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Kenya
Kenya registered a 6.3 per cent growth in the economy last year from 4.9 per cent in 2017.
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Nigeria
Fatal Shooting at LADOL Free Zone Threatens Nigerian Economy
LEADERSHIP: Can LADOL be trusted to run a private Free Zone, or should the state intervene? On April 8, 2019, an operative of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) guarding LADOL Free Zone shot and killed his Nigerian colleague, and then went on to shoot a Korean SHI-MCI employee ...
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Nigeria
As Clamour For Enactment Of Metallurgical Industry Bill Intensifies
LEADERSHIP: ABAH ADAH writes on the calls, by stakeholders, for metallurgical industry bill The call on the federal government to expedite action on the passage and signing into law of the Metallurgical Industry Bill (MIB) now before the national assembly, received a boost at the 2nd Nigerian Metallurgical Industry Stakeholders ...
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Nigeria
Experts Optimistic PayRent Will Solve Nigeria’s Housing Challenge
LEADERSHIP: Experts have tipped PayRent, a housing solution company, as a viable business that could thrive if given the needed support and as well as solve the nation’s housing challenge. This was disclosed at a business summit organised for young persons to pitch their business ideas and woo potential investors ...
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Nigeria
NUC, TETFund Partner To Enhance Research Innovation
LEADERSHIP: The National University Commission (NUC) is collaborating with Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to enhance research innovation in Nigerian Universities. The executive secretary, NUC Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed spoke in Abuja yesterday during an interactive Session with Directors of Research and Innovation of Nigerian Universities. He said that Universities ...
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Brasile
Embrapa comemora 46 anos e assina convênios de cooperação técnica
A Embrapa, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária ligada ao Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento, comemorou hoje (24) os 46 anos de existência. Na solenidade, realizada na sede da empresa, em Brasília, a estatal de tecnologia e inovação na área rural anunciou quatro convênios com entidades de perfis diferentes e propósitos diversos, desde ...
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Brasile
Aprovação da reforma foi passo importante, diz presidente do BNDES
O presidente do Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES), Joaquim Levy, disse hoje (24) que a aprovação do parecer sobre a proposta de reforma da Previdência na Comissão de Constituição e Justiça (CCJ) da Câmara dos Deputados foi um "passo importante" para o país. No entanto, outras medidas ...
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Brasile USA
Vale Files US$2 Billion Lawsuit Against Former Partner Over Simandou Project in Guinea
By Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian miner Vale said on Wednesday it had filed a lawsuit in the United States to force BSG Resources to pay about US$1.25 billion plus interest and expenses, as mandated by an arbitrator in a dispute over a joint venture in Guinea. ...
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Brasile
Brazilian Markets Slide as Investors Fear Further Dilution of Pension Reform
By Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian markets slumped on Wednesday, a day after a planned pension overhaul cleared a congressional hurdle following a lengthy debate that highlighted the government’s struggle to build support for its signature reform policy. The real had one of its worst days of the ...
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Brasile
Passengers Stranded as Avianca Cancels Hundreds of Flights
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Over fifteen hundred flights operated by Avianca have been cancelled until Sunday, April 28th throughout Brazil, leaving thousands of passengers stranded and searching for other alternatives. “My flight was on the list put on the web of cancelled flights,” Roberto ...