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Kenya
Business: Kenya Power to light up off-grid areas using solar and wind
Kenya Power General Manager for Business Strategy Peter Mungai told the press that even as the company works to link everyone to the grid, it is inevitable that others will get connected later than others.
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Kenya
Business: Kenya to host Global Islamic Microfinance forum
Kenya is to host an international forum on Islamic Microfinance from Tuesday as the country consolidates its status as the regional hub of the global Islamic Finance industry.
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Cina
China’s Internet Controls Will Get Stricter, to Dismay of Foreign Business
A new law, long expected, pushes back against online anonymity and sets out requirements on how companies store data.
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Nigeria
Oba of Benin lauds Buhari on anti-corruption, economy
Alexander Okere, Benin The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Omo n’Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolopkolo, Oba Ewuare II, on Monday commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts in the fight against corruption in Nigeria. Oba Ewuare II disclosed this when he received President Buhari in his palace in Benin, the Edo State ...
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Etiopia
United Insurance earns 72m birr
United Insurance Company SC (UNIC-Ethiopia) earned 72 million birr in gross profits before tax for the 2015/16 financial year. The insurance company that has shown significant success in terms of expanding equity in real estate investment secured a slightly higher profit than the preceding year. According to the annual report ...
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Etiopia
Record number of countries reformed business practices last year
Ethiopia placed 159th out of 190 countries for ease of doing business, according to Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All, the World Bank Group’s annual report on the ease of doing business. According to the report, Sub-Saharan Africa economies stepped up the pace of reform activity, with 37 economies ...
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Etiopia
Awash Insurance continues to register strong profits
Awash Insurance Company (AIC) continues to see increasing profits from written premiums. A press statement AIC sent to Capital indicated that the insurance company has registered 41 percent growth in net profits after tax in the 2015/16 financial year compared with the 2014/15 period. The report indicated that in the ...
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Argentina
Tres nuevas empresas en zona franca invertirán $11 millones
Tres nuevas empresas de España, Argentina y Jamaica que se instalarán en Panamá bajo el régimen de zonas francas, informó el Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias (MICI).
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USA
USA 2016, cosa si aspettano gli investitori? Focus di Allianz GI
(Teleborsa) - Le elezioni presidenziali USA sono dietro l'angolo e il risultato avrà forti implicazioni per l'economia americana e per gli investitori. Kristina Hooper, US Investment...
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Brasile
HSBC tem prejuízo de US$ 204 milhões, influenciado por venda no Brasil
Banco reverteu lucro de US$ 5,23 bilhões obtido em igual período de 2015