Nigeria Becomes Biggest Importer Of Kerosene From US
05/05/2014World’s eighth largest exporter of crude oil and Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, is now the biggest importer of kerosene from the United States, a new data released by the Energy.
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South Africa 2014 Elections Focus on Free and Fair
02/05/2014In a few days’ time, South Africa will hold the 2014 elections and questions on the freedom and fairness of this event are being raised. This will be the fifth.
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Nigeria’s Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala Honoured by Time Magazine in New York
02/05/2014The gala was organized by Time to honour those that were listed as the 100 Most Influential People in the World Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy.
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Africa is Ripe for Investment
02/05/2014US has just announced that it has invited over 47 African leaders to Washington for a US-Africa Summit. The summit is going to focus on trade. It comes up as.
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World Bank Approves $150m Grant For Education In Africa
02/05/2014Nineteen university-based African Centers of Excellence (ACE) across seven countries in West and Central Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Togo and Cameroon) will receive a combined grant.
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Kenya’s 2013 GDP Growth Surpasses Forecast
02/05/2014Kenya’s economic growth in 2013 surpassed expectations, recording a 4.7 per cent GDP growth, slightly higher than the 4.5 percent forecast by African Development Bank (AfDB), a growth rate Anne.
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Local Firms to Benefit from Nigerian Oil Deals
01/05/2014The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has awarded yearly crude oil lifting term contracts for 2014/2015 of about $40 billion to mostly Nigerian companies comprising Aiteo, Taleveras, Barbedos and others,.
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10 Of Africa’s Longest-Serving Dictators
27/04/2014Of the world’s 30 longest-serving leaders – some would call them dictators – 14 are in Africa. Can you guess which ones make the top-10 list? 1. Teodoro Obiang Nguema.