Africa

Nigeria: Airtel Unveils New Package for SMEs

[Daily Trust] Lagos - Airtel Nigeria has introduced Club Business, a package aimed at boosting business productivity and profitability for Small and Medium Enterprise

Monday, February 13, 2012 ()

Nigeria: Aganga Harps On Local Bus Manufacturing

[Daily Trust] The newly inaugurated implementation committee for mass transit scheme has been urged to leverage on the opportunity to encourage local bus manufacturi

Monday, February 13, 2012 ()

Nigeria: British Airways Lands in Darkness - Minister On Board

[Daily Champion] A British Airways (BA) flight from London landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in pitch darkness early yesterday following a g

Monday, February 13, 2012 ()

Nigeria: CBN Donates N100 Million to Kano Bomb Blast Victims

[Daily Champion] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has donated N100 million to victims of the recent bomb attacks in Kano. Coordinated bomb attacks rocked Kano on J

Monday, February 13, 2012 ()

Nigeria: Electricity Price Goes Up By 88 Percent

[Leadership] The federal government has completed plans to almost double the cost of electricity from April 1, 2012.

Monday, February 13, 2012 ()

Nigeria: Jonathan Calls for Prayers From Facebook Friends

[Vanguard] Lagos - President Goodluck Jonathan has called on his Facebook friends to pray for the success of the reform initiatives his administration is putting in p

Monday, February 13, 2012 ()

Nigeria: Rivers Govt. to Provide Constant Electricity - Nwokocha

[Vanguard] Mr Augustine Nwokocha, the Rivers Commissioner for Power, says the state government will soon provide constant electricity to the 23 local government area

Monday, February 13, 2012 ()

South Africa: New Banknotes to Bear Mandela Image - Zuma

[SAPA] Pretoria - New South African banknotes will bear the image of former president Nelson Mandela, President Jacob Zuma announced in Pretoria on Saturday.

Monday, February 13, 2012 ()

Kenya: Tough Times Ahead for the Shilling As CBK Reserves Dip

[Business Daily] Kenya has consumed the entire $144 million (Sh12 billion) it received from the International Monetary Fund in December to prop up the battered shill

Monday, February 13, 2012 ()

S Sudan oil stoppage drives up prices

Supply problems force China and Japan to turn to alternative suppliers for similar grade low-sulphur waxy crude, writes Javier Blas

Monday, February 13, 2012 (Financial Times )

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