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Sub Saharan Africa Attracts $1.6bn From Private Equity

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) last year attracted $1.6 billion in private equity investment in what has been described as the highest investment of its kind in five years. According to the.

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China Emerges Tanzania’s Major Investor

China’s total direct investment in Tanzania soared from $700 million in 2011 to $2.1 billion last year, turning the world’s second biggest economy into the biggest foreign investor in the.

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Qatar To Strengthen Economic Ties With Gambia

Qatar is interested in strengthening trade and economic relations with The Gambia, Qatari Ambassador, Mohamed Nasser Al-Kaabi says. The Arab nation and Gambia has enjoyed a cordial relationship for about.

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MEST, UNICEF Promote Innovation In Ghana

Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), East Legon has partnered with UNICEF Ghana to launch the MEST-UNICEF Hackathon, a three-day product development competition that aims to uncover innovations that will.

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World Bank To Fund $100m Clean Energy Project In Nigeria

The World Bank will partner with Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Environment to raise a $100 million clean technology fund for the development of alternative energy sources in the oil-rich country,.

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Chinese Group To Invest Over $2b In Ghana Industrial Park

Chinese construction firm Huasheng Jiangquan Group, has offered to invest over $2 billion for the construction of an industrial park in Shama, a small fishing village in the Western Region.

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10 Important Things To Know About Africa in 2014

“If your yam is white, you should cover it while you eat,” an African proverb reads. Put in context of the recent economic resurgence across the continent, the question posed.

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South Africa Offers Opportunities To Young Business People

“Because a bunch of us back home, who have returned after living overseas, know that this is the place to be,” said Angel Jones, founder of the Homecoming Revolution, an.

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Top 5 Infrastructural Projects In Africa 2013

The Influx of greater Foreign Direct Investment in Africa, coupled with the rising demand of state-of-the-art infrastructures has ushered in a new dawn of monumental edifices, gradually changing the landscape.

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Africa’s 5 Best Performing Economies 2013

That Africa is set to become the world’s economic engine in the next 10 years or during the 21st century is no doubt a well-known fact. But that almost all.

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