, renewable energy, agriculture, ITC, fisheries, oil and gas sectors will gather at Raddison BLU Scandinavian Hotel in Oslo on Thursday the 29th of October 2015, … [Read more...]
The Scandinavia’s richest economy is facing the flipside of an oil reliance
Norway is considering tapping reserve funds to shield western Europe’s biggest oil producer from the worst slump in crude prices in more than half a decade. Prime Minister Erna Solberg said the government is now “on alert” to respond to the rout. “If the economic situation requires it, we can react quickly,” she said yesterday at a conference in Oslo organized by Norway’s … [Read more...]