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Trade Finance
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) signed a memorandum of understanding with Angola to boost job growth in both countries...
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Economic Outlook
Africa’s agricultural, mining and energy resources could boost the continent’s economic growth and pave the way for a breakthrough in human development, according...
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Economic Growth Projections
Economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will reach 5.2 percent in 2014, up from 4.7 per cent in 2013, due to growing...
GDP Growth by Subregion
Growth rates varied in 2012 by subregion, but remained robust in all of them. West Africa registered the highest growth, followed by East Africa,...
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Ethiopia’s Toll Road
Ethiopia’s first toll road, the Addis Ababa-Adama expressway, opened for traffic on September 14, cutting the travel time from the capital city...
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Single-Entry Visa
Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya failed to implement the three-country single tourist visa on January 1, as was promised at the 2013 World Travel...
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Manufacturing
The Manufacturing Association of Nigeria launched Large Corporation Group, charged with drafting policy recommendations to establish the necessary economic and social climate for...
What’s New In Brief
A roundup of business, trade and economic developments. Topics in this column:
* EAC-EU reach trade agreement
* EAC-Japan economic collaboration
* Paying taxes via mobile money...
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SME funding
The International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank Group, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group and...
Mobile Money
Africa accounts for the lion’s share of live mobile money services, with 52 percent of global deployments, according to the 2013 industry report published...
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Sino-Africa Relations: An Elder’s View
I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of complaints that China is taking advantage of Africans even as it provides money...
