Cocoa prices soar as Ghana and Cote D’IVoire threaten supply cut
Cocoa prices rose sharply on Wednesday after key producers Ivory Coast and Ghana threatened to stop selling their production to
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Nigeria’s internet users surpasses 115 million milestone
The Nigerian Communications Commission has said that the Internet users in Nigeria increased marginally to 115,938,255 million in March 2019.
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AU, EAC, ECOWAS meet to accelerate Free Movement in Africa process
Legislators from the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) of the East African Community (EAC), and the Economic Community of West
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African Development Funding Group announces partnership with Apollo Currency
The African Development Funding Group has announced its partnership with Apollo Currency. The ADF, with its mandate of facilitating funding
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Startups swarm to build bee businesses
Startups swarm to build bee businesses Much is abuzz in the small world of bee-related startups. A Crunchbase News analysis
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Pan African University, educating a new generation of Pan-African En-trepreneurial Solutioners: 2019 Student Call now open
The Pan African University Institute for Water and Energy Sciences including Climate Change (PAUWES) (www.PAUWES.dz) in Tlemcen, Algeria provides higher education
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The Dangote Group deploys Freshworks to unify information technology (IT) service management across its 19 subsidiaries
The Dangote Group (Dangote.com), the largest indigenous industrial conglomerate in Sub Saharan Africa has deployed Freshservice by Freshworks (www.Freshworks.com), its
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World Happiness Report 2019: Nigeria ranks 86 out of 156 Countries
The 2019 edition of the world Happiness Report is out and Nigeria ranks 86 out of 156 countries in the
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Building and Empowering Entrepreneurs is the Route to Eradicating Poverty and Creating Economic Transformation in Africa
The CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, stated that building and empowering entrepreneurs is the route to eradicating poverty and
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UK app-only bank Monzo launches in the US to take on America’s financial giants
British fintech start-up Monzo has launched in the United States, as it looks to challenge the country’s established banking giants.
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Africa’s Technology Hub Rises in Yaba area, a Congested Lagos Neighborhood
The fading facades of century-old buildings in a neighborhood of the Nigerian megacity of Lagos house a vibrant technology cluster
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Launch Ceremony of Moremi ‘VIEW BY MASTERS’ Exhibition
One of Africa’s most iconic Queens, the legendary Moremi Ajasoro exemplified values of selflessness, courage, and ultimate female leadership, contrary
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Call for Entries: APO Group African Women in Media Award to Recognise Support of Female Journalists for Women’s Entrepreneurship in Africa
APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading media relations consultancy and press release distribution service in Africa and the Middle East, presents
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WorldRemit launches new product for business payments to Nigeria
Leading digital money transfer company WorldRemit (www.WorldRemit.com) has launched WorldRemit for Business, a new service that enables small and medium-sized business owners to
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Apply to showcase at Africa Early Stage Investor Summit
VC4A is looking for 10 innovative, high-growth scale-ups to showcase at Africa Early Stage Investor Summit on Nov 13-14 in
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Economic challenges cause decline in Africa’s smartphone market, IDC research
Africa’s smartphone market saw a 7.1% decline in shipments quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q1 2019 to total 21.5 million
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Nestlé and AGRA partner to Support 2,000 agriculture entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire
Nestlé Central and West Africa (CWA) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) have launched a new
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MTN Group launches MoMo, Africa’s first artificial intelligence service for mobile money
MTN Group has launched Africa’s first Mobile Money (MoMo) artificial intelligence service or “chatbot”. The chatbot went live in Ivory
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Shell Nigeria Gas expands domestic gas distribution in Nigeria
Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) has increased its gas distribution capacity by over 150% following the safe completion of its second gas train,
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FonYou sets up office in Nigeria
Digital company fonYou has unveiled a new office in Nigeria, where more than 30 million new mobile subscribers are expected
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Average T-Bills Yield Rises to 12.9% W-o-W on CBN OMO Auctions – AFRINVEST
The Apex bank conducted Open Market Operations (“OMO”) auctions on 2 out of the 3-Day trading sessions last week. This
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Ecobank hosted by London Stock Exchange after successful $500 million Eurobond issuance
Following its successful $500 million Eurobond issuance, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (‘ETI’) (www.Ecobank.com), the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group,
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Rotary announces US$100 million to eradicate polio
Rotary is giving US$100 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once
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AfCFTA commences without Nigeria, Benin and Eritrea
A lot is being said and celebrated about the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, in the wake of its
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The Dorchester Hotel Hosts The 3rd Africa Summit 2019
The Dorchester, one of the most prestigious luxury hotels in the world is set to host the 3rd Africa Summit,
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