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[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari visited the personnel of the Operation Hadin Kai, the theatre of the counter-insurgency war, in Borno on Thursday.
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Zimbabwe: Universities to Reopen June 1, Final Year Students to Be On Campus - Minister
All State universities have been given the green light by government to reopen on June 1, but only final year students will be on campus with the rest using e-learning
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Where are the digital transformation specifics? - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
BitDepth#1306 IF THERE had been even one major development resulting from the Government's plan to demonstrate digital transformation, it would have been trumpeted from the rooftops. Kirk Henry, CEO of iGovTT, the state agency responsible for advising on ICT execution, has resigned, not
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Africa: At UBA Web Summit, Leaders Outline Path for Africa's Recovery
The leaders and experts made the call yesterday at the United Bank for Africa's (UBA) 2020 Africa Day Conversations, with the theme: "Growth, Jobs, and Sustainable Development Amidst a global Pandemic," that was moderated by the Chairman of the bank, Mr. Tony
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Virus Test To ‘Protect’ Snow Resorts In Australian State  – The Wilmington Journal
MELBOURNE, Australia — South-eastern Australian state of Victoria’s snowfields will welcome Melbourne skiers and snow boarders but only with proof of a negative test. Acting Premier James Merlino confirmed the ban on travel to regional Victoria would be scrapped from [...]
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U.S. Petroleum Data Show Demand Remains Solid – The Omaha Star
Markets were volatile as the usual movers were overshadowed by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The post U.S. Petroleum Data Show Demand Remains Solid appeared first on Zenger News.
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Africa: Coronavirus May Trigger Debt Emergency Across Africa, New Study Finds
Although the continent's economy had been projected to grow by more than 130%, Africa is now falling further behind according to the study, with projected average economic growth at just 4.3% from 2020 to
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Uganda: Widow Mourns Husband Killed By Soldier Over Covid-19 Rule
[Monitor] Twenty eight-year-old John Kugonza, a boda boda man, left his six-month pregnant wife Racheal Basemera taking shower at home.
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Kenya: Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga Rejects COVID-19 Bill
Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga has declined to assent the County Covid-19 and Highly Infectious Diseases Response
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Tanzania: State Pledges to Strengthen Local Financial Institutions, Improve Fund Management
[Daily News] MINISTER for Finance and Planning, Dr Mwigulu Nchemba on Thursday said the government will continue to strengthen domestic financial institutions so that they can facilitate access to credit, improve fund management and control government electronic payment systems.
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Financial sector heads for crisis - The Zimbabwe Independent
BY STAFF WRITER THE financial services sector is headed for a major crisis, with bankers now saying they are struggling to manage their balance sheets following the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)’s decision to compel them to surrender excess liquidity. This makes uncertain banks’ paying interest on
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Skills threat that high-end hotels face on Covid-19 closures
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Zimbabwe: COVID-19 Could Prove "Disastrous" for Zimbabwe, UNDP Study Finds
The COVID-19 pandemic and global knock-on effects could sink or stall Zimbabwe's ambitious reform agenda as well as efforts to revive its flagging economy, with "disastrous" consequences for the landlocked East African country's poor and vulnerable people, according to a new UNDP impact
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Malawi, India in export deal - The Times Group Malawi
The governments of Malawi and India Wednesday sealed a pigeon pea export deal which would see Malawi exporting 50,000 metric tonnes of the crop to the populous Asian nation each year for the next five years. The deal was signed in Lilongwe between Minister of Trade Sosten Gwengwe and India High
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Immigration Corner | Applying for the new temporary charity worker visa
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In the usually bustling labyrinth of shops surrounding a bus terminal in Uganda’s capital, Kampala, she and other women sit idle in their open-air restaurant, waiting for customers who rarely
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Africa: West Should Come Clean On Atrocities Committed in Africa
[The Herald] The last week of May 2021 opened a new chapter in the history of Africa-Western countries relations.
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Namibia: Nandi-Ndaitwah Directs Staff to Devise Cost Cutting Measures to Reduce Expenditure
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Pierre Urges Elections Now In New Salvo Over 'Pajoah Scandal' - St. Lucia Times News
Opposition leader, Philip J. Pierre, has reiterated a call for general elections, asserting that the 'Pajoah scandal' is a clear indication that Economic Development Minister Guy Joseph and Prime Minister, Allen Chastanet, neglected their responsibility to the people of this country. The Saint
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Nigeria: CBN Denies Plan to Nationalise Unity Bank
[This Day] The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday described as "fake news," a media report that it was considering nationalising Unity Bank Plc.
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Teachers, parents resist schools reopening - NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Africa: Coronavirus Crisis Disrupts Flow of Money Transfers in Africa
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LUESBY: Scale up informal sector for job creation
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NBS launches instant cash platform - NewsDay Zimbabwe
BY FIDELITY MHLANGA FINANCIAL service provider, National Building Society (NBS) has launched an all-inclusive, local remittances product, NBS Instant Cash. It provides The post NBS launches instant cash platform appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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