Singapore to boost economic ties with Africa
09/06/2014Third edition of Africa Singapore Business Forum sets the stage for stronger trade and investment flows between both markets 1. Singapore has emerged the largest investor in Africa among the.
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Ex Governor of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Named As New Emir of Kano State
09/06/2014The immediate past governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, Lamido Sanusi, has been named the new emir of the powerful Kano emirate, to succeed late Ado Bayero Mr. Sanusi’s appointment was.
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TY Danjuma Foundation Profile – Health, Education & Jobs
07/06/2014With Nigeria’s growing insurgency making local and international headlines, a pioneering philanthropic organization is quietly making headway in some of the areas most affected by poverty and conflict. Before the TY.
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Africa: Promoting Private Capital to Fuel Africa’s Energy Growth – U.S. Secretary of Energy Dr. Ernest Moniz
04/06/2014Washington, DC —This week the governments of the United States and Ethiopia are co-hosting a high-level meeting of African energy ministers, civil society and development organizations, researchers and some 30.
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Nigeria To Construct Africa’s First Gas Industrial Park
30/05/2014In furtherance of its commitment to boosting gas processing in the country, Nigeria is set to construct the first and largest gas industrial park in Africa, Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani.
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Nigeria Is Third Largest Mobile Phones Market in the World – Minister for the Economy, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala
29/05/2014Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Okonjo-Iweala has said Nigeria is the largest mobile phones market in the world. Okonjo-Iweala disclosed this in Ilorin during the.
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Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan Signs N4.964 Trillion 2014 Budget
27/05/2014The coordinating minister for the economy and minister of finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, yesterday refuted claims by the leadership of the Nigerian Army and other security agencies that poor funding.
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Kenya to Spend Millions in Tourism Recovery
23/05/2014The Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) is set to spend Sh200 million in the sector’s recovery plan amidst travel advisories from key markets among them the United States, United Kingdom, Australia.
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US Commerce Secretary Canvasses For Investment In Nigeria
23/05/2014US Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker has called for more US investment in Nigeria as she leads 20 American companies on an energy business development trade mission to West Africa.
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Football legend Patrick Vieira and Western Union Lends Support To UNICEF Education Project In Senegal
19/05/2014Global money transfer service, Western Union, has partnered former French national soccer team captain, Patrick Vieira, to lend support to UNICEF’s projects in schools within Dakar, Senegal’s capital city. Such.
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