Oando Plc Favour Ifeoluwa & Akinola Ajibade Oando Plc says it has completed and won the bid for the operatorship of oil block KON 13 in Angola. The firm which recently acquired Eni of Italy’s oil assets in Nigeria, said that the award of the oil block located in Angola’s onshore Kwanza Basin followed a competitive bidding process by the country’s oil and gas sector regulator. It further said hat the asset in which it owns 45 per cent participating interest, has estimated prospective resources of 770 to 1,100 million barrels of oil. Oando is handling its operations relating to the asset through its upstream subsidiary, Oando Energy Resources (OER). “Oando Plc, Africa’s leading indigenous energy solutions provider listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Limited and Johannesburg Stock Exchange is pleased to announce that its upstream subsidiary, Oando Energy Resources (OER), has been awarded operatorship of Block KON 13 in Angola’s Onshore Kwanza Basin, following a...
By Favour & Akinola Ajibade
Apple has unveiled a multi billion dollar deal with Broadcom to produce new 5G radio frequency components in the US.
This happens, as the firm is planning to exit China for other investments environment for growth.
Reputed to the world's largest consumers electronics company, Apple is looking towards spending more than $400 billion on domestic manufacturing.
The Broadcom deal covers a range of 5G wireless connectivity components, including FBAR filters, acoustic resonators that enable iPhones to connect to 5G networks. Apple plans to invest in production across a number of US cities, including Fort Collins, Colorado, where Broadcom already has a major facility.
“We’re thrilled to make commitments that harness the ingenuity, creativity, and innovative spirit of American manufacturing,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a prepared statement. “All of Apple’s products depend on technology engineered and built here in the United States, and we’ll continue to deepen our investments in the U.S. economy because we have an unshakable belief in America’s future.”
Apple’s statement announcing the deal stressed the importance of 5G connectivity in consumer electronics, adding that the company is spending billions of dollars to develop the technology domestically. Apple devices have been compatible with 5G since 2020.
Broadcom wasn’t immediately available for a comment on the deal.
Apple’s US-based production, by the digits.
2.7 million American jobs produced by Apple through direct employment, iOS app store development, and US suppliers and manufacturers of Apple products.
$430 billion Amount Apple plans to invest in the US economy over the next five years.
48: Apple manufacturing sites in the US, more than 30 of them in California. This is just a fraction of the company’s global production, with most manufacturing still done in China, as well as growing secondary markets in India and Vietnam.
This increased investment in domestic production is part of a larger Apple strategy to move production out of China.
As US-Sino relations continue to sour, the company faces pressure from American lawmakers to wind down its extensive manufacturing process in China. It has also blamed Chinese pandemic-era policies and riots at Foxconn factories for supply chain issues.
In response, Apple has opened new factories in India and Vietnam to produce hardware like iPhones and Macbooks. Stateside, however, the company has said it will invest $430 billion in domestic 5G infrastructure and silicon engineering, including major money for chip production.
Last December, Cook announced that Apple would start sourcing its chips from a Taiwanese-owned Arizona factory as soon as 2024. The CEO shared this news at an event where US president Joe Biden touted his $50 billion investment incentives for companies to expand domestic production of semiconductors.
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