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Vai alla Scheda Paese »Action without thought is empty. Thought without action is blind.
— Kwame Nkrumah
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Attractivité économique : L’Algérie améliore son score
L’Algérie, confrontée depuis 2014 à une crise financière, occupe le 15e rang africain en matière d’attractivité pour les investisseurs, selon l’édition 2017 de l’Indice d’attractivité de l’Afrique publiée mercredi dernier par le cabinet britannique d’audit financier Ernst & Young, l’un des leaders mondiaux de l’audit. En 2016, le pays occupait ...
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How a multi-pronged approach could defeat fall armyworm in Africa
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country: Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, WorldTackling the pest and avoiding economic hardship for smallholders across Africa requires coordinated action, a massive awareness campaign, ...
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Nigeria’s tax to GDP ratio unacceptably low – Adeosun
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said that the nation’s tax to Gross Domestic Product ratio, which is currently put at six per cent, is one of the lowest in the world. She said with such a ratio, which is less than the 15 per ...
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Ghana: 'Investing in Ghana Will Give You Greater Returns'
[Ghana Star] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has assured the business community of higher returns on their investments in Ghana than anywhere in the West Africa sub-region.
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Africa: Ghana Drops VAT On Domestic Flights As 10 Investors Seek License
[This Day] The Ghana Ministry of Aviation has received proposals from 10 foreign and local investors to operate in the country's domestic airline industry.
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Ghana: Investors Have High Hopes for Ghana, Says Finance Minister
[VOA] Ghana's finance minister says investors were optimistic in meetings with senior government officials who accompanied Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia to the World Bank spring meetings in Washington.
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Ghana, Kenya and Malawi to take part in WHO malaria vaccine pilot programme
Source: World Health Organization Country: Ghana, Kenya, MalawiHigh malaria burden areas will be prioritized as the benefit of the vaccine is predicted to be highest. Information garnered from the pilot will help to decide potential wider use of the vaccine.Brazzaville, 24 April 2017 - The World Health Organization Regional Office for ...
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Business: Ghana central bank will not finance budget deficit - regulator
Ghanaian lawmakers last year passed a law allowing the central bank to finance the deficit up to five per cent of the previous year's tax revenues, breaching terms of a $918 million (Sh91 billion) aid deal with the International Monetary Fund, which demanded that such funding be eliminated.
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Nimasa’s New Dockyard: Economy To Reap N48.9bn Yearly
As efforts are being increased towards pulling the nation out of the current economic recession, the national economy is set to reap from the about $160 million spent yearly on dry-docking repairs of over 500 vessels of various specifications and sizes operating in Nigerian waters currently being done in neighbouring ...
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Africa: Presidents Confirmed for Prime African Investment Forum
[CAJ News] Lagos -SOME sitting and former presidents have been confirmed for the second Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) Live, making the event scheduled for Abuja, Nigeria in May eagerly-anticipated. Among prominent politicians to participate at the summit scheduled for May include host president, Muhammadu Buhari, his Ghana counterpart, Nana Akufo-Addo ...
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South Africa: Investment Mission to Ghana, Nigeria a Success
[SAnews.gov.za] Pretoria -The South African companies that recently participated in a week-long trade and investment mission to Ghana and Nigeria have expressed satisfaction with the mission.
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Business: Global logistics company's initiative to offer SMEs training
Since its launch, the programme has been rolled out in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Africa. Uganda, Mauritius, and Ghana will launch the programme before the end of this month.
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Human rights violations in DRC up 30 percent in one year
Source: UN Human Rights Council Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sri LankaThe increase could be explained by two factors: violations related to restricting democratic space and the resurgence of activities of several armed groups, the Human Rights Council heard.Human Rights Council MIDDAY 22 March 2017 The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting ...
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Pour un cadre réglementaire incitatif
Réunir beaucoup de bailleurs de fonds et les inciter avec un cadre réglementaire clair et avantageux. Le gigantesque projet de mise en place de 4000 MW de centrales solaires photovoltaïques, dont l’appel d’offres sera lancé incessamment, focalise l’attention de bon nombre d’investisseurs, nationaux et étrangers, mais aussi les bailleurs de ...
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Ghana: Awal Advises Canadian Businesses to Go Beyond Investment in Mining
[Ghanaian Chronicle] Minister for Business Development, Ibrahim Mohammed Awal has challenged Canadian businesses in the country to expand their scope of investments beyond mining to other critical sectors of the Ghanaian economy such as Agri-business, and tourism.
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Sanusi plans law barring poor Kano men from polygamy
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, says he is on the verge of proposing a law which will restrict poor men in the emirate from marrying many wives. Sanusi said this in Abuja on Sunday at the 50th anniversary of the death of Ambasador Isa Wali, a former Nigerian ...
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Ghana: South African Investors Storm Ghana for Business
[Business Day] Madam Lulu Xingwana, the South Africa High Commissioner, has called on African business leaders to consider rural areas in their investment options.
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Groundbreaking study on cost of hunger kicks off in Mali
Source: World Food Programme Country: MaliAs some 26.2 percent of Malian children under five are stunted or have impaired growth as a result of undernutrition, the study will examine the effects on health, education and national productivity.BAMAKO – A groundbreaking study of the impact of child undernutrition on Mali’s economy has ...
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Business: Ghana to miss growth targets, deficit reduction
Ghana will miss its 2016 targets on growth, fiscal deficit reduction and its primary balance. It, however, intends to restore fiscal discipline and eliminate over expenditure, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said.
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Business News: Ghana to miss growth targets, deficit reduction
Ghana will miss its 2016 targets on growth, fiscal deficit reduction and its primary balance. It, however, intends to restore fiscal discipline and eliminate over expenditure, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said.
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Amina loses African Union Commission chair vote to Chad's Mahamat
Foreign Affairs CS Amina Mohamed has lost the election for African Union Commission chairperson to Chad’s Moussa Mahamat. Amina, 56, lost to Mahamat after heads of state voted in the seventh round. Kenya garnered 27 votes and Chad 26, while one country abstained in the fifth round In the sixth ...