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OFID signs $50 million deal with Natixis to bolster trade in Africa

OFID – the OPEC Fund for International Development – has signed a $50 million unfunded risk-sharing agreement with Natixis., part of Groupe BPCE, France’s second-largest banking group. Under the agreement,.

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Morocco Inaugurates Africa’s Fastest Train

Morocco Thursday inaugurated Africa’s fastest train. The train will halve traveling time between the commercial and industrial hubs of Casablanca and Tangier. King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron.

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Intertrust and moTV partner to bring affordable streaming to Africa

Intertrust, the inventor of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and a player in trusted distributed computing, has announced that it has joined forces with moTV, a provider of a complete OTT/IPTV/HYBRID.

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Angola joins gas exporters’ forum

Angola has joined the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), local media reported Friday. The country was admitted as an observer during the group’s 20th ministerial meeting in Port of Spain,.

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UPS adds Nigeria to its international delivery markets

American multinational package delivery and supply chain management company UPS has announced the addition of 14 new countries among them Nigeria served by UPS Worldwide Express, part of UPS’s international.

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Ghana Targets 7.6% Economic Growth Rate for 2019

The Minister of Finance of Ghana, Ken Ofori-Atta, has presented the government’s budget statement for 2019. Speaking on the floor of Parliament in Accra Ofori-Atta indicated that the government has.

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Angola Cables, Broadband Infraco sign deal to improve internet connectivity in Africa

Multinational telecoms company Angola Cables has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Broadband Infraco. Broadband Infraco provides extensive regional long-distance network coverage and SADC connectivity. From a South African connectivity.

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China urges international community to support Horn of Africa

Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ma Zhaoxu on Wednesday called on the Security Council and international community to provide constructive assistance to the countries in the Horn of.

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NNPC eyes over 14% market share of downstream oil sector

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will control more than 14 per cent share of fuel supply in the country, its Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru, has said. Speaking.

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Standard Bank and AVI begin trading on A2X

Standard Bank Group ordinary shares, Standard Bank Group second preference shares and South African fast-moving consumer goods group AVI shares begin trading on A2X today. A2X’s CEO, Kevin Brady said,.

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