2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ Official Countdown Clock is Unveiled

In the Heart of Moscow, 1,000 Days Before the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ the Official Countdown Clock is Unveiled

Today, exactly 1,000 days before the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, Swiss watch brand Hublot is pleased to have been involved in the unveiling of the official countdown clock for the tournament, which will begin on 14th June 2018.

Emirates’ Boeing 777 Fleet Tops 859,000 Flights

 Emirates’ Boeing 777 Fleet Tops 859,000 Flights

Airline’s U.S. operations and US$93 billion Boeing 777 order book support U.S. economy and jobs

DUBAI, U.A.E, 17 September, 2015 - Emirates, the world’s largest operator of the U.S. -built Boeing 777, celebrated the fleet completing over 859,000 flights while logging over 4,720,000 flight hours since its first delivery in 1996. On 3 September, the airline and Boeing marked the 150th Emirates 777 delivery milestone, with a triple delivery of two Boeing 777-300ERs and one Boeing 777 Freighter.

Emirates’ 147-strong Boeing 777 fleet criss-crosses the globe, currently serving 98 destinations on six continents. These staggering operating milestones underscores Emirates’ long-term commitment to the Boeing 777 program and its contribution to aerospace manufacturing and related jobs in the U.S.


“Emirates’ approach to global air travel has created substantial additional demand for U.S.-made aircraft and engines, and benefited millions of travellers,” said Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline. “The Boeing 777 makes up the majority of our fleet, and gives us the range and flexibility to provide non-stop services to almost any city within a 16 hour flying range of our hub in Dubai. Our orders for these efficient jets have come on the back of our steady growth in the U.S. and globally. We are proud to connect U.S. cities to tourism and trade opportunities in destinations across Asia, Africa and the Middle East which were previously underserved by direct air transport links. It’s clearly a win-win situation when our investments in U.S.-made technology together with our global operations, help to support U.S. jobs and strengthen American prosperity.”

Supporting American Jobs Through Committed Investments in Boeing Aircraft

Emirates’ multi-billion dollar investment in the Boeing 777 program over the past 19 years, with committed deliveries for the next decade, continue to support jobs and innovation in the US aerospace manufacturing supply chain. Including its record-setting order in November 2013 for 150 GE-powered Boeing 777Xs, Emirates currently has an order book of 196 Boeing 777s valued at US$93 billion at list prices.

The US Department of Commerce estimates that 5,359 U.S. jobs are created for every one billion dollars in value of U.S. export goods. On this basis, Emirates’ bulk order of the Boeing 777s alone supports over 400,000 new American jobs.

Emirates’ support for innovations in aircraft technology and commitment to bulk purchases of new aircraft models have given Boeing the market certainty it needed to make these world-shrinking technological advances such as ultra-long range aircraft like the Boeing 777-200LR and 777-300ER which are capable of flying non-stop for sixteen hours.

Emirates Supports Nearly 4,000 U.S. Jobs Per Daily Round Trip Service

With its launch of daily services to Orlando, Florida on 1 September, Emirates now serves 10 U.S. gateways, providing international connections for business and leisure travellers into these airports and their surrounding regions/economies.  In an analysis by aviation experts Campbell-Hill Aviation Group, it has been demonstrated that Emirates supports 3,975 U.S. jobs with each of its U.S. daily flights, and the employees holding these jobs earn $161 million per year 1.

Emirates and Boeing To Bring $100 Million and 1,500 Jobs to Florida

The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority has noted that Emirates’ new daily Orlando-Dubai non-stop flight, using the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft, will generate more than $100 million in new annual economic activity and support nearly 1,500 jobs. 

Furthermore, Emirates’ operations bring an estimated total of $2.9 billion in economic value to New York, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago and Orlando airports and surrounding areas according to economic impact studies from these respective airports and regions.

Boosting U.S. Exports

Emirates also helps support the U.S. export market, with its growing network connecting more of the USA to key markets in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. During Emirates' most recently completed fiscal year (April 1, 2014 to March 31 2015), Emirates carried 120,320 tonnes of cargo from the U.S. to different parts of the world. As of May 2015, Emirates had already transported more than 27,900 tonnes of cargo.  Emirates’ Boeing 777 fleet has been instrumental in helping to transport this cargo, not only through its belly-hold capacity on passenger flights, but also via dedicated freighter services. The airline’s all-Boeing freighter fleet comprises thirteen Boeing 777Fs and two Boeing 747Fs.

Learn More about Emirates and Boeing

To learn more about Emirates’ Boeing 777 program and our investment in the U.S. economy, please visit, www.emirates.com/777

Emirates and the U.S.

Founded in 1985, Emirates is a global connector of people, places and economies. Based in Dubai, the airline’s global network serves 147 destinations in 79 countries across six continents. Its luxurious amenities, regionally inspired gourmet cuisine, award-winning in-flight entertainment system – ice – and unmatched hospitality provided by its iconic multilingual Cabin Crew have made Emirates one of the world’s most recognized airline brands.

Emirates has carried more than 11 million passengers on U.S. flights since launching services to New York in 2004. The airline currently serves 10 U.S. gateways – Orlando (MCO), Chicago (ORD), Boston (BOS), San Francisco (SFO), Los Angeles (LAX), Seattle (SEA), Dallas (DFW), Houston (IAH), Washington (IAD) and New York (JFK), as well as operating a trans-Atlantic route between JFK and Milan and a freighter service to Atlanta. Emirates SkyCargo transports up to 650 tons of U.S. exports each week – including auto parts from New York, apples and cherries from Seattle, and oil and gas equipment from Houston – stimulating trade and opening new markets for American businesses across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

For more information, please visit www.emirates.com.
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Dwayne Weppler 

Emirates Corporate Communications

Emirates Airline

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Nigeria’s Entertainment and Media Market Now Worth More than US$4 Billion.

PRESS RELEASE

Digital fuels growth in Africa’s entertainment and media industry: PwC report

-       Nigeria’s entertainment and media market grew by 19.3% in 2014 to reach US$4 billion. By 2019, the market will be more than twice as big, with an estimated total revenue of US$8.1 billion.

-       Excluding Internet access, television, filmed entertainment and video games are the areas where Nigerian consumers are expected to spend the most over the next five years.

-       Piracy continues to remain a problem in Nigeria, limiting growth across several entertainment and media sectors.

IFC Partners With Energynet To Deepen Investments in Nigeria's Power Sector

Nigeria’s Economy Leading the Way in Africa 
Nigeria is currently positioned as the largest economy in Africa and is poised to become the largest market in Africa for IPP projects. As the country aims to increase total installed capacity to 20,000MW by 2020 and with the unbundling of the oil and gas sector, and privatisation of the power sector underway, new generation capacity is going to rely solely on private sector investment. Government, public sector institutions, investors and power producers all come together to set a new precedent for African power driven by commercial capital and a commitment to the economic value of power generation. 
 ~ http://www.energynet.co.uk/event/powering-africa-nigeria-2015  

IFC Partners With Energynet To Deepen Investments in Nigeria's Power Sector

WASHINGTON, 14 September 2015 / PRN Africa / -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is partnering with Energynet limited, global organizers of investment meetings focused specifically on the power and industrial sectors across Africa, and other stakeholders to facilitate investments and deepen private sector involvement in Nigeria's power sector, which is working hard to provide uninterrupted supply to a fast-growing population and economy.

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President Buhari Will Achieve in 2 Years What Jonathan Failed To Achieve in 6 Years

 President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Goodluck Jonathan.

President Muhammadu Buhari will achieve within two years what former President Goodluck Jonathan failed to achieve in six years in office. The outstanding new management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) alone has already achieved within a month what the NNPC failed to achieve under Jonathan!

MainOne Wins 2015 Nigerian Frost & Sullivan Award for Customer Value Leadership

Frost & Sullivan Recognises MainOne for Providing Advanced Data Centre Infrastructure in West Africa From connectivity services provider to one of data center services and outstanding reliable connectivity

Speech by Foreign Minister Frank‑Walter Steinmeier at the German-African Business Summit

Speech by Foreign Minister Frank‑Walter Steinmeier at the German-African Business Summit 

BERLIN, 07 September 2015 / PRN Africa / -- Ministers,

Members of Parliament,

Representatives of international and regional organizations,

Excellencies,

Guests,

Together we are today writing a little piece of history: the new Sub-Sahara Initiative with the familiar old acronym SAFRI has organised this first German-African Business Summit with the support of the Federal Government. It will be followed immediately by the 15th International Economic Forum on Africa, an event organised jointly by the OECD Development Centre and the African Union, which normally takes place in Paris. You have a busy, intensive programme ahead, and I believe this shows just how important Africa is for us in Germany. I wish we would make more of a deliberate effort to turn this realisation into action.

Uganda Film Festival Honours Nigerian Filmmaker Femi Odugbemi

UGANDA FILM FESTIVAL 2015 HONOURS NIGERIAN FILMMAKER FEMI ODUGBEMI

Femi Odugbemi selected as Chair of Jury of the 2015 Uganda Film Festival.

3-time Head Judge of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, respected award-winning filmmaker Femi Odugbemi has just returned from another international assignment serving as the Chairman of Jury of the recently concluded 2015 Uganda Film Festival held in Kampala Uganda 25th-29th August 2015.

Apple Does It Again with the Launch of New iPad Pro and iPhone 6s

 
Apple Does It Again - Rolls Out Hot New iPad Pro and iPhone 6s  
Coming to Nigeria Soon!  

The global media is abuzz with the news of the new products launched at Apple’s event last night. Among the products announced, the bigger than ever iPad Pro and the stunning new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. The new iPhone will also come in Rose Gold. This is fantastic for all of us who are Apple fans and for those of us who have yet to make the leap into the world of Apple, these products are worth it.

iPad Pro, Apple's New 12.9-Inch Mega Tablet  
Thin. Light. Epic

 
iPhone 6s

So what about us in Nigeria?   

When will we be able to get our hands on these prize possessions? Surely it won’t be that far away.  Last year was the first time Nigeria was included in the iPhone launch, we received it on the 14th November, only 8 weeks of the launch of USA. So can they do better this year?