Tanzania Snubs EAC Joint Tourist Visa Plan
05/11/2013Tanzania has categorically stated that it will not be joining other East African Community (EAC) member states – Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda – in plans to launch a “single tourist.
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Access Bank To Invest $18m In Nigeria’s Tourism Sector
05/11/2013Access Bank Plc has earmarked N3 billion ($18.8 million) to support tourism and hospitality in Nigeria, said Obeahon Ohiwereian Executive Director with the bank, The lender joins the league of.
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Sweden unleashes ‘United Nations’ against Nigeria
05/11/2013Just like the multiracial French team that won the World Cup in 1998, the Swedish team facing the Golden Eaglets today is akin to the “United Nations.” The Swedish team.
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Nedbank Opens Africa’s First ‘Green’ Bank
05/11/2013In line with its commitment to environmental sustainability in South Africa, Nedbank has launched Africa’s first 100 percent “green” bank. The green bank, which uses an innovative hybrid power installation.
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UK scraps visa bond plan for ‘high-risk’ Asians, Africans
04/11/2013The British government has back pedaled on its visa bond plan for ‘high risk’ first time visitors from Nigeria and five other African and Asian countries. The proposal envisaged the.
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Horn of Africa piracy ‘netted $400m’ from 2005-2012
04/11/2013Pirates operating off the Horn of Africa netted more than $400m (£251m) in ransom money between 2005 and 2012, a new World Bank and UN report says. It says the.
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AFRICANS WITNESS SPECTACULAR SUNDAY
04/11/2013Africans were treated Sunday to a spectacular solar eclipse that swept across the continent, while in the United States and Europe sky-gazers also glimpsed the rare phenomenon. A total eclipse.
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AUTO REVERSE: UK DROP BOND POLICY
04/11/2013The British government has back pedaled on its visa bond plan for ‘high risk’ first time visitors from Nigeria and five other African and Asian countries. The proposal envisaged the.
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South Africa & DR Congo Sign Treaty For Grand Inga Hydro-electric Dam Project
01/11/2013South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed a treaty for the construction of the Grand Inga Hydro-electric Power Project, which is expected to become the biggest.
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Ghana arrests Chinese and Indian illegal gold miners
01/11/2013Ghanaian police have arrested 46 foreign nationals from China and India accused of illegally mining gold. They were detained in overnight raids in the country’s Central region where they were.
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