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U.S., Japan, NZ, Australia to bring electricity to most of Papua New Guinea

The U.S., Japan, New Zealand and Australia said they’ll bring electricity to 70 percent of Papua New Guinea’s people by 2030, boosting the West’s response to growing Chinese influence in.

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Ghana targets 7.6 pct GDP growth in 2019

The Ghanaian government is targeting an overall real gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.6 percent in 2019, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said on Thursday. The minister said this when.

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Sterling Bank named Africa’s most agile company

Sterling Bank Plc has emerged the most agile company in Africa. It won the Agility Award for Africa at the 2018 World Agility Forum, an award given to organizations who.

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Egypt seeks ready-made garments exports of $1.8 mln in 2019

Egypt’s Ready Made Garments Export Council seeks exports of $1.7-1.8 million during the next year with an increase of 12-14 percent, the Council’s head, Mohamed el-Sayyad said. Egypt’s ready-made exports.

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First Bank deploys Whatsapp for digital banking

The First Bank Nigeria Limited has introduced a chat banking on Whatsapp that enables customers to carry out key banking transactions for 24 hours every day. The bank said the.

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IBM to spend $25m on youth empowerment in Nigeria, others

The International Business Machines Corporation is to spend 25 million dollars (about N9 billion) in Nigeria and some other African countries for youth empowerment in the next few years. Director,.

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Nigeria Federal Government approves N60bn for rice subsidy

The sum of N60bn has been approved by the Federal Government as a subsidy for rice production in the country, the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said on Friday..

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Ecobank Zambia celebrates Ecobank Day 2018 by assisting Orphans

Ecobank Zambia Managing Director Kola Adeleke says the Bank takes its responsibility of assisting the community seriously Mr Adeleke said the bank is focused on undertaking social work as part.

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AfDB Approves U.S.$40 Million for Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved its third equity investment of US$40 million in Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund (AIIF3), a closed-ended pan-African infrastructure fund.

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Egypt’s growth rate rises to 5.3% during first quarter of fiscal year

Egypt’s Minister of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reformation Hala al-Saed announced Friday that the economic growth rate increased to 5.3 percent in the first quarter of the current fiscal year.

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