2016 in Retrospect: 6 Things in 2016
16/12/2016Kingsley Okeke & Ehis Ayere It’s 7:45am in Nairobi, the Capital City of Kenya; the swirling traffic signals the dawn of a new day in the upscale business district on.
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Ghana: Construction of $552 Million Power Plant Begins in Aboadze
15/12/2016Aboadze, Ghana– Amandi Energy Limited (Amandi Energy) has recently announced that it has reached financial close and begun construction of the $552 million Amandi Energy Power Plant (Amandi Project),.
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Tanzania’s Magufuli Takes Anti-Corruption Drive to Ruling Party
15/12/2016By Fumbuka Ng’wanakilala Tanzania’s president, John Magufuli, has vowed to root out corruption in his ruling party, threatening “no mercy” for anyone giving or taking bribes. Businesses have long said.
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Kenya: Keroche CEO Feted in Women in Leadership Global Event
15/12/2016Nairobi — Keroche Breweries’ Chief Executive Officer Mrs. Tabitha Karanja has received the 2016 Global Inspirational Women Leadership Award. The award was awarded by Centre for Economic and Leadership Development.
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President Kiir Apologizes to South Sudanese for Past Mistakes
15/12/2016By Tito Justin President Salva Kiir has asked the South Sudanese to forgive him for past mistakes. The president made the appeal Wednesday during an end-of-year speech before the National.
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Gambia: Regional Leaders Fail to Reach Deal with Jammeh
14/12/2016By Edward McAllister Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s ruling party challenged his defeat in a Dec. 1 election at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as West African leaders failed to reach.
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West African Leaders to Press Gambia’s Jammeh to Quit
13/12/2016By Edward McAllister West African heads of state began arriving in Gambia on Tuesday to try to convince the long-ruling President Yahya Jammeh to relinquish power after losing an election.
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JA Africa: Preparing African Youths for the Future
09/12/2016Ehis Ayere Africa has the largest youth population in the world in the face of a very large unemployment market, and economic woes. Having a youth-focused empowerment programmes and organisation,.
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Ghana Opposition Calls on President to Concede Vote Defeat
08/12/2016Ghana’s main opposition party said on Thursday it had a strong lead in elections and called on President John Mahama to concede defeat – comments dismissed as “treasonable” by the.
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U.N. Seeks Record $2.7 Billion Aid for Boko Haram-Hit Sahel
08/12/2016By Kieran Guilbert Poverty, conflict and climate change will leave 15 million people across Africa’s Sahel belt in need of life-saving aid next year, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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