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Nigeria needs 80,000 base stations to join IoT club, says telecom regulator
Nigeria, Africa’s largest mobile market of over 150 million phone subscribers, needs between 70,000 and 80,000 telecommunication base stations to join the elite ...
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UN, African Union sign new partnership framework on Africa's peace and security
The United Nations and the African Union recently signed a new landmark framework to strengthen the partnership between the two organizations on peace and ...
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Cameroonian Vera Songwe appointed Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa
United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, has appointed Vera Songwe as ECA’s Executive Secretary. The Cameroonian economist and banking executive is the ...
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Casablanca and Nairobi rank as leading destinations for Fortune 500 companies establishing international headquarters
Overall, there was a 17% increase in the number of Fortune 500 companies in MEA in 2016 compared to 2015, with Johannesburg being ...
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Governor Obiano inaugurates $2bn International Cargo Airport Project.
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State on Tuesday inaugurated Anambra International Airport City project, in line with his vision to make Anambra ...
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Nigerian government adds “Wetin App” to tackle flood
The Nigerian government has launched a new weather app: ‘Wetin App’ to help tame flood problems in the country particularly along the Benue ...
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Africa needs to trade with itself – here’s how
By Jacqueline Musiitwa Trade not aid. It’s an idea we hear quite a bit in reference to Africa. Last summer, when Barack ...
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How Nigeria can ride out its economic storm
By Aubrey Hruby Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, is at a critical juncture in 2016. While the future remains bright for the bellwether ...
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Buhari’s foreign trips: My takeaway
By Babatunde Raji Fashola In making this public intervention, I seek to highlight the benefit of global relationships and cooperation in a ...
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Financing our future
By Kemi Adeosun Writing this, my third article on the economy, I’m keenly aware that the question Nigerians want answered is: what is government ...
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NNPC 'failed to pay' $16bn in oil revenues
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has failed to pay the government $16bn (£11bn) in a suspected fraud, according to an official ...
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Crystal Telecom's IPO should encourage local firms to follow suit
Shares of another local company, Crystal Telecom, will soon begin trading on the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) following its Initial Public Offering (IPO) ...