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Kenyatta, Odinga Lay Ground for Changes in House Teams
Radical surgery on National Assembly and Senate committees is in the offing as President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga lay the ground for smooth implementation of the Building Bridges Initiative
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A Black scientist helped save thousands of lives
A Black scientist helped save thousands of lives during World War II. Dr. Charles Richard Drew set up and ran the pioneer blood plasma bank in Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. This bank served as one of the models for the system of banks operated later by the American Red Cross. On October
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1
1940
AC Green on Saving Homes and What to Avoid with Banks During COVID-19
In December 2008, AC launched his radio show during the height of the recession while everyone was losing their homes and
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Ghana: MP Salutes Constituents for Asking Relevant Questions
The sitting Member of Parliament for Tema West in the Greater Accra Region, has applauded delegates of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), for what he calls spirit of discernment that is characterising their assessment of
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Liberia: Is Ex-CBL Governor Milton Weeks the Sacrificial Lamb in the 'Missing Billions' Saga?
Monrovia — When Charles Sirleaf, the eldest son of former President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was arrested along with five others, including former Governor J. Milton Weeks, last February, it marked a turning point in the controversy surrounding the alleged disappearance LD16 billion ($100 million (€88
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Local debt grows with Sh106bn Bretton Woods loan
Given Kenya’s classification as a lower middle-income country, the loan comprises a Sh79.5 billion credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and Sh26.5 billion from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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Portrait of Black Chicago
The captions are John Whites own, written some time after he took his photographs. In some cases White used virtually the same caption for several
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Feb
25
1975
Secretary of Transportation
Real estate entrepreneur Richard Taylor was appointed in 1988 to the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; and in 1990 he became Deputy Chairman, both first appointments for an African-American in Boston. The Federal Reserve is 'the banker's bank,' controlling the money supply
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
CBK seen capping premium on reopened 5-year bond
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Reality TV Star Charged With Bank Fraud Over Misuse of Paycheck Protection Funds
Maurice Fayne, who stars in Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, has been arrested on federal bank fraud charges arising from a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan that he obtained in the name of Flame
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D'SOUZA: Are fund managers in the country walking on thin ice?
According to the data released, 52.8 percent of total Sh76.1 billion in Assets Under Management (AUM) by licensed fund managers in Kenya is invested in Kenya Government
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Zimbabwe: WB Approves U.S.$2,2m Grant
The World Bank (WB) has approved a US $2,2 million grant for Zimbabwe's recovery and resilience projects to address the devastating impact of Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in March last
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Zimbabwe: Mutodi and the Tragicomedy That Mnangagwa's Admin Is
After the bizarre remarks by Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri that the Covid-19 pandemic, which has cost hundreds of thousands of lives globally, was divine punishment for countries that imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, it seemed the dross emanating from the corridors of power could not get
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(1841) Charles Lenox Remond, “Slavery As It Concerns The British”
Charles Lenox Remond (1810-1878), was one of the earliest black abolitionist speakers. Born in Salem, Massachusetts to free black parents, John and Nancy Remond, Charles became an agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society in 1838 and traveled with William Lloyd Garrison to the World
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1841
Arthur Allen Fletcher, “The Father of Affirmative Action”
Arthur Allen Fletcher is known to many as the father of affirmative action.  In the following account historian David Hamilton Golland describes the career of Fletcher, a Republican civil rights activist during the last half of the 20th
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Collecting African American Art: From the Harlem Renaissance to the Obama Era
On October 16, 1943 Henry Ossawa Tanner’s painting Flight into Egypt (see illustration) was hanging in the entrance hall of a home located at 127 Randolph Place in Washington, D.C. The occasion was the opening of the Barnett-Aden Gallery which was founded by James Herring, an artist and art
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U.S calls for probe against AfDB president
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has rejected plans by the African Development Bank’s board to end an investigation into its president, Akinwumi Adesina, and called for an independent probe into allegations against him
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The 'risky business' of tracking Rwandan fugitive Felicien Kabuga
In 1997, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), an international court established by the United Nations Security Council to judge people responsible for the genocide, indicted Kabuga on seven criminal charges including
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Mandeville mayor lashes Scotiabank
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Mandeville Mayor Donovan Mitchell has scolded Bank of Nova Scotia for opting not to encash cheques, which he says has negatively affected people and institutions, including the Manchester Municipal
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Zimbabwe: Business Sector Studies High Court Ruling
The business sector has said it is still looking into the implications of the recent High Court ruling, which declared unconstitutional a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) exchange control directive 'mutating' money held in foreign currency accounts into Zimbabwe dollar-denominated
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Magic Johnson to Provide $100M in Capital to Fund PPP Small Business Loans
NBA legend turned social entrepreneur Magic Johnson has committed to providing $100 million in capital to fund small business loans through the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program
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Yohannes, Daniel W. (1952– )
Daniel W. Yohannes, a businessman, philanthropist, and diplomat, was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on September 22, 1952. He moved to the United States at age 17 as an exchange student in the 11th grade, attending high school in Los
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Sep
22
1952
Constitution of the Female Anti Slavery Society of Salem (1832)
We the undersigned, females of color, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being duly convinced of the importance of union and morality, have associated ourselves together for our natural improvement, and to promote the welfare of our color, as far as is consistent with the means of this
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Nov
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1832
Capital Savings Bank of Washigton, D.C., the first
Capital Savings Bank of Washigton, D.C., the first Black bank, opened in Washington, D.C. The Savings Bank of the Order of True Reformers (Richmond, Va.) was chartered on March 2, 1888.
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1888
Kenya: Loans to Kenya in the Last 3 Days Hit Sh133.3bn After AfDB Lends Govt Sh21.9bn
Nairobi — Kenya will receive a €188 million - Sh21.9 billion - loan from African Development Bank to support its efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate the related economic, health and social
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Source: allAfrica.com
Lagos coronavirus: 2,278 cases; patient delivers at treatment center
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Lagos coronavirus: 3,093 cases; planned chloroquine trials
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Black capitalism
Black capitalism is a movement among African Americans to build wealth through the ownership and development of businesses. Black capitalism has traditionally focused on African-American businesses, although some critics and activists have also pushed for increased representation of Blacks in
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True Reformers Bank, The (1888-1910)
The Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers was the first bank owned by African Americans in the United States. It was founded on March 2, 1888 by Reverend William Washington Browne and opened on April 3, 1889. Although the True Reformers bank was the first black-owned
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