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Merkel offers Berlin’s support to Niger Republic in the fight against illegal migration.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, while receiving President of Niger Republic, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Wednesday in Berlin, offered the German government’s support to Niger in the fight against illegal migration.
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Weekly Economic Index: Tariff wars and rising oil inventory from the US continue to lower oil prices.
Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) last week reported that Nigeria’s inflation, measured using the Consumer Price Index dropped to 11.14 percent year-on-year in July 2018.
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Eritrea to build new port for potash export in the wake of Ethiopia peace deal.
Eritrea is currently in discussions to build a new port for export for its potash, weeks after securing a peace deal with its neighbor Ethiopia.
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Weekly Economic Index: Nigeria’s GDP growth slows, oil prices rise.
Nigeria’s second-quarter report released earlier today by the office of the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed the country’s economy slowed down compared to the first quarter of the year.
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#African Leaders: Winners of the 2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge announced.
Fifteen teams of a total of 32 emerging African social entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the 2018 Resolution Social Venture Challenge.
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Theresa May tours Africa as search for more post-Brexit trade partners continue.
United Kingdom (UK) prime minister kick-started her unprecedented visit to Africa with a stop-over in South Africa on Tuesday before heading to Kenya and Nigeria.
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The AfCFTA yet to commence as 15 more countries are needed for its ratification.
African countries will have to wait a while longer for the ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement after news emerged that only 7 of the 44 countries that signed the AfCFTA agreement in...
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Theresa May’s visit to Africa —in pictures.
Sequel to Britain’s post-Brexit by March 2019, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May embarked on a continental tour to Africa. During the three-nations visit, the UK prime minister alongside some high-rank officials in her government visited three...
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Volkswagen establishes local car assembly plant in Ghana.
Giant multinational automobile manufacturers, Volkswagen Group on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ghanaian government to begin the construction of a Volkswagen assembling plant in the country.
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Weekly Economic Index: CBN fines MTN, oil prices continue to rise.
On Wednesday, the Nigerian office of African Telecommunications giant MTN was slammed with a huge fine by Nigeria’s apex bank and financial regulator, the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) for violating extant laws and regulations...