ZIMBABWE: Government to Privatize State-Owned Steel Firm
31/01/2018Zimbabwe plans to take on about $500 million of debt owed by state-owned steelmaker, Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) to allow a new investor to revive the company. ZISCO.
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Zimbabwe: Country to Re-engage Investors
25/01/2018German-African Business Association and International law firm, Pinsent Masons this week announced that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has shown signs of willingness to re-engage international investors to boost the economy. At.
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Angola issues tender to widen import base
24/01/2018In a bid to reform the oil industry, Angola has issued its first public tender to buy refined products to widen its import base, market sources who have seen the.
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George Weah is Liberia’s President
22/01/2018Former Liberian international football star George Weah has been sworn in as President of Liberia. Mr Weah won 61.5 percent of the votes in December’s election run-off, beating outgoing Vice.
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South Africa demands apology for President Trump’s remarks
19/01/2018South Africa issued a diplomatic protest to the United States recently over President Donald Trump’s “shithole countries” comments, according to its foreign ministry. South African diplomats also met with the.
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Nigeria Edges closer to Full Scale Energy Reform
19/01/2018Nigeria’s House of Representatives passed a bill governing the country’s energy sector after the Senate did so in May, taking Africa’s top oil producer one step closer to a much-awaited.
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Magufuli not extending presidential tenure
15/01/2018President John Magufuli of Tanzania has called on countrymen to ignore the calls for an extension of the constitutionally backed five years to seven years because the issue of presidential.
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SOUTH SUDAN: KIR PROMISES A NEW DAWN
27/12/2017“We must recommit ourselves to the course of peace, and extend a hand of unity and friendship across all the divides in the country.” This was the message of peace.
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NIGERIA: FG TO SPEND $1 BILLION ON BOKO HARAM
15/12/2017Nigeria will take $1 billion from a special account for oil-revenue savings to boost its war against Boko Haram Islamist militants in the country’s northeast. Governors of the country’s 36.
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KENYA: AGRIC. MINISTRY SPENDS Sh2.2 BILLION ON COOLERS FOR DAIRY FARMERS
12/12/2017The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock in Kenya has announced its plan to spend Sh2.2 billion on coolers for the distribution of milk to 35 milk-producing counties. Julius Kiptarus, the.
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