Tanzania Considers Tax on Charcoal to Save Forests
23/01/2017Tanzania is considering putting a tax on charcoal with the aim of discouraging the use of the fuel, which is a big source of energy for cooking but also a.
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Equatorial Guinea Presents Offer To Become OPEC Member In 2017
23/01/2017Africa’s no. 3 oil producer Equatorial Guinea has presented an offer to join the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) this year and has agreed to production cuts, its.
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Nigeria Must Not Scare Away MTN, Says Communications Minister
23/01/2017By Camillus Eboh and Paul Carsten Nigeria must not scare away MTN, its minister of communications said, as lawmakers investigate alleged illegal money transfers just three months after the government.
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Ghana’s New Government Plans to Review $918 Million IMF Deal
20/01/2017Ghana’s new government plans to review its $918 million programme with the International Monetary Fund because it may need more money for its spending plans, a minister-designate said on Friday..
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MO DEWJI EMERGES AFRICAN LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE PERSON OF THE YEAR 2016
20/01/2017LONDON, United Kingdom / Abuja Nigeria 20 January 2017 Mohammed Dewji, Tanzanian, and President of MeTL Group has emerged winner of the keenly contested African Leadership Magazine Person.
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Peace and Security
U.N. Security Council to Vote for Gambia Intervention
19/01/2017The United Nations Security Council is set to vote later Thursday on a Senegalese draft resolution that would back efforts by West African regional bloc ECOWAS to ensure Gambian President.
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Kenya: Women and the Fight for Ownership of Land
19/01/2017When the Kenyan government announced five years ago that coal deposits had been found in the Mui Basin, a land of rolling hills and pristine forests east of Nairobi, local.
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Extensively Drug-Resistant TB on the Rise in South Africa
19/01/2017Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, the most dangerous form of TB, is on the rise in South Africa, according to a new study. So-called XDR-TB does not respond to four or more.
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Entrepreneurship
Being a Strategic Leader Is About Asking the Right Questions
19/01/2017If you asked the world’s most successful business leaders what it means to “be strategic,” how many different answers do you think you’d get? Consider this number: 115,800,000. It’s the.
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Rising Kenyan Tea, Coffee Export Prices To Ease Drought Impact
19/01/2017Rising prices for Kenyan tea and coffee exports will help offset the impact from a drought that has been hurting the East African nation’s agriculture after poor rains late last.
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