East Africa holds its ground as Africa’s fastest-growing region, despite COVID-19 disruption
11/07/2020Economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed East Africa’s growth projection for 2020 down to 1.2 percent, a rate that.
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How to Ensure the Proliferation and Sustainability of Startups in Africa
07/07/2020By Priscilla Bretuo Entrepreneurial activities are crucial for stimulating innovation, growth and addressing the perennial problem of unemployment faced by most world.
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Industry
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BUA Group Set To Establish Ultramodern Cement Plant, 50mw Power Plant In Adamawa – Nigeria
07/07/2020BUA Cement, one of West Africa’s largest Cement companies, has announced that it is set to establish a three million metric tonnes.
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Economy
Mastercard, Equity Group Foundations partner to support education access during the lockdown
19/06/2020Through the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, Equity Group Foundation and the Mastercard Foundation have partnered to support over 14,600 students in the.
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IFC Invests in Nigeria’s Zenith Bank to Support SMEs, Address Challenges Related to COVID-19
19/06/2020The International Finance Corporation – IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced an investment up to $100 million in Nigeria’s Zenith Bank Plc. To help it increase support to clients and companies whose cash.
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Economy
Eliminating Extreme Poverty in Africa: The Role of Policies and Global Governance
17/06/2020A serious commitment to eliminating extreme poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa requires a three-pronged approach: Structural transformation: requires stable macroeconomic policies, infrastructure investments.
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Orange Sierra Leone takes Ethics and Compliance to a New Level
15/06/2020Globally renowned Telco, Orange has been present in Sierra Leone for only three years. Yet, it has already firmly stamped its innovative.
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Africa and the Myth of Industrialization
10/06/2020By Carlos Lopes Carefully developed backwards and forward linkages, and industrialization has the potential to diversify economies and reduce exposure to external.
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First US representative to the AFDB, Harold Doley makes a case for Adesina
01/06/2020The first-ever U.S. representative to the African Development Bank, Harold Doley, has called for the country to support Akinwumi Adesina. He made.
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African Union Development Agency and Ecobank Group announce focus areas on Joint Initiative to support Africa MSMEs
28/05/2020The African Union Development Agency and Ecobank Group have announced the key focus areas of their joint initiative to support Africa’s Micro.
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