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Ghana joins airline competition fray with Boeing 787 Dreamliner order

Ghana joins airline competition fray with Boeing 787 Dreamliner order

Dubai: Ghana became the latest African nation to support the development of an international airline to boost its economy and develop tourism as its government signed a provisional …...

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Digital lenders should be allowed to self-regulate

Digital lenders should be allowed to self-regulate

Kenya is being driven by the Private Sector consisting of hundreds of thousands of small and micro enterprises both formal and informal employing millions. These businesses rely on …...

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Mobile deals up by Sh307 billion in nine months

Mobile deals up by Sh307 billion in nine months

The value of cash transacted through mobile phones rose by Sh307.16 billion over nine months ended September, largely driven by growth in e-commerce.Mobile payments increased the hi…...

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Nigeria's sovereign fund seeks co-investors for gas industrialisation projects

Nigeria's sovereign fund seeks co-investors for gas industrialisation projects

Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the sovereign wealth fund of Africas largest economy, is looking for co-investors to develop two gas industrialisation projects worth …...

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Air Senegal orders 8 Airbus A220-300 aircraft to grow in Europe and Africa

Air Senegal orders 8 Airbus A220-300 aircraft to grow in Europe and Africa

Air Senegal announces orders for 8 firm Airbus A220-300 aircraft at the Dubai Air Show to support its growth strategy in Europe and Africa as part of expansion plans to develop its …...

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Online shopping addiction 'is a mental health condition', psychotherapists claim

Online shopping addiction 'is a mental health condition', psychotherapists claim

Whether it’s ASOS or Amazon, when it comes to shopping these days, many of us will turn to the internet.But while some people only occasionally shop online, it seems that for other…...

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Building of Sh6.9b Naivasha Dry Port begins

Building of Sh6.9b Naivasha Dry Port begins

The government projects that the port, which was launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta last month, will be ready by the end of December.Families that were living on the 1,000-acre Ke…...

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Raise quality of goods for market entry, China urges

Raise quality of goods for market entry, China urges

Kenyan enterprises eying the over 1 billion-people Chinese market should produce high quality goods and services to match products from other parts of the world, officials have said…...

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Africa’s Richest Man To Build $60 Million Cement Factory In Togo

Africa’s Richest Man To Build $60 Million Cement Factory In Togo

Nov 11 2019 - Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has concluded plans to invest roughly $60 million in Togo in the construction of a cement manufacturing facility.According to new…...

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Moroccan sovereign fund aims to double investments to $6bn in 5 years

Moroccan sovereign fund aims to double investments to $6bn in 5 years

By Sarmad Khan - Ithmar Capital, Moroccos sovereign wealth fund, hopes to double its investments to $6 billion (Dh22bn) within the next five years as it looks to diversify its domes…...

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