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Etiopia
German FM stresses poverty, jobs to slow migration
Investing in opportunities for the youth and addressing the root causes of migration like unemployment and poverty will help solve the migration crisis but setting up camps in North Africa will not, stated Germany’s Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and African Union Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat. The Foreign Minister held talks ...
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Etiopia
Avocados potentially lucrative in Ethiopia
Avocado farming has a lot. Avocados were introduced to Ethiopian farmers seven decades ago through missionaries. A recent workshop was held to create awareness about the potential in Avocados which included stakeholders researchers and potential investors. Helina Getachew, Project Manager of Fruit and Vegetable Export Facilitation at the Ethiopian Horticulture ...
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Etiopia
Africa attracting less FDI, capital investment rises
Africa is attracting less Foreign Direct Investment, according to the recent EY Africa Attractiveness report. Data from 2016 shows that Africa attracted 676 FDI projects which is a 12.3 percent decline from the previous year and FDI job creation numbers declined 13.1 percent. On the other hand, findings of the ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria: N148.7 Billion Portfolio Investment Left Nigeria in First Quarter
[Daily Trust] Lagos -A sum of N148.71 billion of foreign portfolio investment (FPI) has been repatriated in the first three months of this year, Daily Trust has learnt.
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Malta
Brian Tonna testifies about reference letters issued to Keith Schembri, Malcolm Scerri
Two reference letters issued from HSBC's Attard branch, months after it had ceased operations, were at the heart of testimony given this morning by the Prime Minister's consultant and Nexia BT director Brian Tonna. Taking the witness stand in the libel proceedings instituted by himself and his business partner Carl Cini ...
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Qatar
Corinthia to run Zaha Hadid project in Doha
Corinthia Group’s management arm, CHI, has entered into preliminary agreements to provide technical and management services for an iconic hotel and residential tower near Doha, Qatar, close to the venue of the 2022 soccer World Cup final. Designed by Zaha Hadid Architecture, the 70,000 sq.m. project is under construction and scheduled ...
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Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta
Watch: Many questions, few answers from Brian Tonna
Auditor Brian Tonna, who helped open up companies in Panama for Konrad Mizzi and Keith Schembri, today refused to reply to a myriad of questions about the Panama Papers affair. The Times of Malta on Sunday yesterday reported suspicions by the government's anti-money laundering agency that Mr Tonna gave a €100,000 ...
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USA
US space plane lands after two-year secret mission
The US military's experimental X-37B space plane landed yesterday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, completing a classified mission that lasted nearly two years, the Air Force said. The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, touched down at 7:47 a.m. on a runway formerly used for landings of ...
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Australia Nuova Zelanda
Australian customs destroys unique plant specimens after quarantine mix-up
Australian customs officials destroyed two irreplaceable plant specimens that were being loaned to scientists by international institutions, prompting the agriculture department to concede that some missteps had occurred enforcing strict quarantine laws. France's National Museum of Natural History and New Zealand's Landcare Research Allan Herbarium had sent the samples of ...
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USA
Sanofi – an equity to consider for your portfolio
Sanofi S.A. is a French multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Gentilly, France, as of 2013 the world's fifth-largest by prescription sales. The company was formed as Sanofi-Aventis in 2004 by the merger of Aventis and Sanofi-Synthélabo, which were each the product of several previous mergers. It changed its name to ...