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Nigeria Ruling Party Picks Ex-Governor of Lagos Tinubu to Run for President

Nigeria’s ruling party on Wednesday picked former Lagos State governor Bola Tinubu as its candidate to run for president in elections scheduled for February 2023.

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UK Charities Seek Injunction to Block Migrant Deportations to Rwanda

Human rights groups said they had submitted papers at the High Court in London on Wednesday to get an injunction to halt next week’s planned deportation of asylum seekers from.

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Africa’s Tech Ecosystem to Record $712 Billion Growth By 2050 — Report

Endeavour Nigeria, a global organisation of high-impact entrepreneurs, says Africa’s technology sector will record a significant growth estimated at $712 billion by 2050.

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World Bank to Fund $900 Million Development Projects in East Congo

The World Bank and Congo have signed two funding conventions of$900 million to boost female entrepreneurship and access to water and electricity in the east and west of the country,.

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Gupta Brothers To Be Extradited To South Africa From UAE

Two Indian-born brothers alleged of state capture in South Africa may soon be extradited after their arrest in the United Arab Emirates.

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Access Bank to Acquire Majority Stake in Kenya’s Sidian Bank

Nigeria’s top lender, Access Bank, will acquire a majority stake in Sidian Bank from Centum Investments for Ksh4.3 billion ($36.8 million), two years after it entered the Kenyan market with.

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Uganda Is a Middle-Income Country, Says Museveni

Uganda has reached the middle-income status despite an onslaught of crises in the past three years, President Yoweri Museveni said on Tuesday.

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Africa Data Centre to set up 30MW Facility in Ghana

Africa Data Centres, a subsidiary of Cassava Technologies Group, a pan-African technology conglomerate, is constructing a 30MW data centre facility in Accra, Ghana.

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Malawi Govt Secures K60bn From World Bank to Rehabilitate the Damaged Kapichira Hydro Power

President Lazarus Chakwera has disclosed that his government has secured a K60 billion ($60 million) soft loan from the World Bank to rehabilitate Kapichira Hydropower in the next six months.

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Morocco, Libya Discuss Cooperation Prospects in Strategic Planning

Morocco’s High Commissioner for Planning Ahmed Lahlimi Alami on Monday held talks with visiting Libyan Planning Council Chairman Meftah Abdelwahed on prospects for promoting cooperation in the field of strategic.

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