ECOWAS’ single currency to take off 2020
25/09/2018Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has given the West African Monetary Institute (WAMI) a fresh mandate to ensure that the long-awaited single currency takes off in 2020. Speaking.
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Eni, UNDP partner to promote sustainable energy and SDGs in Africa
25/09/2018Energy major Eni SpA and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are joining forces to improve access to sustainable energy and help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa..
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South Sudan president appoints UN-blacklisted general as deputy defence minister
25/09/2018In a move that may be seen as a negative development since the signing of the revitalized peace process, President Salva Kiir Monday appointed a UN-sanctioned general as the deputy.
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Mauritania signs economic partnership agreement with EU
25/09/2018Mauritania has become the 15th West African country to have signed the region-to-region Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union, an agreement negotiated with 16 countries of the region..
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Montero Mining, Jiang Xi Yun in lithium production plan in Africa
25/09/2018Mineral exploration and Development Company Montero Mining and Exploration Ltd has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with the Jiang Xi Yun Lithium Materials Company Limited of China for joint.
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Heritage Bank gets agric, SME awards
25/09/2018Heritage Bank Plc has been adjudged the “Best SME Bank Nigeria 2018” by Capital Finance International. The lender has also won the “Agriculture Bank of the Year 2018” at the.
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AfDB supports Ghana’s Renewable Energy Sector with $1.5m grant
25/09/2018The African Development Bank has approved a US$1.5 million grant from its Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), to assist Ghana’s s renewable energy investment drive. The grant will support.
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UBA emerges most innovative digital bank
25/09/2018UBA Plc has been recognised as the ‘Most Innovative Digital Bank’ of the year in the digital category of the prestigious International Finance Awards organised by the International Finance Magazine..
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Konga to invest N2.9b in K-Xpress for e-commerce logistics
25/09/2018Electronic Commerce firm, Konga is set to invest N3.5 billion in K-Xpress, its logistic arm, for better service delivery. Chairman of Konga, Olusiji Ijogun, who disclosed this at the weekend.