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AFKI Commodities Report: Oil Price Rise Ends As U.S. Supply Increases
Crude oil prices went down again at mid-week after a sharp rebound that began Jan. 29. The rally saw a 19-percent price gain to a one-month high, but prices declined again sharply amid further...
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12 Things You Didn’t Know About Nigerian Millionaire Tunde Folawiyo
Folawiyo had the publisher and editor of Global Excellence Magazine arrested in 2013 for publishing a story on an alleged affair. The publisher spent four days in prison, and was "promised hell in...
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12 African Countries That Rank Highest For Gender Equality
Gender equality is often pinpointed as a key issue in economic development of emerging economies. The World Economic Forum releases an annual Global Gender Gap Index to rank countries on their progress...
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15 First-Aid Skills You Have To Have That Can Save Your Life
Heat stroke is common and easy to recognize if you know the signs -- headaches, dizziness, lack of sweat, red and hot skin, cramping, nausea, rapid heartbeat, shallow breathing, and unconsciousness. If...
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Why Private Equity Investors Should Look At Zimbabwe: An Opinion
A number of countries including Mozambique, Kenya and Nigeria have benefited from the surge in private equity investments in Africa in recent years; now it’s Zimbabwe’s turn, according to an opinion...
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CAF Ban Morocco For Two AFCONs Over Hosting Refusal
From CAFOnline The CAF Executive Committee, meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on the side lines of the 30th edition of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations took action on the refusal of Morocco to host...
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Nigerian Startup Pulls Food Vendors, Open Air Markets Online
Open air food markets in Nigeria are often bustling with crowds and a variety of offerings. Nonetheless, retaining customers is still a problem for vendors and farmers, according to lawyer Uchay...
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10 Fantastic Vintage Photos Of Africa
Here are 10 fantastic vintage photos of Africa, taken from AFKTravel’s Throwback Thursday archives. The post 10 Fantastic Vintage Photos Of Africa appeared first on AFKInsider.
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How Bloggers Are Globalizing And Democratizing African Fashion
African fashion, boosted by the trendiness of wax print, has had a positive turn in recent years, according to blogger Chayet Chiénin in her blog, Nothing but the wax, and HuffingtonPost. A craving...
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Off-Grid Solar Firms Raised $42 Million In The First Month Of 2015
From Green Tech Media Only one month into 2015, private equity firms, venture investors and development banks have poured $42 million into off-grid solar companies working in developing countries. That...
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Is It Too Late For Nigeria’s Election Be Postponed?
From Council on Foreign Relations Nigeria’s presidential elections are scheduled for February 14, 2015, though there has long been speculation that they might be postponed. The Nigerian National...
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South Africa’s Telkom Considering Sale Of Mobile Phone Towers
From Bloomberg via Newsng.com Telkom SA SOC Ltd., a South African phone company seeking to cut costs on a struggling mobile service, is considering a sale of a network of telephone towers in the...
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Boko Haram’s War Spills Over Into Chad, Cameroon and Niger
From Bloomberg Nigeria’s Boko Haram attacked border towns inside neighboring Niger for the first time, as U.S. intelligence officials said the Islamist militants may be overreaching by taking their...
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Sunday Oliseh Finds It Tough To Predict The AFCON Final
Nigerian football analyst and former national team captain Sunday Oliseh has been open with his thoughts on the two finalists who have qualified to take part in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations...
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Ethiopia to Build 11 New Universities In Two Years
From 2Merkato.com Ethiopia is going to build 11 new universities in the next growth and transformation plan period, aka GTP II, which is set to start in the coming fiscal year. The announcement was...
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Ethiopia’s Population Projected To Hit 90 MillionThis Year
From World Bulletin Ethiopia’s population is projected to hit 90 million this year, the country’s state Central Statistical Agency (CSA) said Friday. The announcement was made in a press conference by...
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Africa Eurobond Issuance In 2015 To Fall From Last Year’s $16B Record
From Mail & Guardian Africa As Cote d’Ivoire prepares to sell sub-Saharan Africa’s first Eurobond of 2015, the strengthening dollar risks curbing issuance across the continent as debt payments for...
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Report: The Anatomy Of Nigeria’s $20 Billion Oil ‘Leak’
From Reuters In late 2013, Nigeria’s then central bank governor Lamido Sanusi wrote to President Goodluck Jonathan claiming that the state oil company had failed to remit tens of billions of oil...
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French Telecoms Orange Interested In Bharti’s Africa Assets
From Business World French telecoms group Orange has explored purchasing some assets in Africa including ones owned by India’s top mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel, as the company seeks to strengthen...
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Angola Seeks $1B Loan From International Lenders As Oil Prices Fall
From FT Angola has dramatically slashed its budget for the year and is reaching out to the World Bank and international lenders for at least $1bn in loans as Africa’s second-biggest oil producer and...
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