Money Transfer: Are Africans getting ripped off?
23/04/2014Africans in the Diaspora are charged twice the global average in taxes to send money to relatives back home, a recent study has revealed. Africans face the highest remittance fees.
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Egypt: Two contrasting candidates vie for the presidency
23/04/2014The Egyptian presidency will be contested by two contrasting candidates- former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and former parliamentarian Hamdeen Sabahi. According to the secretary-general of Egypt’s Elections Committee, Al-.
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Meet media mogul Mo Abudu ‘Africa’s Oprah Winfrey’ and how she conquered a continent
22/04/2014With no TV experience whatsoever, Mo Abudu has become the “Oprah of Africa” — it’s impossible not to read an interview with the glamorous 49-year-old without the moniker cropping up..
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Algeria’s President Bouteflika wins fourth term
22/04/2014Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has won a fourth term in office taking more than 81% of the vote, the interior minister has said. The 77-year-old leader, who suffered a stroke.
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Focus on Drilling Fluids Proves to Be a Key to Cutting Costs and Driving Efficiency
17/04/2014Collaboration a Central Theme for Newpark Drilling Fluids at OTC 2014 Focus on Drilling Fluids Proves to Be a Key to Cutting Costs and Driving Efficiency HOUSTON, April 16, 2014.
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Richard Branson Acquires South Africa’s Mont Rochelle Hotel & Mountain Vineyard
17/04/2014Famous British entrepreneur Richard Branson will add more to his collection of luxury retreats, having agreed to buy Mont Rochelle Hotel & Mountain Vineyard in South Africa. Branson who has.
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Zimbabwe Faces Economic Challenge
17/04/2014The economy remains under pressure with companies reportedly laying off workers or shutting down, unemployment and inflation rising while the government looks seemingly clueless on how to deal with such.
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Africa: Can the World Really End Poverty By 2030?
17/04/2014The slogan “make poverty history” has been used by development pundits and pop star philanthropists for years. Now, in a bid to turn words into deeds, it is being discussed.
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World Leaders Condemn Nigeria Bomb Attack
15/04/2014The international community has condemned the bus station bombing in Abuja that left many commuters dead and hundreds injured. United States president, Mr. Barrack Obama and the United Nations Secretary-General,.