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Africa Can Win as Post-Brexit UK Builds New Trading Relationships

      By Martin Roche (Contributor)   As the world now knows, after more than 40 years of membership the UK is to quit the European Union. Britain’s future.

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South Africa: Curro First-Half Profit Jumps 51% on Acquisitions and Demand

South Africa’s biggest private education firm Curro Holdings reported a 51 percent surge in half-year profit on Tuesday, helped by acquisitions and growing demand for private education. Headline earnings, the.

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One Year On – Has the Treasury Single Account Been of Benefit to Nigeria’s Economy?  

  Nigeria’s President Mohammadu Buhari rode on the back of his zero tolerance for corruption to Aso Rock Villa, Nigeria’s seat of power. Upon assumption of Office, the President together with his team.

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Tigo Pesa Customers Pockets $21M Ninth Quarterly Profit Share

Tigo Head of Mobile Financial Services, Ruan Swanepoel said cumulatively the company has paid its mobile financial services users a total of Tshs 46.2 billion (US$ 21,203,490) in quarterly payments.

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Nigeria: FG Says It Has No Plan to Increase Fuel Price

Nigeria’s federal government has recently denied reports of an imminent increase in pump price of fuel. There had been speculations of a fresh raise, two months after the government increased.

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Uganda: Central Bank Reduces Lending Rate to 14 Percent

As part of efforts to support the country’s high economic growth and private sector credit, the Bank of Uganda (BoU) has recently moved to provide a stimulus in the economy.

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Telco towers deal “boost to enterprise and business growth in Democratic Republic of Congo”-EAIF chair

  US$20 million loan is 5th EAIF deal with Helios Towers Africa The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF or the Fund) has announced that it has loaned US$20 million to.

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EAC to Phase out Dollar as Cross-Border Trade Currency

      Members of the East African Community states have recently announced that the America dollar will soon seize to be the medium of exchange for cross-border trade. This.

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Orange, Sonatel Acquire Airtel Sierra Leone

By: Barnabas Thondhlana Orange, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators, together with its Senegal-based partner Sonatel, has completed the acquisition of 100% of the mobile operator Airtel in Sierra.

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Tanzania to Earn Sh1 Billion Yearly from Airspace

  The Government of Tanzania is anticipated to earn Sh1 billion yearly from the handling and management of airspace. Tanzania has written to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) requesting.

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