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How Tunisia Will Boost Economic Growth and Create Jobs

 If Tunisia does not overcome its economic difficulties, an austerity programme will be inevitable next year with thousands of public sector job cuts and new taxes, prime minister-designate Youssef Chahed.

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Time for Africa Oil & Gas Industry To Consider Change: Pwc Review

By Banabas thondhlanab, Contributor The decline in the global oil price has led to a reduced level of activity across the African continent and had an impact on countries that.

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Ghana Producer Inflation Rises to 10.3 Percent In July

Ghana’s producer price inflation (PPI) rose to 10.3 percent year-on-year in July from 7.6 percent the month before, driven by rising gold prices, the statistics office said on Wednesday. PPI.

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IMF Evaluates Ghana’s Fiscal Outlook, Could Review Assistance Program

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is evaluating Ghana’s fiscal outlook for the rest of 2016 and will consider the third review of the country’s $918 million assistance programme next month.

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Tanzania: President Magufuli Urges Speed on $30b LNG Plant

President John Magufuli has directed the Ministry of Energy and Minerals to fast-track the construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Lindi Region to cost 30 billion US.

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Nigeria’s Buhari Says Monetary Policy Alone Not Enough to Expand Economy

Nigeria will need to combine monetary policies with fiscal and structural policies in order to overcome its worst economic crisis in decades and return to growth, President Muhammadu Buhari said.

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Beijing Automobile Intl Corp to Invest $800 Mln in S. African Industrial Zone

Chinese state-owned Beijing Automobile International Corporation (BAIC) has signed a deal to invest 11 billion rand ($823.30 million) in an industrial zone in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province, the operator.

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WRESTLING AFRICAN POVERTY FROM ITS ROOT- What roles can the industries play?  

  By: Kenneth Nkemnacho, Contributor A day before putting this article together, I watched a documentary on Russia Today television channel dubbed “Kidney Valley.” On the documentary, it was puzzling.

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Mobile Banking Growth Boosts Kenya’s Co-op Bank Earnings

Increased mobile and internet banking helped Co-operative Bank of Kenya increase its pretax profit in the first half of 2016 by 19 percent to 10.45 billion shillings ($103.08 million), the.

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Africa Can Win as Post-Brexit UK Builds New Trading Relationships

      By Martin Roche (Contributor)   As the world now knows, after more than 40 years of membership the UK is to quit the European Union. Britain’s future.

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