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Land governance key to Africa’s transformation, says Hamdok at land policy conference
The Second Conference on Land Policy in Africa opened in Addis Ababa this week with a call for the continent to properly manage ...
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Rwanda opens door for fleeing Africans enslaved in Libya
Rwanda has expressed shock over of recent reports by the CNN of African migrants being sold as slaves g in Libya as they ...
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Continued investment in infrastructure vital for African transformation
A series of Economic Reports of Africa published by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) between 2013 to 2016 argue that infrastructure ...
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Kagame, Elumelu to headline Young Entrepreneurship Day at Africa 2017 Forum
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda who is also the chairman of Smart Africa, and Tony Elumelu, Founder of the $100m Entrepreneurship Programme, will ...
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Rabat workshop creates Fund to develop African cities
United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) (www.AfriqueLocale.org/en) has organized a two-day workshop on the establishment of the African Cities Development ...
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Driving automation among SMEs can help meet Nigeria’s tax goals, says IMF
Comments from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (http://APO.af/e3xusi) around Nigeria’s low tax-to-GDP ratio highlight the importance of driving higher levels of payroll and ...
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Sokoto State, German firm ink partnership for Nigeria’s first solar powered cars
From next year, Nigeria’s first locally manufactured electric and solar powered cars will be on the streets. This follows a Memorandum of Understanding ...
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Infrastructure deficit remains a major challenge to trade facilitation in Africa
Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Giovanie Biha, said that infrastructure deficit remains a major challenge to trade facilitation, ...
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ECA’s Denton urges Africa to enhance uptake, use of climate information services
African countries should fully integrate Climate Information Services (CIS) into their policies, plans, programmes and practice, says Ms. Fatima Denton, Economic Commission for ...
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Pension systems at risk of creating inter-generational equity issues
The Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index shows that South Africa needs to deal with issues of coverage, mandatory contributions and increased preservation to ...
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Rwandan Government asks Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to set records straight
Statement on SPT Mission Termination The Government of Rwanda calls on the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture to make public the alleged impediments ...
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Dangote Cement strengthens pan-African market volume
Appoints acting CEO for Congo operation Leading pan African cement manufacturer, the Dangote Cement has maintained its strong hold in the Nigeria ...









