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Experts chart path to development of automotive industry

The growth of the Nigerian automotive industry has been hinged on a functional component manufacturing sector as well as the signing and implementation of the 2024 to 2034 Nigerian Automotive Industry Development Programme (NAIDP) bill. That was the position of experts at the Nigeria Auto Industry Summit (NAISU) organise by the Nigerian Auto Journalists Association (NAJA), in collaboration with the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC). Presenting a paper titled: ‘Essential Keys for Repositioning the Automotive Industry as a Driving Force for Sustainable Economic Growth in Nigeria,’ Board Member of the Nigerian Automotive Manufacturers Association (NAMA), Benneth Ejindu, said

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Ethiopia: Abiy Put Ethiopia On the Road to Democracy, But Major Obstacles Still Stand in the Way
In particular, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, a regional political organisation that had major dominance over the old revolutionary front, has now emerged as a major political foe to Abiy's Prosperity
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Thomas K. Brown
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Kenya: Bill Protects Women From Non-Consensual Sterilisation
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Source: allAfrica.com
Kenya: Young Kenyan Comedian Lands Slot on Comedy Central
Kenyan comedian Elsa Majimbo joins the list of other elite comedians whose work has been featured on television station Comedy Central
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa Development Bank Blacklists Chinese Company Building Kenyan Power Project – Free Press of Jacksonville
“An investigation conducted by the Bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption established that Sinotec Company Limited misrepresented its experience, the value and dates of its reference contracts and its relationship with other bidders while participating in three Bank-financed tenders under
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
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Source: Business Daily
OSAWA: Why this is not the time to tax clean cooking
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Uganda: World Tributes Flow in for Legendary Kirunda
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Source: allAfrica.com
Ethiopia agrees to delay filling Nile mega-dam, say Egypt, Sudan
The leaders of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt agreed that Ethiopia will delay filling a mega-dam on the Blue Nile and return to talks aimed at reaching an accord on use of the river's waters, according to statements from Cairo and
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South Africa: Journal Announces 'Special Issue of Rebuttals' Amid Furore Over UCT Professor's Article
A storm erupted this week over an academic research paper by a globally known economics professor from
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Source: allAfrica.com
Kenya: FKF Yet to Pay Me Even a Penny, Says Adel Amrouche
Former Harambee Stars coach Adel Amrouche says Football Kenya Federation (FKF) have yet again failed to pay him his dues within the deadline as directed by world governing
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Ethiopia coronavirus: 3,954 cases as tests pass 200K mark
Total confirmed cases = 3,954 (new cases
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Kenya coronavirus: 3,860 cases; corruption probe on donations, funds
Total confirmed cases = 3,860
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Rwanda: How Two Sectors in Rwamagana Are Becoming Key Suppliers of Fresh Foodstuff
Speraton Ntawumenyumunsi, a farmer in the area has more than 10 hectares of coffee, banana, macadamia, passion fruits, tamarillos and pineapples among
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Source: allAfrica.com
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MEET AN ANIMAL: Mara the elephant found sanctuary after 50 years in circuses and zoos
Gribaudo recalls spotting a familiar-looking elephant in a similar Buenos Aires circus tent seven years
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Source: South Florida Times
Ethiopia coronavirus: 4,000+ cases; quarantine, burial rules adjusted
Confirmed cases = 4,070
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Africa: SA Participates in China-Africa Solidarity Summit
FOCAC is an official forum that coordinates cooperation between the People's Republic of China and African
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Africa: 'I Cannot Breathe' - 60 Black Former U.S. Ambassadors Condemn Ongoing Injustice
The Association of Black American Ambassadors (ABAA) joins the nation and people of conscience around the world, in mourning the brutal deaths of George Floyd, Ahmed Arbery, Breonna Taylor and other unarmed Black
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Source: allAfrica.com
Unions oppose Cameroon’s plan to reopen schools
A group of trade unions in Cameroon's education sector has opposed the government's plan to reopen schools on June 1 for students of examination
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Source: The East African
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Somalia: Over 500 People Killed By Cholera in Somalia Since January-UN
The UN's health agency said the epidemic had left more than 25,000 people sick, warning that number was likely to double by the end of
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
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Zimbabwe: ED Govt Faces Growing International Condemnation Over Crackdown
Zimbabwe has come under international scrutiny after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government launched a crackdown against its critics that include opposition leaders, lawyers and
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Kenya coronavirus: record 80 new cases, Wajir rolls out virus campaign
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
COVID-19 hospital seeks US$3,4 million kitty
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
African-Americans Are Highly Visible in the Military, but Almost Invisible at the Top
Of the 41 most senior commanders in the military — those with four-star rank in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard — only two are black: Gen. Michael X. Garrett, who leads the Army’s Forces Command, and Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr, the commander of Pacific Air
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Cameroon: Henri Bedimo Retires From Football
The 36-year-old left back announced his decision to quit professional football on social media on Tuesday, June 16, 2020
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Red Cross fears Covid-19 spreading in Somalia camps
The new coronavirus could be spreading undetected through camps across Somalia hosting some 2.6 million displaced people, the Red Cross warned on Tuesday, as floods and conflict swelled the numbers fleeing into overcrowded
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Source: The East African
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Coronavirus disrupts HIV prevention efforts in Africa
By LYDIA NAMUBIRU, KHATONDI SOITA, KERRY CULLINAN, ARYA KARIJO, ES-TACIO VALOI, STEPHANIE OHUMUIn the days before the Covid-19 crisis, Ugandan sex worker Lillian Namiiro worked on the Tanzanian border, educating fellow sex workers and connecting her community to the national HIV
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Source: The East African
African Union Commission Condemns Murder of George Floyd in the U.S.A
Addis Ababa — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has strongly condemned the murder of George Floyd that occurred in the United States of America at the hands of law enforcement officers, and wishes to extend his deepest condolences to his family and loved
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Source: allAfrica.com
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