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USA
Pacific Rim countries move closer to TPP without US
Pursuit of trade deal shows growing isolation of Trump on globalisation
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Vietnam
Da Nang: from Agent Orange to Apec
Vietnam’s summit city awaits Trump, Xi and Putin for trade and security talks
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Argentina
Brasil proyecta recibir más inversiones que la Argentina por la reforma laboral
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Kenya
CS Henry Rotich dismisses Moody's ranking
Increased focus on the ability of the Government to settle debts was heightened on Thursday as Finance Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich deflected a possible downgrade in Kenya's risk profile.
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Kenya
Beefing up mobile-phone and internet penetration in Africa
WITH ITS SNAZZY technology hubs and army of bright young programmers, Kenya can rightly claim to be east Africa’s tech startup nation. It was here that mobile money first took off, and it is here that off-grid solar power is making its biggest impact. Even the election in August was ...
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Sudafrica USA
Technology may help compensate for Africa’s lack of manufacturing
ALONG A WINDING road down the edge of an airport near Pretoria, South Africa’s capital, is an aeronautical version of a Mad Max world. An old UN cargo plane rusts in a field. Jammed up against fences are aeroplanes of various vintages and states of disassembly. “Airheads” (aviation enthusiasts) scrounge ...
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USA Kenya
Technology cannot solve all of Africa’s problems, but it can help with many
Improving on peanuts AT LUNCHTIME IN Mombasa, Kenya’s humid port city, groups of men gather in the shade for the day’s bunge la mwananchi (people’s parliament), where they debate the latest news and politics. Everyone takes his turn to discuss whether the local governor is any good, or whether a group ...
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Ghana Nigeria
The sharing economy, African style
Appier experience IN HOTEL BARS in many parts of Africa, foreign businessmen like to regale each other with tales about the difficulty of arranging even simple things like accommodation or a safe ride from the airport. The head of a big American investment bank recalls how he bagged the last available ...
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Kenya
Vital progress in ease of doing business
Kenya moved up some 12 places to position 80 globally and third in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Cina Kenya
A new era for strategic partnership
The SGR has become a milestone in China-Kenya cooperation.