Botswana is rated best on the continent in rule of law and governance
04/06/2015THE WORLD JUSTICE PROJECT Rule of Law index, a new global report that ranks countries’ adherence to the rule of law, puts Botswana in the top spot for Africa. The.
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How Bad Is Nigeria’s Oil-Industry Pain?
02/06/2015In the escalating duel between U.S. and the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) oil production, few countries’ oil industries have been hit as hard as Nigeria, highlighting a.
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UK Firm In $16M Deal To Build 350 Houses In Uganda
02/06/2015KAMPALA, Uganda – The National Housing and Construction Company (NHCC) has signed a shareholder agreement with Henley Homes Plc to develop 350 housing units along the shores of Lake Victoria.
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Nigerian Minister, Akinwumi Adesina, elected President of African Development Bank (AfDB)
28/05/2015Nigeria’s outgoing Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, on Thursday emerged the 8th President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Mr. Adesina, 55, will succeed incumbent president,.
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Nigeria fuel shortage cripples businesses, banks and flights
25/05/2015There have been long queues at petrol stations because of the fuel shortage Nigeria is being crippled by the fuel shortage that the country has been experiencing for more than.
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Apple Inc. Buys Nigerian Born Chinedu Echeruo’s Hopstop.com For $1 Billion
17/05/2015Apple has acquired Chinedu Echeruo’s HopStop.com, The Wall Street Journal’s publication, AllThingsDigital reports. Founded in 2005, HopStop.com makes mobile applications for both iOS and Android that covers over 300 cities.
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Africa highlighted as high potential market for technology companies
14/05/2015DHL, the world’s leading logistics service provider, held its 5th annual Global Technology conference in Dubai last month, featuring a number of key sessions on doing business in Africa. Under.
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Investment Firms Funding Retail Developments In East Africa
14/05/2015East Africa’s shopping landscape is slowly changing with the construction of multi-million dollar centres in prominent cities. Many projects are being developed by investment firms and private equity funds eager.
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Mozambique may become world’s third largest gas producer
08/05/2015Mozambique has the potential to be the world’s third largest producer of natural gas, after Qatar and Australia, but needs to secure between US$20 billion and US$25 billion dollars in.
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Opinion: Banking Africa’s Unbanked – Time For A Reality Check
08/05/2015By Vahid Monadjem, CEO of Nomanini Plenty of progress has been made on increasing the size of Africa’s banked population. The trouble is, from the amount of noise that is.
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