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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NIGERIA: EDO FARMERS, INVESTORS TO GET N500M CREDIT
11/12/2017The Edo State government in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to set up a N500 million Commercial Agricultural Credit Scheme (CACS), to provide credit for agribusiness.
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NIGERIA: NCAA WARNS AIR TRAVELERS OF DISRUPTION OF FLIGHTS
11/12/2017The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has warned air travellers in Nigeria that flights would be disrupted due to harmattan haze, which has already led to flight cancellations and delays..
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KENYA: PRESIDENT KENYATTA DIRECTS KENYAN EMBASSIES TO ISSUE VISAS AT POINTS OF ENTRY
29/11/2017Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed that all Africans wishing to visit Kenya should be issued with visas at various points of entry. President Kenyatta made this public during.
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KENYA: GOVERNMENT PROPOSES $2 BILLION EUROBOND SALES
28/11/2017Kenya’s government is seeking proposals from banks about a possible $2 billion Eurobond offering in the first quarter of 2018, according to two people familiar with the matter. The country’s.
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RWANDA: GOVERNMENT OFFERS TO HELP 30,000 STATELESS VICTIMS OF IMMIGRATION
23/11/2017Rwanda could host up to 30,000 stateless African immigrants currently stuck in their sojourn to Europe where they are exposed to all forms of abuse, including being sold openly in.
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Government
NIGERIA: FIRST NIGERIAN CIVILIAN VICE-PRESIDENT PASSES ON AT 85
20/11/2017· Ekwueme, who celebrated his 85th birthday on October 21, was reported to have collapsed at his home on October 29 and was rushed to Memfys Hospital of Neurosurgery, flown.
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Nigeria: FG to spend N458M on Malaysian Consultants
16/11/2017Nigeria’s Federal Government has concluded plans to engage consultants from Malaysia to help Nigeria build her economic capacity. The consultants are to conduct a study that would aid the implementation.
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Trade and Investment
Rwanda to Invest $50 Million on Renewable Energy
15/11/2017· $50 million to catalyse private sector’s investment in off-grid energy solutions. · To increase electricity access in the country by about 19 percent. · The fund will allow a.
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