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Nigeria
Anti-Preaching Bill: Pentecostal Churches Drag El-Rufai To Court
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has instituted a case before Justice Hajara Gwadah of Kaduna State High Court against Governor Nasir El-Rufai and two others asking the court to declare as null and void an executive bill before Kaduna State House of Assembly (KDHA) which sought to strengthens the 1984 Kaduna ...
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USA Guatemala Nicaragua Panama
IFAD gives $20.5 million boost for sustainable agriculture in Nicaragua's Dry Corridor
Source: International Fund for Agricultural Development Country: NicaraguaThe Dry Corridor Rural Family Sustainable Development Project (NICAVIDA) will benefit 30,000 families and will focus, in particular, on women and young people.Rome, 29 November 2016 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Nicaragua have signed a financial agreement to boost sustainable ...
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Etiopia
Duty free incentives for steel imports canceled
The National Export Coordination Committee (NECC) chaired by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn found that steel traders have organized to pressure local steel manufacturers and as a result the investment commission has lifted duty free incentives for steel imports. The local steel industry points to headwinds outside their control affecting production, ...
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Marocco Francia Etiopia
Vague stance on climate finance for poor countries
While the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change stepped into an implementation phase via the COP22 conference held in Marrakech, Morocco last week, the burning issue of climate finance for poor countries remains an issue where common ground is yet to be found. The Paris Agreement stipulated that ...
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Etiopia
Oromia Insurance earns 33.4m birr, hoping for more
Appoints new CEO One of Ethiopia’s youngest insurers, Oromia Insurance Company (OIC), experienced a large increase in claims this year which lead to a 33.4 million birr gross profit in 2015/16. According to its annual report that number is a 37 percent decrease from the 53.5 million birr it earned ...
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Sudafrica
South Africa: SA Lauded for Investment Reform
[SAnews.gov.za] Pretoria -South Africa has been commended for being a leader in investment reform by the Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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Nigeria
Nigeria: Nigeria Needs $14 Bn in New Investment to Raise Oil Output - Shoreline MD
[Vanguard] Nigeria needs at least $14 billion a year in new investments over the next five years to raise oil output to 2.2 million barrels a day (bpd) which is the national budget output benchmark, the Managing Director of Shoreline Natural Resources, an independent oil producing company, Ladi Bada, has ...
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India
Tanzania: Delhi to Scrap Business Visa Fees for Tanzania
[Citizen] Tanga -India has said it will scrap business visa fees for Tanzania next year.
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Spagna
Economía/Macro.- La AIReF prevé que el crecimiento del PIB se acelere al 0,9% en el cuarto trimestre
MADRID, 29 (EUROPA PRESS) La Autoridad Independiente de Responsabilidad Fiscal (AIReF) prevé que el crecimiento de la economía española se acelere casi dos décimas en el cuarto trimestre, hasta el 0,89%, respecto al trimestre anterior, y supere incluso el 0,9% en el primer trimestre de 2017.
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Spagna
Economía/Finanzas.- BME ya negocia menos del 60% de los valores en España tras la implantación de MiFID I
MADRID, 29 (EUROPA PRESS) Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) realiza menos del 60% de las transacciones que se llevan a cabo en el mercado español como consecuencia de la creación de plataformas alternativas a las que obliga la directiva europea MiFID I, en vigor desde 2007, según detalla ...