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  Logistics & Transportation

  “Go Africa Pass” now available for Travellers. SkyTeam, the global airline alliance, has launched its new Go Africa Pass providing cost savings and flexibility on flights operated by Kenya Airways within Africa.
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  Management

  #Entrepreneurs: Recipe for Success.  African dream (BBC) recently featured a story about Portia de Smidt, who run a restaurant with her husband in Cape Town.
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  Media & Entertainment

  South Africa: Newspapers record fall in sales. Bureau of Circulation shows daily newspapers in South Africa are recording more loss in sales. According to the report, daily newspapers have lost about 90000 buyers over the past year.
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  Finance

  Skye Bank Introduces “African Payment Service”. Plc to improve business and payment activities in West Africa. The service will also to reduce the risk associated with physical cash transfer across borders.
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  General

  A Peep At The Best Colleges In Africa. VENTURES AFRICA – Just before our final exams in High school, I remember being delayed an extra 30mins by a certain teacher.
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  Energy

  Powering Up Clean Energy in Africa. Promotion and implementation of renewable technology continent-wide is the key to address climate change and provide a robust platform for sustainable growth.
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  General

  Rwanda: Facts about the Country and People. Poverty has declined from 56.7% in 2005/6 to 44.9% in 2010/11 in Rwanda surpassing the target of 46% end of this year. – National Institute of Statistics, Rwanda.
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  Strategies & Solutions

  Nigeria: Federal Government and Business Stakeholders proffer solutions to NBS report. Following the figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) a fortnight ago that the Nigeria’s unemployment rate stands at 23 percent with about 112.5 million Nigerians living in extreme poverty; the Federal Government...
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  Finance

  Nigerian President, Governors and other Government Officials now to Pay Income Tax. With effect from April 1, high ranking government officials- the President, the Governors and their deputies  will start paying tax on all income as other taxpayers do.
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  South Africa Records a 3.2% Economy Growth. A new data on South Africa’s economy has revealed that the country experienced a 3.2% growth in the fourth quarter of 2011.