Uganda: Central Bank Reduces Lending Rate to 14 Percent
09/08/2016As part of efforts to support the country’s high economic growth and private sector credit, the Bank of Uganda (BoU) has recently moved to provide a stimulus in the economy.
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Telco towers deal “boost to enterprise and business growth in Democratic Republic of Congo”-EAIF chair
08/08/2016US$20 million loan is 5th EAIF deal with Helios Towers Africa The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF or the Fund) has announced that it has loaned US$20 million to.
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Tanzania: Activists Reject Govt. Appeal on Marriage Act
08/08/2016Child rights activists in Tanzania have recently opposed governments move to appeal against the High Court ruling that outlaws the marriage of children below the age of 18. The Tanzania.
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African Varsities to Develop Curricula to Tackle Land Governance Challenges
08/08/2016Senior leadership drawn from sixteen African universities and institutions of higher learning have endorsed key recommendations to review land governance curricula, with a view to ensuring land professions better respond.
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EAC to Phase out Dollar as Cross-Border Trade Currency
08/08/2016Members of the East African Community states have recently announced that the America dollar will soon seize to be the medium of exchange for cross-border trade. This.
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Exclusive Interview with Nigeria’s President Buhari: Our Most Difficult Times Are Now Behind Us…
05/08/2016Having inherited a nearly comatose economy, occasioned by dwindling oil resources and rampaging terrorists in the country’s Northeast, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, is faced with an arduous task of.
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Orange, Sonatel Acquire Airtel Sierra Leone
05/08/2016By: Barnabas Thondhlana Orange, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, together with its Senegal-based partner Sonatel, has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel in Sierra.
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Nigerians in the Diaspora Making Positive Impact — Dabiri-Erewa
05/08/2016The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has said Diaspora Nigerians are making positive waves all over the world because Diaspora.
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Nigeria: Basic Education Needs 1.3 Million Teachers– Minister
05/08/2016A shocking revelation came recently when the Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu said that in order to bridge the wide gap between the number of teachers required.
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Tanzania to Earn Sh1 Billion Yearly from Airspace
05/08/2016The Government of Tanzania is anticipated to earn Sh1 billion yearly from the handling and management of airspace. Tanzania has written to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) requesting.
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