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Burkina Faso has repeated its commitment to restoring constitutional rule within 18 months following a decision by the US to drop it from its preferential trade programme. The American Trade …
Experts and labour federation Cosatu have forecast that 2023 will be a difficult year for consumers, as the cost of living is expected to rise and interest rate hikes are …
Sierra Leone’s central bank became the first in Africa and second globally after Israel to raise interest rates this year. A combination of factors, ranging from higher commodity costs to …
Kwati Nigeria Limited, a leading Nigerian real estate development firm, has announced that it will be expanding its real estate innovative initiatives by acquiring Borrowlite a tech platform that offers …
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, said his government had spent over $400m (N179bn), to liberate Ajaokuta Steel complex from the “legal traps” that have kept it …
Airline operators in the country have called for infrastructural upgrades and extension of operating hours at Lagos and Abuja airports, to reduce bottlenecks and under-utilization of assets in the sector. …
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Marine Transport, Senator Danjuma Goje, has described the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Dr Bashir Jamoh, as a patriotic …
Mastercard Start Path Global is Mastercard’s worldwide award-winning program for innovative later-stage startups from across the globe. It enables later-stage tech startups to rapidly scale through unparalleled access to Mastercard’s …
The Start-Up Energy Transition Award (SET) is an international competition for start-ups worldwide that are working on ideas affecting the global energy transition and climate change. In the last six …
As the first initiative of its kind in Africa, this equity-free mentorship program will identify promising early-stage startups keen on applying advanced connectivity and processing technologies to innovative end-to-end systems …
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