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21 Quotes From African Billionaires On Business, Passion And Life

Power and drive are two things business leaders seem to have in common. Add an uncommon determination to succeed, and the extraordinary that pushes them to surpass expectations and do.

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10 Africans Who Founded Million-Dollar Internet Companies

The number of millionaires springing up from digital ventures has grown tremendously in the past two decades, as the world increasingly embrace the potential of knowledge technologies, information and social.

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Can Africa unlock solar potential?

Which country boasts the world’s fastest growing clean energy investment? Germany? No. United States? Think again. Jumping from a few hundred million dollars to $5.7 billion, South Africa recorded last.

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Folorunsho Alakija unseats TV queen, Oprah Winfrey as the richest black woman on earth with $7.3b oil fortune

Move over Oprah, Nigerian oil tycoon Folorunsho Alakija is now the richest black woman in the world with an estimated fortune of $7.3 billion. Africa boasts 55 billionaires – far.

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BATTLE FOR BRAZIL 2014: AFRICAN TEAMS LOCK HORNS

  Five of Africa’s 10 remaining nations will move a step closer to World Cup qualification this weekend as the CAF Third Round play-offs get underway across the continent. The.

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GOOD NEWS AFRICA: Wealthy families plan investments in Africa

ONE Thousand & One Voices, a private equity scheme backed by “influential families” from around the world, established its Johannesburg office last week and is poised to invest $300m across.

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King of Investments – Morocco’s Mohammed VI Enduring Legacy

 In February 2007, there was great rejoicing in Morocco. Salma Bennani, the wife of King Mohammed VI, had given birth to a baby girl – a first daughter and sister.

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Nigerian Oil Tycoon Kola Aluko Launches $500 Million African Development Fund At Nasdaq

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Made in Africa Foundation (MIAF), which was co-founded by Nigerian billionaire Kola Aluko, and Ghanaian-born fashion designer, Ozwald Boateng, have launched a $500 million.

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Secrets Of Women At Top Business Positions

While companies and government undoubtably can do more to promote women in leadership positions – women need to learn how to tap into their unique strengths and make use of.

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Somalia set for historic ‘New Deal’

The European Union has pledged 650m euro ($860m; £540m) at a conference in Brussels to help Somalia end more than two decades of conflict. The money is part of a.

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