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  Logistics & Transportation

  Europe’s low-fare airline, EasyJet, to set up an airline in West Africa. founder of Europe’s low-fare airline, EasyJet, to set up an airline in West Africa to be based in Ghana and on the low cost model, could ruffle the aviation market for Nigerian airlines Arik, Air...
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  Markets

  Guinness Nigeria invest $225 million to expand its operations. (Business Day NG)- Guinness Nigeria, has revealed that its ongoing drive to expand its operations, has seen it invest $225 million (N55.billion), into its Ogba and Benin breweries.
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  Diary of an under 30 CEO

  Diary of an Under 30 CEO: Start Small, Scale Big! “For I must tell you… sell when you can; you are not for all markets” – Williams Shakespeare VENTURES AFRICA – The ultimate dream of every young man is to retire at 40- build mansions globally,...
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  Markets

  African Markets – Factors to watch on March 5. The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday. EVENTS: MAURITIUS – Central bank auctions 364-day Treasury bills worth 300 million rupees.
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  Finance

  Federal Government Introduces Treasury Single Account (TSA) to Fight Corruption in Nigeria. The Federal Government’s Treasury Single Account (TSA) project, which seeks to establish a unified structure of government bank accounts, could be the single most effective mechanism for dealing with corruption in cash management in ministries...
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  Strategies & Solutions

  5-step guide to help farmers evaluate agriculture’s hidden heroes. (Press Release)- Smallholder farmers will soon be better able to weigh up the cost and benefits of adopting new practices that support some of the most overlooked contributors to global food security — the insects...
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  Commodities & Currencies

  African Markets – Factors to watch on March 6. (Reuters)- The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Tuesday. EVENTS: KENYA – The central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee holds monthly meeting.
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  Management

  What Africa’s Entrepreneurs Can Teach the World. Simons It’s becoming ever clearer that entrepreneurship is the answer to the vexing economic questions facing Africa today: job creation, capital formation, skills acquisition, taxation-based self-sufficiency, quality of governance-demand, and of course social inclusion.
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  Logistics & Transportation

  The first major commercial airline in more than 20 years has landed in Somalia. (BBC) – The first major commercial airline in more than 20 years has landed in Somalia at Mogadishu airport in war-torn Somalia.
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  Commodities & Currencies

  Africa emerges as new frontier for gold M&A. (Reuters) – At the massive Prospectors and Developers convention, it’s not hard to find a table full of mining executives huddled in conversation, their voices muffled by the din of thousands of participants at the...