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Kenya: Barclays Lights Up Kenya in Sh26 Million Solar Initiative
Nairobi — Barclays Bank of Kenya (BBK) has invested Sh26 million in "Light up Kenya" an initiative aimed at moving more than 100,000 ru...
US-Africa relations: Nigeria is looking at other areas of exports
Sam Ohuabunwa, National President of the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) says the US will show increasing presence in the ...
Egypt’s Qalaa backs East Africa’s railway line
The investment company formerly known as Citadel is putting more cash in Rift Valley Railways.
Qalaa Holdings, the Egyptian investment ...
Black Women Find a Growing Business Opportunity: Care for Their Hair
Not much seems unusual about Judian and Kadeian Brown’s storefront in a tidy plaza off Church Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, a neighborh...
Africa: AU Summit Approves Creation of African Monetary Fund
The AU Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Anthony Maruping, told journalists in Malabo on Monday that the Fund would work to correct ba...
Africa: BRICS Launches New Development Bank
Beijing — In July, nations known as the "BRICS," Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, announced the creation of a new, $100 b...
Mobile Phones: Africa is the fastest growing market in the world
late 2012, the World Association of Telecom operators said that sub-Saharan Africa has become since 2000, the most growing market in mo...
Africian Development Bank (ADB): Back In Ivory Coast
It is decided, even jurors: the African Development Bank (AfDB) finally returned to Abidjan after spending 11 years in a temporary head...
Africa: Grand Vision for an African-Owned Drive on Food Security
Maputo — "Your granary will never be filled by your neighbour." This is a Mozambican saying that was used by Graca Michel, member of In...
UBA Launches One-Stop E-Payment Portal
E-commerce in Africa is set to receive a boost as United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has introduced an online payments and collections pl...