The State Of West And Central Africa’s Insurance Industry
08/09/2013“With drought, we do not eat, we do not have money, and we hope for the best”, Aboubacar’s laments over the insurance industry in Cote d’Ivoire. Aboubacar’s story is a.
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UBA To Invest $2 Billion In Africa’s Power Projects
05/09/2013CEO of United Bank for Africa (UBA), Phillips Oduoza, has revealed that the bank plans to invest an additional $2 billion into power projects across the continent over the next.
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s Visit To Kenya Will Boost Economic Relations
05/09/2013Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan is billed to meet his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta, Thursday, for bilateral trade talks, aimed at boosting business relations between both countries. The president, along with.
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Can African Healthcare Systems Handle Growing Economies?
02/09/2013One of the most important proclamations made by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is that the social environment or social conditions in which people live and work has a major.
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Nigeria May Surpass South Africa As Africa’s E-commerce Leader
30/08/2013With significant growth recorded in Africa’s e-commerce industry in recent times, MD of DHL Express South Africa, Hennie Heymans has said certain regions on the continent may soon overtake South.
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World Bank To Assist Nigeria With GDP Rebasing
28/08/2013Nigeria will be assisted by the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Africa Development Bank, and other world development partners to produce a current and accurate GDP figure, the country’s.
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Transcorp Boosts Obama Power Africa Initiative With $300m Plant Acquisition
28/08/2013President Barack Obama’s $7 billion US-backed Power Africa initiative has received a major boost with the announcement of the complete payment for the $300 million Ughelli power plant in Delta.
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Facebook wants more Africans online
21/08/2013An initiative to bring internet access to the “next five billion” people has been launched by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The social network has teamed up with Ericsson, MediaTek, Nokia,.
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Didier Drogba To Build 5 Hospitals In Cote d’Ivoire
14/08/2013After donating image rights worth £3 million ($4.5 million) to construct a hospital in 2009, former African Footballer of the Year, Didier Drogba is set to go five steps better. The Ivorian.
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Microsoft Launches Scholarship Programme For Africans
13/08/2013To commensurate the International Youth day, Microsoft has launched a scholarship programme – the 4Afrika Scholarship – for African youths. The scholarship which is part of its 4Afrika Initiative that aims to boost economic.
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