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Zambia
In 1972, Kaunda outlawed all opposition political parties. The world copper market collapsed in 1975. The Zambian economy was devastated—it had been the third-largest miner of copper in the world after the United States and Soviet Union. With a soaring debt and inflation rate in 1991, riots took
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Merriwether, Raymond (1924–2011)
Raymond (Ray) Merriwether, prominent Seattle, Washington African American architect, real estate developer, and newspaper owner, was born in Taylor, Texas on June 19, 1924 to Colie and Annie Merriwether.  After graduating from high school Merriwether attended barber school and served a short time
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May
23
2011
Angola: Parliament Passes Payment System Law
Luanda — The Draft Basis Law on the Payment System of Angola was approved this Thursday, in general, unanimously by the deputies of the National
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Tanzania: Tundu Lissu - 'I'm Returning Home'
Interview - The outspoken opposition leader has told DW he is returning home, three years after surviving an assassination attempt. Lissu plans on running in Tanzania's October presidential elections.
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Source: allAfrica.com
SA unemployment hit record high - before Covid-19 hit
South Africa’s unemployment rate hit a record high in the first quarter of this year as key sectors including agriculture shed jobs, data showed on Tuesday, highlighting weakness in the economy even before it was battered by the Covid-19
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Born: 6/3/954 Ogwashi Ukwu, NigeriaNgozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian economist best known for her two terms as Finance Minister of Nigeria and for her work at the World Bank, including several years as one of its Managing DirectorsBusiness / Schooling:
  • Harvard University
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SA plans R350-billion infrastructure fund, including for broadband
Paul Mashatile
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Bitcoin Investment can be Rewarding with Expert’s Opinion
The last few years have seen a massive surge in the financial value of Bitcoin as the cryptocurrency has risen in value from a few dollars at its launch in 2009 to a four-figure value within these years. However, there were skeptics since the beginning, and even today, many financial professionals
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Africa: China-Africa Blanket Debt Forgiveness Not in the Cards
As China tightens its belt economically in response to the coronavirus, African leaders are anxious about the future of infrastructure projects, trade and, in some cases, are requesting debt
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Netflix Is Investing $100 Million In Black Banking Institutions
This is a revolutionary plan.
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Sudan suggests political solution to Nile dam squabble
Sudan on Wednesday proposed that the heads of state of the three countries involved in the spat over the use of the Nile waters directly handle the disagreement to provide a lasting political
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Zimbabwe Forex Woes Set to Deepen, Researchers Warn
Zimbabwe's foreign currency shortages are set to worsen due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic that has reduced exports and slowed down remittances, a leading research firm has
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Source: allAfrica.com
Bridge Academies backs pupil death investigation
Bridge Academies backs pupil death investigation
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Egypt: Govt in Talks but Still Against Dam Project
As talks over the Nile waters resumed on June 10, Egypt continued to defend its objections to Ethiopia's plan to start filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in
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Benin
This West African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, between Togo on the west and Nigeria on the east, is about the size of Tennessee. It is bounded by Burkina Faso and Niger on the north. The land consists of a narrow coastal strip that rises to a swampy, forested plateau and then to highlands in the
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Mar
13
2011
Making the case for a strong Black economy in the 9th District - TSDMemphis.com
by Corey Strong   While Memphis and Shelby County wrestles with how to economically respond to COVID-19 in the short term, I am more concerned with the long term impacts the pandemic will have on our economy. In the post-COVID world, technology is king and unskilled work forces are susceptible to
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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com
Kenya Power issues profit alert as business declines
Kenya Power’s profit after tax for the 12-month period to June 30 this year is projected to decline to at least Ksh196.5 million ($1.96 million), from Ksh262 million ($2.62 million) last
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Source: The East African
Africa: How Africa Can Take This Moment to End a 500-Years-Old Economic Model
[African Arguments] Governments can take the opportunity of COVID-19 to change Africa's place in global economic structures, but it will take pan-African coordination.
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Rwanda: Remittances to Rwanda Plummet By 16% in March
[New Times] There has been an unprecedented decline in the flow of remittances to Rwanda - a vibrant source of money for a section of Rwandan- just as cases of coronavirus surge worldwide and the country grapples with the pandemic.
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As prices spike in Zimbabwe, is it on the edge again? | News24
A Zimbabwean shopper in a Harare supermarket shook his head, grumbling as he returned a loaf of bread to a rack after finding the price had jumped by a third.
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Kenya Budgets to Fight Locusts, Floods and Virus
Kenya has allocated Ksh48 billion ($480 million) to agriculture, and an additional Ksh4.3 billion ($43 million) from the World Bank has been set aside to combat the spread of the desert
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Source: allAfrica.com
South Africa looks to green infrastructure bond to spur growth
Government is considering selling a green infrastructure bond worth tens of billions of rand as part of its biggest drive ever to kick-start private investment in projects ranging from energy to water
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Kenya's Open Door Policy Offers Economic Opportunities for Refugees and Their Hosts
Programs in training and skills development were availed to refugees without a clear integration into the local labour market realities or the same opportunity availed to host
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Kenya: Elite Cart Away Over U.S.$3 Billion of World Bank Aid
Kenya's elite siphoned Sh328 billion of World Bank aid payments to offshore accounts in two decades, a new study
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World Bank lends Kenya Sh4.5bn for locusts fight
World Bank lends Kenya Sh4.5bn for locusts fight
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Kenya: Fears for Kenya's Urban Food Supply As Floods Drown Rice
Rice is a staple food in Kenya's urban areas, but with floods destroying young crops in recent weeks and imports restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, stocks may run short
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Keep energy central in pandemic recovery plans – says Kandeh Yumkella
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 02 July 2020: Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, MP for Constituency 062 – Samu Chiefdom, joined global energy leaders at a virtual high-level summit to take stock of the impact of the coronavirus disease on the Africa’s energy, oil, and gas sectors. The Africa Ministerial Roundtable
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Financial market snapshot, June 2020: Updates from South Africa and abroad
(Partner Content) Global equity markets continued their resurgence in June as investors shrugged off concerns over a potential second wave of coronavirus infections and forecasts of a contraction in global growth.
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Tiny Mauritius now rated a high-income country by the World Bank - Face2Face Africa
The East African island nation of Mauritius is now a high-income country, according to the World Bank, joining Seychelles as the only other country in Africa on that list. According to Erik von Uexküll, World Bank Country Representative for Mauritius, the ranking is based on the countrys
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World Bank gives Uganda $300m to fight Covid-19
The World Bank has approved $300 million budget to aid Uganda in fighting the coronavirus
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