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VIMPELCOM SELLS TELECOM UNITS IN BURUNDI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC // VIMPELCOM VEND UNITÉS TÉLÉCOM AU BURUNDI, RÉPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE

Jide AdesinaOctober 20, 2014October 21, 2014

by Jide AdesinaOctober 20, 2014October 21, 20140387

Vimpelcom has sold two African businesses, in Central African Republic and Burundi, for 65 million dollars to Econet Wireless Global. This is as part of...

Commerce

Global Growth Disappoints, Pace of Recovery Uneven And Country-Specific // La Croissance Déçoit Mondial, Rythme De La Reprise Inégale et Spécifique Au Pays

Jide AdesinaOctober 13, 2014

by Jide AdesinaOctober 13, 20140356

Global growth at 3.3 percent in 2014 and 3.8 percent in 2015; forecasts shaved down since April Legacies from crisis, low potential growth weigh on...

Commerce

AFRICAN EUROBONDS IS A SHORT TERM SOLUTION //EUROBONDS AFRICAINS SOLUTION À COURT TERME

Jide AdesinaOctober 7, 2014October 7, 2014

by Jide AdesinaOctober 7, 2014October 7, 20140357

The African Eurobond asset class shift from a niche area to mainstream may be a short-term solution to a long-term problem. According to Antoon de...

Commerce

YOUWIN INITIATIVE, A COMPETITIVE APPROACH TO CURBING UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA // YOUWIN INITIATIVE, Une Approche Concurrentielle POUR LA LUTTE CONTRE LE CHÔMAGE AU NIGERIA

Jide AdesinaOctober 7, 2014

by Jide AdesinaOctober 7, 20140316

By Veronica Olayinka Adesina Unemployment among our youth is one of our biggest challenges. The time has come to create jobs (and) lay a new...

Commerce

UN Agencies Reach More Than Half A Million People With Life-Saving Aid In South Sudan // Agences Des Nations Unies Atteignent Plus D’un Demi-Million De Personnes Atteintes De Sauvetage Aide Au Sud-Soudan

Jide AdesinaOctober 1, 2014

by Jide AdesinaOctober 1, 20140348

Porters unloading humanitarian supplies from the Mi26 helicopter in Jiech, South Sudan. Photo: WFP/George Fominyen Two United Nations agencies have reached more than half a...

Commerce

OPEC Output-Target Cut Not Agreed Yet, U.A.E. Oil Minister Says

Jide AdesinaSeptember 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaSeptember 23, 20140337

OPEC nations have yet to decide to cut their collective oil-production target, the...

Commerce

Nigeria: Jumia Unveils Same Day Delivery Service

Jide AdesinaSeptember 19, 2014

by Jide AdesinaSeptember 19, 20140459

Jumia has introduced a same day delivery to its customers in Lagos, exactly two years after its major competitor, Konga, introduced a similar service in...

Commerce

Government t Is Restructuring Naads To Create Revolution In Agriculture

Jide AdesinaSeptember 15, 2014September 15, 2014

by Jide AdesinaSeptember 15, 2014September 15, 20140402

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has been criticised time and again for poor service delivery, and yet Naads extension workers have...

Commerce

Dollar Heads For Best Run

Jide AdesinaSeptember 13, 2014

by Jide AdesinaSeptember 13, 20140360

The US dollar headed for its ninth straight week of gains on Friday, some measure of how the economic fortunes of the United States and...

Commerce

Uganda’s Oil Bonanza

Jide AdesinaSeptember 8, 2014

by Jide AdesinaSeptember 8, 20140419

The government revised upwards the country’s petroleum resources by over 85% to about 6.5 billion barrels of oil initially in place. This was an upgrade...

Commerce

Uganda's Oil Bonanza

Jide AdesinaSeptember 8, 2014

by Jide AdesinaSeptember 8, 20140354

The government revised upwards the country’s petroleum resources by over 85% to about 6.5 billion barrels of oil initially in place. This was an upgrade...

Commerce

Africa Needs To Make Agriculture Create Wealth Not Just Food

Jide AdesinaAugust 30, 2014

by Jide AdesinaAugust 30, 20140375

KIRINYAGA, Kenya: Nancy Njeri lugs a sack of fresh coffee berries to a hilltop factory from her small farm, which produces one of Kenya’s main...

Commerce

Business and Investment Fair( B&FT) Opens In Takoradi

Jide AdesinaAugust 29, 2014

by Jide AdesinaAugust 29, 20140371

The second Western Business and Investment Fair (WEBIF), has opened in Takoradi to promote trade and Investments among corporate and business entities through...

Commerce

Business and Investment Fair( B&FT) Opens In Takoradi

Jide AdesinaAugust 29, 2014

by Jide AdesinaAugust 29, 20140394

The second Western Business and Investment Fair (WEBIF), has opened in Takoradi to promote trade and Investments among corporate and business entities through...

Commerce

Africa National Congress welcomes economic growth

Jide AdesinaAugust 26, 2014

by Jide AdesinaAugust 26, 20140366

The South African economy is Resilient And Has Managed To Withstand Extreme Pressure, The ANC Said On Tuesday In Reaction To The Latest GDP Figures....

Commerce Entertainment

Greater local-level autonomy in Viet Nam would be ‘litmus test’ for religious freedom – UN expert

Jide AdesinaJuly 31, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJuly 31, 20140357

During his recent visit to Viet Nam, the United Nations independent expert on religious freedom, Heiner Bielefeldt, stressed the need for religious communities in the...

Commerce TECHNOLOGY

Sony Rides PS4 Sales, Web-Slinger To Surprise Profit

Jide AdesinaJuly 31, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJuly 31, 20140390

By Grace Huang Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg Sony Corp. (6758) posted a surprise first-quarter profit as the PlayStation 4 topped sales for game consoles and “The Amazing...

BUSINESS Commerce

UN Allocates $75 million To Boost Aid Operations In The Sahel, Horn of Africa

Jide AdesinaJuly 23, 2014

by Jide AdesinaJuly 23, 20140391

Women carry rations distributed at the Doro refugee camp. Photo: Stephen Graham/IRIN The United Nations humanitarian chief today allocated $75 million from the UN Central...

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