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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Nigerian Government records N1.3tn revenue shortfall in three months
07/05/2015The persistent drop in oil prices and low receipts from non-oil sources may have led to a N1.31tn shortfall in revenue accruable to the federation in the first three months.
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Diaspora
Politics & Policy
Pics: Meet the 4 Nigerians contesting for a seat in UK’s Parliament
07/05/2015Four Nigerians will be contesting for a seat in the United Kingdom’s parliament today May 7th. They are Chuka Umunna (left), Kate Osamor (right) Helen Grant and Chi Onwurah. Three.
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Development Stories
World Bank approves $200 million for regional electricity transmission
06/05/2015THE World Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved $200 million support for a regional transmission network to enable electricity trade among the western African countries of The Gambia, Guinea,.
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Politics & Policy
Jonathan Celebrates Five Years In Office
06/05/2015President Goodluck Jonathan today May 6, marked five years since he took over the mantle of the nation’s leadership. He was sworn in on 6 May 2010 by the Chief.
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Sports
Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangot, Expresses Interest in Buying Arsenal Football Team
06/05/2015Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote has once again expressed his desire to buy English Premier League football team Arsenal. According to Bloomberg Business, reports that he had made plans to.
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Business & Economy
New York Pension Fund to Invest At Least $5 Billion in Africa
04/05/2015The New York State Common Retirement Fund, one of the largest U.S. Pension funds and worth about $180 billion, plans to invest as much as 3% of its assets in.
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Development Stories
East Africa’s Tallest Building? China Plans To Build It
04/05/2015The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia has signed an agreement with the China State Construction Engineering Corporation to build a 198-meter (649.6 feet) building for the bank’s headquarters in Ethiopia, expected.
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Dangote Group Plans To List On London Stock Exchange
04/05/2015The president of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has said his company would be ready to list on the London Stock Exchange by next year. Dangote was quoted as saying.
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Development Stories
Ethiopians In the Diaspora Lead Investments Back Home
04/05/2015Escaping an authoritarian military regime in the 80’s thousands of Ethiopian found themselves in the US, but several decades later they are slowly returning to invest in the a country.
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