- 2019 Africa Investment Forum kicks off delivering on the promise to redefine and unpack the continent’s investment opportunities• $500 million equity closed for the Africa Infrastructure Investment Fund to speed up investments in agriculture • Financial close for the Africa Guarantee Fund $175 Equity transaction to support Small and Medium Size Enterprises, and $350 million for South Africa’s beef agro-processing project The post 2019 Africa Investment Forum kicks off delivering on the […]
- 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index: African Union Commission, African Development Bank report shows wins in visa restrictions across Africa- For the first time, on average, Africans can travel to approximately 27 countries visa-free or with a visa on arrival - Ethiopia moves up a record 32 places on the Index, entering the top 20 most visa-open countries in Africa The post 2019 Africa Visa Openness Index: African Union Commission, African Development Bank report […]
- 2019 African Investment Forum builds on 2018 successes, attracts growing international interestThe Africa Investment Forum is making phenomenal progress in attracting interest from all over the world since launching at the Sandton Convention Centre last year. The value of boardroom transactions which will be negotiated this year will be considerably higher compared to $43bn in 2018. A hundred and nine countries are represented at this year’s […]
- Investment to Make Africa a World leader in RenewablesAfrica, where close to half of its 1.2 billion people have access to electricity, is set to become a world leader in renewable energy. As global business and development leaders met in Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend the Africa Investment Forum (AIF), held Nov. 11 to 13, one of the key focuses of the deals […]
- Call to Action as Thousands Breathe New Life to the Cairo Promise at ICPD 25 Summit in Nairobi This WeekEvery day 830 women die while giving life. At least 33,000 girls are forced into child marriage with 11,000 girls undergoing female genital mutilation. These are some of the cruel realities young women face every day. However, there is renewed hope that delegates expected to attend the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in […]
- Mo Money Mo Solutions – the African Development Bank’s Ready to Double Investment Across the ContinentBuses carrying cross-border traders and goods from Cotonou in Benin to Bamako in Mali have recently been using the Lomé route — travelling through the capital of Togo and then getting onto the Ouagadougou corridor on their way to the Malian capital. “The Lomé-Ouaga route is smooth and there are no potholes. It makes life […]
- Zimbabwe’s Inflation Makes it Hard to Keep Track of Cost of LivingStung by the country’s spiralling inflation, Zimbabwe’s government workers took to the streets this week for the first ever police-sectioned march demanding improved wages. They asked the Minister of Finance Mthuli Ncube “to commit to a process of restoring the value of workers’ salaries to the pre-October 2018 status of $475 for the lowest-paid worker”. […]
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- 4 days to D-Day: PDP, APC set for battle in Bayelsa, Kogi.Lyon faces in tough fight to displace Dickson’s anointed, Diri in Bayelsa .As Bello plots to retain seat in Kogi To many people election year is a period for them to redesign their destinies and chose a path that will lead them into the future they desire, either by choosing to follow a familiar lane or […]
- Billbord App set to transform OOH in NigeriaBilbord App, an intelligent data warehousing tool that provides a real-time representation of billboards on the platform is set to transform the Out-of-Home industry in Nigeria. The technology allows users to monitor, manage and track the true state and status of billboards using mobile devices.Brand owners in a statement noted that Bilbord also offers an […]
- Project 5/5/5: BLPARW to empower 100,000 women, 6664 Cooperatives in 5 years.Calls on organisations, others for collaboration …as CBN, others laud project, pledge to support the initiative As part of ongoing efforts to eradicate poverty, while strengthening agricultural development in Africa, particularly in Nigeria, Better Life Program for the African Rural Woman (BLPARW) has launched a new initiative, ‘Project 5/5/5, which will empower 100,000 women and […]
- Unemployment may hits 33.5% in 2020, NECA warnsThe rate of unemployment in Nigeria may rise to 33.5 per cent next year from the current rate pegged at 23.1 per cent, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has warned. According to the body, lack of employment opportunities and the shutdown of several companies are the reasons for the renewed fears. The Details: Timothy […]
Vanguard News
- FG to unveil incentives for businesses migrating onlineThe Federal Government has disclosed it will soon introduce a number of incentives for entrepreneurs and investors migrating from traditional to electronic businesses in Nigeria. Continue reading FG to unveil incentives for businesses migrating online at Vanguard News.
- The amazing strides of a prodigy in Ado-Ekiti (2)ON the former governor of Lagos State, Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the public orator, Professor E. Smaranda Olarinde, Acting Vice Chancellor of the university said: “Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu remains Nigeria’s most relentless fighter for democracy, justice and the rule of law. Continue reading The amazing strides of a prodigy in Ado-Ekiti (2) at Vanguard […]
- Liberty Club gives eye equipment to Delta hospitalRESIDENTS of some streets at New Layout, Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State, have decried the deplorable state of their roads, saying they park their cars miles away from their houses and march home because of the ramshackle roads. Continue reading Liberty Club gives eye equipment to Delta hospital at Vanguard News.
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