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Sudafrica
‘Nonsense’, South Africa’s finance minister responds to sack
South Africa’s outgoing Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday an intelligence report President Jacob Zuma used as justification to fire him was “absolute nonsense”. Gordhan also said during a televised press conference in Pretoria that he had been “sickened” by allegations that he had secret meetings to undermine the ...
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Nigeria
‘Why SMEs struggle to get loans’
The confidence of lenders in small and medium enterprises in Nigeria will continue to remain low unless there is a unified identity card system in the country, an expert has said. The Executive Director, Business Operations and expansion, Appzone Limited, a software solutions provider for financial institutions, Mr. Emeka Emetarom, ...
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Nigeria
Development Bank of Nigeria to finance 20,000 MSMEs
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The newly licensed Development Bank of Nigeria will be financing a total of 20,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises within the first year of its operations. The Managing Director of the Bank, Mr Tony Okpanachi, stated this on Friday during a media briefing where some of the ...
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Portogallo
Novo Banco: Comissária Vestager congratula-se com a assinatura do acordo
Os serviços da Comissão irão agora contactar Portugal e o comprador sobre os detalhes do plano final de reestruturação do Novo Banco. Este plano deverá ser apresentado à Comissão para que a venda seja formalmente aprovada ao abrigo das regras comunitárias em matéria de auxílios estatais.
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Portogallo
Banco de Portugal oficializa venda do Novo Banco por 1000 milhões de euros
Banco de Portugal revela pormenores relativos à venda do Novo Banco à gestora de fundos norte-americana Lone Star.
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Nigeria
SMEDAN Partners A.K.G Global On E-Marketing
The Director General of SMEDAN, Dr. Umaru Dikko has said his agency will continue to support new innovation in e-business or digital business in Nigeria has MSMEs are the bedroock of development in any country. Dikko made this known in a stakeholders forum on MSMEs organised on Thursday in Abuja ...
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Brasile
Base da primeira Unidade de Polícia Pacificadora do Rio é incendiada
A base da Unidade de Polícia Pacificadora (UPP) no Morro Santa Marta, em Botafogo, na zona sul do Rio de Janeiro, sofreu um ataque na noite de quinta-feira (30/3), depois que um homem foi baleado por policiais na comunidade. De acordo com a assessoria de imprensa do Comando de Polícia ...
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Iran
Even Bold Foreign Investors Tiptoe in Iran
Total, the French energy giant, is drawn by the promise of a lucrative market but is moving cautiously as it considers investing.
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Brasile
Brazil’s Ex-Chamber President Convicted to 15 Years for Corruption
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Former Brazilian Chamber of Deputies president, Eduardo Cunha, has been sentenced to fifteen years and four months in prison for crimes of passive corruption, money laundering and evasion of foreign currency as well a a fine of more than R$250,000. ...
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USA
Foreign Minister invested with Onorificenza di Cavalliere di Gran Croce dell’Ordine di Sant’Agata
Minister for Foreign Affairs George W. Vella is on an official two-day visit in San Marino. The Minister arrived in San Marino this morning.This afternoon, Minister Vella delivered a speech at a seminar discussing “L’Integrazzione nel Single Market dei Paesi Terzi Europei: Il particolare caso dell’associazione alla UE degli stati ...