US Secretary of Commerce To Visit West Africa
30/01/2014US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker will lead an Energy Business Development Mission to West Africa with stops in Ghana and Nigeria from May 18-23, 2014. The mission will promote.
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China Emerges Tanzania’s Major Investor
29/01/2014China’s total direct investment in Tanzania soared from $700 million in 2011 to $2.1 billion last year, turning the world’s second biggest economy into the biggest foreign investor in the.
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South Africa opposition parties merge
29/01/2014South Africa’s main opposition party has announced anti-apartheid activist Mamphela Ramphele will be its presidential candidate this year. Ms Ramphele, the companion of late black consciousness leader Steve Biko, only.
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5 Amazing Places You May Never Have Heard Of
27/01/2014WISCONSIN’S EVER-CHANGING SEA CAVES Most of the world’s wonders are well trodden, but a few under-the-radar gems remain scattered across the globe. We chose our favourite among the more than.
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Qatar To Strengthen Economic Ties With Gambia
27/01/2014Qatar is interested in strengthening trade and economic relations with The Gambia, Qatari Ambassador, Mohamed Nasser Al-Kaabi says. The Arab nation and Gambia has enjoyed a cordial relationship for about.
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Tony Elumelu Invests In US Space Tech Startup
27/01/2014Heirs Holdings, a Tony Elumelu-led pan-African proprietary investment company with interests in Barack Obama’s $7 billion Power Africa initiative, has announced an undisclosed figure investment in San Francisco-based Planet Labs’.
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Young South African Music DJ set to be the first black African in space
24/01/2014No one in Mandla Maseko’s family has ever stepped outside South Africa, but the young township DJ is set to rocket into space next year. From the dusty district of.
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Ten Business Tips From Kenyan Multi-Millionaire Chris Kirubi
23/01/2014Chris Kirubi is a complex man. One of Africa’s richest and most successful businessmen, he’s that rare blend of Donald Trump, Jeffrey Sachs, Richard Branson and American music star DJ Khaled, in African.
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Five Lessons From Zimbabwe’s Richest Man, Strive Masiyiwa
20/01/2014Over two decades ago, Strive Masiyiwa took the Zimbabwean government to court in a grueling five-year legal battle. Masiyiwa had been planning to launch his own mobile telecoms company, but.
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The Billionaire Bond in Africa
20/01/2014Bill Gates and Mo Ibrahim have more in common than the magnanimous Buffett-inspired billionaire Giving Pledge, and now their paths may cross again. At a recent private gathering at the Council on.