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China signs deal worth $4.3bn (£2.8bn) with Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote

A Chinese state-owned engineering company has signed a deal worth $4.3bn (£2.8bn) to build factories for a Nigerian cement company run by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. China’s Sinoma will.

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Nairobi’s robust economic growth can extend throughout sub-Saharan Africa with this plan

At a time when population growth is slowing across the globe, sub-Saharan Af­rica’s (SSA) population will more than double to two billion by 2050. The vast majority of this population.

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Uganda’s economy on the edge

“That is a concern” was a phrase repeatedly said by the chief executive officer of Stanbic Bank at an investor briefing in reference to the current status of Uganda’s fragile.

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South Africa’s Currency at All-Time Low For The First Time In 14 Years

South Africa’s rand weakened to breach R13 per dollar for the first time in almost 14 years. The currency of Africa’s most-industrialised economy tumbled to the lowest level since December.

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INVESTING IN AFRICA’S AGRICULTURE IS THE NEXT BEST THING

Investors are being encouraged to look at adding agriculture into their portfolios as we witness significant declines in oil and commodity export returns. Over 60 per cent of the world’s.

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Kenya Power To Buy 70MW From Obama’s Power Africa Firm

Kenya Power has signed a 70-megawatt power purchase agreement (PPA) with a company that is partly funded by US President Barack Obama’s Power Africa initiative, boosting the country’s goal of adding.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Donates $4.7M To Fund Technology For African Journalim

Code for Africa has received a $4.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund data journalism schools and projects, according to Journalism.co.uk. Based in Nairobi, Code for.

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How The Nigerian Economy Can Overtake America’s Economy – Sunday Adelaja

I can just imagine what must be running through the minds of those who are reading this extremely catchy title. I can almost envisage some remarks like ‘Pastor Sunday has.

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Photos: Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo commissions Dangote’s cement plant in Zambia

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo commissioned a 1.5Mt Dangote Cement plant & 30MW coal-fired power plant in Ndola, Zambia today August 4. He was joined by Zambian President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu..

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More UK Property Investors Wake Up To Africa’s Boom Allure

More UK property investors are eyeing real estate assets in Africa’s booming economies and other emerging markets outside Europe as sentiment against property buying change  for the better and buyers.

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