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Africa: Lessons From Two Pan-African Giants On How to Achieve Genuine Nuclear Disarmament
August 9, 2020 | Source: The Conversation Africa[The Conversation Africa] This year marks the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US in 1945, the only time in history that nuclear bombs have been used.
News in Business & Investment |Africa: With Proper Investment in Youth, Kenya’s Potential for Progress Is Unlimited
August 9, 2020 | Source: IPS[IPS] Nairobi — Africa’s demographic boom has been hailed as its biggest promise for transforming the continent’s economic and social outcomes, but only if the right investments are made to prepare its youthful population for tomorrow’s world.
News in Business & Investment |Kenya: Clean Cooking Transition – Pathways As Seen By Kenyan Villagers
August 9, 2020 | Source: IPS[IPS] Amsterdam — The Sustainable Development goals on energy speak clear: universal access energy and clean cooking by 2030 (SDG7). But the current efforts are still lagging several steps behind the specific needs of the communities and are not enoug…
News in Business & Investment |Nigeria: How N29bn Import Ban May Change Maize Farmers’ Fortunes
August 9, 2020 | Source: Daily Trust[Daily Trust] Two maize farmers associations, Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) and Maize Growers, Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (MAGPAMAN), have received N29 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrowers Programme…
News in Business & Investment |Nigeria: Kano Residents Groan Under Burden of Abandoned Road Projects
August 9, 2020 | Source: Daily Trust[Daily Trust] Kano — The several uncompleted (and some abandoned) roads in Kano State have left residents and visitors of the commercial centre of Nigeria faced with many difficulties.
News in Business & Investment |Kenya: Weather Alerts At Risk As Kenya’s Radio Stations Struggle Amid Virus Downturn
August 9, 2020 | Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation[Thomson Reuters Foundation] As advertising disappears amid the coronavirus downturn, radio stations helping farmers adapt to climate shifts could disappear
News in Business & Investment |Nigeria: Messing Up Nigeria With Chinese Loans
August 8, 2020 | Source: This Day[This Day] In sane climes, when a government signs any loan agreement, the interest of the citizens is prioritised. That has not been the case with loan agreements signed with China by Nigerian governments – past and present. Some critical things are s…
News in Business & Investment |Kenya: Hola Stadium Incomplte As Venue Contractors Disappear
August 8, 2020 | Source: Nation[Nation] That Tana River County is endowed with talent is not in doubt. The region has produced gifted players who feature in the Kenyan Premier League and other leagues abroad.
News in Business & Investment |Kenya: Krc Releases Cargo Charges for Mombasa-Nanyuki Line
August 8, 2020 | Source: Nation[Nation] The Kenya Railways Corporation has come up with freight rates as it prepares to begin operations on the revamped railway line to Nanyuki town.According to the corporation, cargo transporters will pay Sh4,720 per tonne from Mombasa to Nanyuki w…
News in Business & Investment |Tanzania: GDP Soars Under JPM Tenure
August 8, 2020 | Source: Daily News[Daily News] TANZANIA’s annual adjusted GDP rose by 76.5 per cent during the last four years of President John Magufuli’s administration, according to an estimate announced by the Chief Government Spokesman, Dr Hassan Abbasi.
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