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South African Navy Appoints First Black Woman as Commander

As a girl in the village of Lady Frere, Zimasa Mabela’s life revolved around school, and fetching firewood and water from the river. The country’s first black female navy commander.

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10 Ways Mobile Phones Have Transformed Lives In Africa

The telecommunication industry in Africa has witnessed a revolution especially with the onset of the handset mobile phones. Mobile phones have changed the ways companies, government agencies and other institutions.

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Ivory Coast Plans $25B Investments In 94 Infrastructure Projects

  THE Ivory Coast government is planning $25 billion of investments in 94 infrastructure projects from 2016 to 2020, news website Abidjan.net reported on Friday, citing Minister Delegate to Finance,.

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THE GAMBIA: Leadership Award For Tourism Development – Our Position

African Leadership Magazine has from inception positioned itself as a Pan-African medium, dedicated to telling the African story through the lenses of Africans. The magazine’s philosophy is founded on the.

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Rwanda court backs President Kagame’s third term bid

Rwanda’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of changing the constitution and dismissed the case brought by the opposition Green Party protesting at moves to allow President Paul Kagame to.

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Uganda’s economy to return to potential growth of 6.5 percent

Investments in infrastructure should help raise Uganda’s economic growth to about 6.5 percent in the coming years from 5 percent in the last fiscal year, the International Monetary Fund said.

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U.S. Counterterrorism Training Prepares Nigeria’s Emergency Response Professionals

Today, the U.S. government’s Anti-terrorism Assistance Program (ATA) conducted a mass casualty exercise to culminate a yearlong training program with Nigeria’s emergency management agency and other security and health agencies.

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, Appoints New Cabinet

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn today formed his new administration after parliament approved his nomination for the cabinet. The new government will have 25 ministries and four director generals with ministerial.

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100 Outstanding African-Americans 2015

The race to the top has never been to the swift; success is often a product of diligence, hard work, more work and extraordinary guts. These qualities reflect the unique.

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Africa’s Richest Man Aliko Dangote Launches The African Entrepreneurship Programme

The African Entrepreneurship Programme (AEP) will be a new initiative between Pitch@Palace and The Global African Investment Summit (TGAIS) designed to develop the African private sector and stimulate innovation and.

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