UK to boost economic links with Zambia
30/08/2018Zambians will benefit as the UK puts more attention and resource into economic development and trade links to create the economic growth that will sustain rapidly growing populations in Africa..
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Johannesburg Stock Exchange signs deal with MTS on open bond trading platform
30/08/2018London Stock Exchange Group’s electronic bond trading platform MTS has collaborated with Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to launch an electronic government bond trading platform in South Africa. The partnership will.
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Tanzania: Sh3.3tr Loan to Fund Standard Gauge Railway
30/08/2018Tanzania is to receive a $1.46 billion loan (about Sh3.3 trillion at the prevailing exchange rates) from the British multinational banking conglomerate, Standard Chartered Group. The money will be spent.
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World Bank’s IFC, Egypt sign deal to support Africa start-ups
30/08/2018The World Bank’s private sector arm has signed on Thursday an agreement with Egyptian government aimed at supporting young entrepreneurs and start-ups in Africa to drive innovation and economic growth..
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Guinness Nigeria’s profit before tax grew by ₦7.3 billion in 2018
30/08/2018Guinness Nigeria Plc posted a profit before tax of ₦9.9 billion at the end of the 2018 financial year, the company’s results released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange have shown..
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Africa
Nigeria presidential race sparks to life; Senate leader runs
30/08/2018Nigeria’s presidential race sparked to life on Thursday with the announcement by Senate president Bukola Saraki that he intends to run next year. Saraki is the most well-known challenger yet.
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Nigerian bankers to meet after MTN ordered to transfer $8.1 bln – Access Bank CEO
30/08/2018Nigeria’s Access Bank expects the country’s banking industry to hold its regular committee meeting soon to discuss South African telecoms firm MTN’s repayment of $8.1 billion, on the orders of.
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Aker Energy to start Ghana drilling in Oct, eyes development plan in 2019
30/08/2018Norwegian oil firm Aker Energy will delay submitting a plan for development of its block off Ghana until early next year in order to first complete appraisal drilling, expected to.
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Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Receives Saudi Ambassador
30/08/2018Khadija Abu-Bakar Abba, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, received at her office at the headquarters of the ministry of foreign affairs in Abuja today the Saudi Ambassador to.
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Egypt’s president appoints first-ever Christian woman as governor
30/08/2018Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has sworn in several new provincial governors, including the first-ever Coptic Christian woman to hold the position. Manal Awad Mikhail was appointed governor of Damietta province.
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