Zimbabwe Names New Central Bank Governor
24/03/2014New Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Panonetsa Mangudya has the right qualifications and experience to lead the central bank, and his appointment inspires confidence in the market,.
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South Africa: New Technology Offers Hope of Tackling Tuberculosis
24/03/2014Face masks incorporating satellite tracking and cough samplers are among the new technologies being tested to help researchers in South Africa try to control the epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Tuberculosis.
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International Nuclear Security Summit – Why Africa Must Make Its Voice Heard
24/03/2014Of the 53 countries invited to participate in the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit that is taking place in The Hague today and tomorrow, six are from Africa. This is a.
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Nigeria And Namibia To Build Private Sector-Financed Refinery
24/03/2014Nigeria and Namibia have announced plans to jointly construct an oil refinery as both countries seek to maximise the cooperation in the area of energy. The two African countries made.
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Africa’s Biggest Wind Power Project Secures $870m Financing
24/03/2014Kenya’s Lake Turkana Wind Power Project, which is meant to add an existing 300MW of reliable, low cost wind energy to the country’s national grid has reached a critical milestone,.
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Cash confusion: The country where shoppers can pay with eight different currencies
20/03/2014Zimbabwe’s multi-currency confusion and hyper-inflation, Zimbabwe must be the only place in the world to have eight currencies as legal tender – none of them its own. For the last.
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Zimbabwe Government slashed Salaries for parastatal and local authorities
20/03/2014Government has slashed salaries and perks for parastatal and local authorities’ bosses to US$6 000 monthly, pending finalisation of a comprehensive salary structure being crafted by the Cabinet Committee on.
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West Africa’s Refugee and Security Crisis
19/03/2014In West Africa, the Malian and Ivorian political crises have resulted in the biggest number of refugees in the region. But brewing insecurity could mean that they will be unable.
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Dangote, Islamic Development Bank To Tackle Unemployment In Africa
19/03/2014The recent visit of Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote to Jeddah, west of Saudi Arabia will result in a partnership between Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and Dangote Group aimed at.