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Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Receives N263 Billion Loan to Develop Oil Wells

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Sunday announced that it had secured a $1.2bn (N236 billion) multi-year drilling financing package for the development of 36 offshore and onshore oil.

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Former Nigeria Minister Of Finance, Okonjo-Iweala Gets Two International Appointments

A former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was on Monday appointed into two key international positions, her Media Adviser, Paul Nwabuikwu, said in a statement in Abuja. Apart from being.

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Addis Ababa launches modern urban rail service

Ethiopia’s first modern urban commuter rail service has been launched in the capital Addis Ababa. The $470M project, which was mostly funded by China’s Exim Bank, is the first fully.

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Women In Leadership: Leading A Quiet Nigerian Revolution In Pension Funds

Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, the director general of Nigeria’s pension commission is working to build trust in the system and integrate workers from the informal sector. For someone who oversees billions of.

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Investment: Ghana’s Cocobod signs $1.8 billion loan for 2015/16 crop purchases

Ghana’s cocoa regulator signed a $1.8 billion loan with international banks on Thursday to finance purchases for the 2015/16 season, its spokesman said. Ghana is the world’s second-biggest producer of.

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Zambia to start exporting electricity in 2016

Zambia’s government is taking measures to ease power shortages and the southern African nation will be a net exporter of electricity within 12 to 13 months, President Edgar Lungu said.

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As the Music fades, You are forever in our Heart

A Tribute to Ambassador Ade Adefuye, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States By: African Leadership Magazine It was the great poet, Oscar Wilde that said, “To live is the rarest.

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Zambia: State of the economy is challenging – Finance Minister

ALEXANDER CHIKWANDA, ZAMBIA’S FINANCE MINISTER. PHOTO©LUSAKA TIMES Zambia’s economy is likely to grow by less than 5 percent in 2015 due to a power crunch that has hit output from.

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Ethiopia: World Bank approves $600m facility to support basic services

The World Bank on Tuesday approved a $600 million facility to support Ethiopia’s effort to improve equitable access to basic services for its vulnerable citizens. In a statement, the bank.

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Nigeria’s President Encourages French Investment

President Muhammadu Buhari in Paris assured French investors of his administration’s commitment to provide a suitable business environment that would boost economic activities and create jobs for the youth. News.

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