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World Leaders Adopt Strategy to Tackle Boko Haram

African and Western leaders have agreed to combine their intelligence information and defence mechanisms in a bid to reduce the security risk posed by Boko Haram and other terrorist groups..

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Liberians Encouraged on Economic Growth

The Governor of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) Dr. J. Mills Jones has called on entrepreneurs and small enterprises to focus on locally produced merchandise. Governor Jones said: “Doing.

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A. T. Kearney supports agricultural growth in Africa

A. T. Kearney in partnership with Grow Africa and the World Economic Forum has developed a tool supporting the vision to increase smallholder participation in the agricultural value chain and.

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Samsung Electronics Launches the First Solar Powered Internet School in East and Central Africa

Samsung Electronics East Africa has launched the first Solar Powered Internet School (SPIS) at GS Kamabare School in Bugesera District with an aim of helping school going children get easy.

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Nigeria hosts the 25th World Economic Forum

Nigeria, the most populous black nation in the world, moves a step further this week towards international visibility and relevance as it plays host to the 25th edition of the.

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World Bank Approves $150m Grant For Education In Africa

Nineteen university-based African Centers of Excellence (ACE) across seven countries in West and Central Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Benin, Burkina Faso, Gambia, Togo and Cameroon) will receive a combined grant.

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Kenya’s 2013 GDP Growth Surpasses Forecast

Kenya’s economic growth in 2013 surpassed expectations, recording a 4.7 per cent GDP growth, slightly higher than the 4.5 percent forecast by African Development Bank (AfDB), a growth rate Anne.

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Canada Supports Sustainable Livelihoods and Health in Ghana

OTTAWA, Canada, April 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Senator Larry Smith, on behalf of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced today Canada’s contribution to a.

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Tanzania Could Become East Africa’s Transport Hub – President

In line with its prospects of acheiving regional transportation hub status, Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete says his country’s plans to hike its cargo volumes by 40 percent over 2013 levels.

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D’banj, Femi Kuti and 18 Other African Music Stars Promote Agriculture

Last week, ONE.org launched one of the continent’s biggest musical collaborations ever titled ‘Cocoa na Chocolate, in support of a new campaign to boost investments in agriculture. 19 of the.

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