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Masisi markets his country, Botswana
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Angola, US partner to boost trade
Angola has entered a new partnership Export-Import Bank of the United States (US Exim) to boost trade.
Nigerians in Disapora to meet on development
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AfDB approves plan of Central Africa
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Ecobank makes $450m from Eurobond
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Mozambique revokes 145 mining titles
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Shortage of aviation fuel hampers flights in Sierra Leone
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Afreximbank disburses 100m euros for credit facility
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has disbursed 100 million Euros revolving global credit facility to Mota-Engil Africa company...
NEPZA assures investors of safety
The Nigeria Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA), has assured local and foreign investors, of adequate security of their...
Global air freight data
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Mobile tech in West Africa to hit $70b
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Egypt, Greece hike trade
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Stakeholders meet on women enterprises
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Egypt, BMW move to end tariffs dispute
Ministry of Finance of Egypt is about to
sign the agreement with the German auto company, BMW,...
Unilever first-quarter sales top expectations
Consumer goods group, Unilever, reported
stronger than expected quarterly underlying sales growth, helped by
higher prices and...
Nigeria to get AfDB’s US$150m loan
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the request to obtain a loan of 150 million dollars from the African...
Nigeria has no plan to remove fuel subsidy
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab
Ahmed, has refuted reports that Nigeria had agreed with the
International...
Nigeria wants miners to regularize titles
Nigeria’s Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has advised unregistered miners to get mineral titles from the ministry to legalise...
Nigeria offers 30-year bond
The Debt Management Office (DMO), says the Federal Government will on April 24, issue a 30-year bond for the first time.
AfCFTA will strengthen development
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N37bn saved from promotion arrears’ mistakes
Mr Ahmed Idris, the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), says over N37 billion has been saved from misapplications, paddings, mistakes and non-compliance...
MSMEs offer over 59 million jobs in Nigeria
Mr Ibrahim Abdumalik, a Deputy Director in the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN) says over 37 million Micro, Small and...
Nigeria moves to check import of inferior steel
The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development says it is making effort to curb incessant dumping of substandard steel and other metals...
Nigeria partners private sector on N14.7bn biometric
The Federal Government of Nigeria is partnering with the private sector under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement to produce 13 million...
South Africa’s consumer inflation rises
South Africa’s headline consumer inflation accelerated to 4.5 per cent year on year in March from 4.1 per cent in February, data...
BOI releases N3b Jaiz Bank’s MSMEs facilities
The Bank of Industry (BOI) has released N3billion to Jaiz Bank Plc for development and expansion of Micro, Small ...
Nigeria not reaping benefits of oil, gas reserve – stakeholders
Stakeholders in the midstream sub-sector of the oil and gas sector say Nigeria has not reaped the huge economic value presented by...
Informal sector propels economy of Egypt
Mr. Tarek Tawfik, Vice President of the Federation of Industries, has said that the informal sector represented more than 50 per cent...
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Nigeria loses $22b to closure of Smelter firm
Nigeria has lost more than 22 billion dollars in six years to the closure of Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON).
