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World Bank sees sub-Saharan Africa’s first recession in 25 years
Sub-Saharan Africa will post its first recession in 25 years as the coronavirus pandemic brings economies to a halt and disrupts global trade, the ...
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Shoprite, Checkers to offer QR payments to fight COVID-19
The Shoprite Group, which owns Shoprite and Checkers retail stores, is introducing the ability for customers to make payments using QR codes in an ...
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African Export-Import Bank Exceeds $1B Target for 2019
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) finished the 2019 financial year on a strong footing, thus surpassing the $1 billion income mark. The regional ...
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One year on, Ethiopian Airlines was set to recover from its worst tragedy—then COVID-19 pandemic hit
Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s most profitable carrier, this week marked the first anniversary of the crash of the Boeing 737 Max Flight 302 that killed ...
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Africa Refuses to be Covid-19 Vaccine Test Lab
It is quite sad that years after colonialism, slavery and other deplorable human rights violations committed on racial lines and equality still exist. ...
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AU report projects 20 million job loses in Africa due to coronavirus
A recent African Union (AU) study reveals that about 20 million jobs are at risk on the continent as a result of the ...
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Notice to African presidents, COVID-19 will shrink your security forces
Security personnel in a number of African countries are aggressively implementing lockdown and curfew measures announced by their respective presidents. While the security ...
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala appointed by IMF
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, has appointed Nigeria’s two-term Minister of Finance and former Managing Director (Operations) of ...
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Central Bank of Nigeria alerts public rising cases of Cyber-Attacks
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Sunday alerted the general public that cyber-criminals are taking advantage of the current “COVID-19” pandemic to ...
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Nigeria: Telecommunication Association Dismisses Claims that 5G is Responsible for COVID-19 Pandemic.
Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has described claims and misinformation trending on all social media platforms that 5G networks are the ...