Ecobank, Proparco Sign $50m Deal To Improve Banking Network
04/12/2013Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI), the holding company of Ecobank Group, has signed a $50 million loan agreement with French development institution Proparco.
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Nigeria, Saudi Arabia Lead November Oil Shortfall
04/12/2013OPEC’s oil production for November hit a 2-year low to average 30.007 million bpd, following output dips in major exporting countries including.
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In Perspective: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf And The Liberian Dream
03/12/2013One of Africa’s oldest presidents joining the likes of Cameroon’s Paul Biya and Zimbabwe’s Robert “Bob” Mugabe. Head of one of Africa’s.
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Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon loses confidence vote
03/12/2013Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has lost a vote of confidence in parliament after 13 months in office, in what is.
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Yaya Toure named 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year
03/12/2013Yaya Toure has won the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year award. The Ivory Coast and Manchester City midfielder, who had.
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Samsung Partners Kenyan University To Supply Lowcost Laptops
03/12/2013Electronic giant, Samsung has come into agreement with a Kenyan institution, the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) to subsidize.
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How Africa’s Wealthiest Get Rich
03/12/2013“Don’t come to Africa and help, come and make money,” said Mo Ibrahim, Africa’s pioneer telecoms billionaire. As its economic promise continues.
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Dismantling Inter-Border Trade Barriers Could Earn Africa $20bn – World Bank
03/12/2013If African leaders can draft an accord aimed at taking down current cross-border trade hurdles in sub-Saharan Africa, the continent will earn.
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Monetary Union: East African nations reach agreement
03/12/2013Heads of state of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, which have already signed a common market and a single customs union, said on.
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