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Ghana backpedalling out of banking crisis

Ghana is backpedalling out of a banking crisis as the government takes on debt to save a troubled sector and vows to punish the executives responsible. Early in August, Ghana’s.

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Yuan gains increasing popularity in Africa

China’s yuan has attracted more and more attention in African countries thanks to its advantages in facilitating China-Africa trade and investment, optimizing the structure of foreign exchange reserves and stabilizing.

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Egypt Aims For Natural Gas Dominance In The Mediterranean

The natural market gas in the Eastern Mediterranean is in full ebullition – with Egypt determined to be the center of this regional marketplace. The country faces challenges, including maintaining.

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Indian investors to invest 10 million dollars in Uganda

Two Indian investors, Riyaz Ganji and his brother an Aga Khan Ismaili entrepreneur, Javid Merchant are set to invest over $10m in pharmaceutical and textile industries. The two who recently.

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Ugandan maize lowers flour prices in Kenya to 6-year low

Maize flour prices in Kenya have dipped to a six-year low on increased supply of cheap grains from Uganda and harvests in western region, easing inflationary pressure. Two-kilogramme packets of.

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Tanzania, Burundi miss deadline on double taxation

Tanzania and Burundi missed the July 18 deadline set by the region’s heads of state to ratify the East African Community Multilateral Double Taxation Agreement. Regional businesses said the delay.

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Kenya govt approves $40m Likoni cable car project

The Kenyan Cabinet has approved the construction of a Ksh4.1 billion ($40 million) cable car project to ease movement of passengers between Mombasa Island and the mainland. A Kenyan and.

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‘CBN/ABP to disburse loan to 1,500 farmers in Kogi’

Doyin and Susan Foundation, an NGO, has facilitated loan of between N300,000 and N900,000 for 1,500 farmers in Kogi West Senatorial District under Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP). Chairperson, Board of.

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Canadian Overseas To Raise GBP3 Million To Develop Nigerian Project

Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd on Friday said it intends to raise GBP3 million through a share placing to finance its Nigerian development project. The oil & gas company said it.

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Leftists table bill to nationalize South Africa’s central bank, rattle rand

Opposition firebrand Julius Malema tabled a bill to nationalize South Africa’s central bank, rattling markets wary of any threat to the institution’s independence. The rand fell more than 1 percent.

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