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Collymore To Stay Put At Safaricom

Kenya’s biggest telecoms operator, Safaricom, has announced that its chief executive, Bob Collymore, will stay on in his role for an extra year. “I’m here until the year 2020,” Collymore.

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BP Nears Completion Of Sale Of Its Oil Asset

Oil giant BP is on the verge of completing the sale of its stake in a major Egyptian oil and gas company to Dubai-based Dragon Oil for over $600 million,.

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SA’s MPR Kept At 6.75%

South Africa’s reserve bank kept its benchmark repo rate unchanged at 6.75 % on Thursday, saying while the medium-term inflation forecast had moderated, economic growth was set to contract in.

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Morocco’s CPI Drops By 2%

Morocco’s consumer price index dropped 0.2 percent in April from a year earlier, after falling 0.1 percent year-on-year the previous month, the high commission for planning said on Wednesday. Food.

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Zambia Central Bank To Raise Lending Rate

Zambia’s central bank has raised the benchmark lending rate to 10.25% from 9.75% to counter inflationary pressure and support macroeconomic stability, its central bank governor Denny Kalyalya said on Wednesday..

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Congo Votes To Restructure Its Chinese Debt

Congo Republic’s senate on Monday voted to restructure some of its debt with China, a move that the International Monetary Fund has said was necessary to unlock financial support, the.

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Mylan NV Exercises Option Right On Aspen

Aspen Pharmacare said on Monday that Mylan NV had exercised an option to buy Aspen’s portfolio of prescription and over-the-counter products in Australia for 188 million Australian dollars ($130 million)..

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Zimbabwe Secures $500 Million Currency-easing Loan

Zimbabwe’s central bank has secured a $500 million loan from unspecified international banks to support inter-bank currency trading from Monday and ease a dollar crunch that has brought fuel and.

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TOTAL To Buy Anadarko’s Assets

The Chief Executive of South Africa’s Total, Patrick Pouyanne said yesterday that the planned acquisition of U.S. firm Anadarko’s African assets is “perfectly fitting” with the company’s overall strategy and.

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MTN Shares Make 10% Rise In Pre-market Bid

MTN Nigeria shares rose another 10% to 108.90 naira in pre-market bids today after its debut $6.5 billion stock market listing on the Lagos bourse. Nigeria’s biggest telecoms firm, owned.

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