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Nigeria
Nigeria:Why Investors Are Hesitant About Doing Business in Nigeria - IMF
[Premium Times] Despite seeing Nigeria as a viable investment destination, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, said on Wednesday that prospective investors are being held back by fears of possible difficulties in repatriating profits.
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Etiopia
Praising Record Feat, Lagarde Emphatic Calling for Reforms
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, is to arrive in Addis Abeba today, to start what is a historic visit by the Fund’s most senior official since its founding after the Second World War. She will be talking to Ethiopian authorities, including Prime Minister Hailemariam ...
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USA
WTO summit ends without substantial deals after U.S. criticism and snub of leadership role
A World Trade Organization conference dampened from the start by criticism from the United States ended Wednesday without any substantial agreements — the first in ...
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Colombia Venezuela
Venezuelans seeing bitcoin boom as survival, not speculation
CARACAS, Venezuela - In the last month, John Villar has bought two plane tickets to Colombia, purchased his wife's medication and paid the employees of his startup business in Venezuela - all in bitcoin. As Venezuela's national currency loses value at a catastrophic rate, thousands have begun turning to the world ...
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Kenya
Make housing plan work
Kenya needs 2 million low-income homes and building them would boost the economy.
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Kenya
Tame chaotic boda boda riders who have no respect for the law
Kenya is witnessing a culture that is very retrogressive and, to an extent, criminal.
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Brasile
Lagoa Christmas Tree Cancelled for Second Year in Rio
By Beatriz Miranda, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The most famous Christmas tree in Rio will not be put up on the Lagoa, in Zona Sul (South Zone), for the second consecutive year. Like in 2016, the monument was cancelled due to a lack of funding from group ...
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Senegal
Sortie de la 45-ème promotion du CESTI, mardi
Dakar, 13 déc(APS)- La cérémonie de remise de diplômes aux sortants de la 45-ème promotion du centre des études des sciences et techniques de l'information(CESTI) de l'université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar(UCAD) se tient mardi, à partir de 9 heures, à la salle de conférence de l'UCAD II, annonce un ...
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Senegal
PNIASAN 2018-2022 : Plaidoyer pour un processus inclusif
Dakar, 13 déc (APS) - Le processus d'élaboration et de mise en oeuvre du nouveau Programme national d'investissement agricole pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle (PNIASAN 2018-2022) doit être inclusif, a souligné mercredi El Hadji Thierno Cissé, du Groupe de dialogue social et politique (GDSP). Dakar, 13 déc (APS) - ...
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Turchia
Turkish marble producers enjoy sales boom
As the construction industry continues to grow rapidly in emerging economies, Turkey's marble sector may benefit.