Emerging Opportunities From Fixing Africa’s Power Infrastructure
25/10/2014Sub-Saharan Africa —home to six out of 10 of the fastest growing economies in the world – is challenged to maintain the impressive growth rates of close to 5 percent.
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Silicon Savannah – Africa’s City of Dreams
20/10/2014What if there were a city where big ideas become real, where traffic jams are obsolete, where women and men develop futuristic technologies together, where natural and urban ecosystems coexist.
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Tony Elumelu Launches Empowerment Fund to Revitalize Distressed Communities across Nigeria
20/10/2014Tony O. Elumelu Founder of The Tony Elumelu Foundation and Chairman of Heirs Holdings has announced the launch of The Elumelu Nigeria Empowerment Fund. The Fund was launched by President.
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27 Hostages Kidnapped in Cameroon By Boko Haram Released
14/10/2014Cameroon’s president has said that 27 hostages, including 10 Chinese workers, held by suspected Boko Haram militants have been released. But there were speculations in Yaounde that government may have.
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Zimbabwe Signed A $3 Billion Mining Project Mega Deal With Russia
06/10/2014ZIMBABWE and Russia yesterday commissioned a historic $3 billion platinum mining project in Darwendale that is expected to stimulate growth in various sectors of the economy over the next few.
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Will New Railroads Transform Africa’s Economic Landscape?
02/10/2014Railroad investment is taking off around the African continent, including a Chinese-financed $5.2 billion project linking Nairobi and Mombasa. The line will eventually link the port city with South Sudan,.
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President Obama Congratulates Nigeria at 54, Pledges Support Against Terrorism
02/10/2014United States President Barack Obama has sent his greetings and that of the American people to Nigerians on the 54th independence anniversary of the country. In a letter addressed to.
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Africa’s Giant Mega Infrastructure Projects
25/09/2014Resource rich and home to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies, the stage is set for Africa to become the world’s next industrial juggernaut. But making this dream a reality.
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Chinese Firm To Construct $1.2B Power Plant In Namibia
25/09/2014Namibia has picked China’s Shanghai Electric as the preferred bidder to build a $1.2bn gas-fired power plant, the head of the country’s power utility said on Wednesday. The Kudu project.
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South Africa Signs $10B Nuclear Power Deal With Russia
25/09/2014South Africa has signed a $10bn nuclear power cooperation agreement with Russia for the construction of up to 9.6GW of nuclear facilities based on Russian technology. The agreement for large.
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