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Expectations High As Nigeria Annouces New Central Bank Governor

Nigeria’s Senate yesterday approved the appointment of Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Emefiele, who is currently the Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc, was.

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Cash confusion: The country where shoppers can pay with eight different currencies

Zimbabwe’s multi-currency confusion and hyper-inflation, Zimbabwe must be the only place in the world to have eight currencies as legal tender – none of them its own. For the last.

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Kenya Opens Market To Ethiopian Investors

Kenya says it has opened its doors to Ethiopian companies to trade on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), as a way of encouraging the East African country to ease its.

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Namibia listed As Africa’s Top Mining Destination

Fraser Institute, the Canadian-based research house and think tank, this week named Namibia as Africa’s second most liked mining destination after Botswana. According to the annual survey conducted by Fraser.

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Dubai Islamic Bank Eyes Expansion Into African Markets

Dubai Islamic Bank, UAE largest sharia-compliant lender, has revealed plans to expand its operations to Kenya and other African countries as well as Indonesia, as it seeks growth for its.

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Top 5 Banking Opportunities In Africa

The rise of sub-Saharan Africa’s banking sector has been incredible. Coupled with emergence as one of Africa’s fastest growing sectors, compared to its relatively unexplored (and approach with caution) status.

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Turning Africa’s Healthcare Challenges Into Opportunities

In 2008, I took a month-long tour of rural clinics across three states in Nigeria, which really opened for me a small window into some of the realities of healthcare.

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Peugeot To Roll Out ‘Made in Nigeria’ Cars By June

Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) has concluded plans to restart operations in the country with 3,000 cars set to be rolled out in June. In a chat with local business news.

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Transcorp Leads Nigeria Power Transformation Push

 For decades, the power sector has been a drawback in Nigeria’s quest for sustainable economic progress and a major impeder of SME growth in the country. Despite substantial capital regularly.

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Africa’s Hospitality Industry To Create 136,000 Jobs In 2014

No fewer than 136,000 new jobs will be created by the hospitality (hotel) sector in Africa this year, a new research by consultancy W Hospitality Group, which specialises in the.

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