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La première journée du tournoi national de rugby à 7 seniors a démarré pour le groupe B le 23 septembre 2018 tandis que le groupe A prévu à Nabeul a été reporté pour le dimanche 30 septembre 2018 à cause des intempéries qu’a connu la ville de l’orange,
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Relentless conflict and insecurity throughout the lean the annual lean season pushed 6.1 million people – nearly 60 percent of the population – into extreme hunger in South Sudan, though the situation could improve if a sustainable peace takes hold, three United Nations agencies said today. Some 6.1 million people
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Orange Money, la solution de mobile money d’Orange (www.Orange.com), célèbre cette année son 10ème anniversaire. Lancé en 2008, le service qui compte aujourd’hui 40 millions de clients, est présent dans 17 pays et a atteint 26 milliards d’euros de transactions sur l’année 2017. Orange
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Today the UK, Somalia, Italy and Ethiopia brought together international partners in support of Somalia’s security, political and economic reforms. Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin co-hosted the meeting at the UN General Assembly in New York, with Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad of Somalia, State Minister Hirut Zemene of
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What is now CAR was annexed by France until winning its independence in 1960. Political crises quickly followed, with three successive mutinies by the armed forces within six years. A truce, known the Bangui Agreements, was signed in 1997 that mandated an inter-African military mission be deployed to the country.
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Productivity South Africa (Productivity SA), Mr Mothunye Mothiba says small and medium enterprises are the cornerstone of economic growth. He emphasised that it was for this reason that Productivity SA will specifically target the enhancement of enterprises within this sector of the economy as
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The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in CAR (MINUSCA) was established in 2014 with the protection of civilians its top priority, after fighting between the mostly Christian anti-Balaka militia and the mainly Muslim Séléka rebel coalition tore the country apart. An arms embargo imposed at the same time was renewed
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We can be the generation that stamps out the preventable and curable disease of tuberculosis (TB). This was the message of National Assembly Speaker Ms Baleka Mbete’s message at the “Our Night with the Stars: A Gala to Celebrate the TB Champions”, which the Stop TB Partnership and USAID,
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Stanbic Bank Botswana, a member of Standard Bank Group; the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the U.S. Government’s development finance institution; and Botswana Finance LLC, a subsidiary of Lazare Kaplan International (LKI), today signed a $125 million loan guaranty, which will encourage and support lending to diamond manufacturers
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The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies will host the inaugural Black Industrialists Roundtable Dialogue at the South African Bureau of Standards in Pretoria on Wednesday, 3 October 2018 from 12:30 under the theme Black Industrialists: Expanding Economic Investments and Strengthening Competitiveness. According to Davies, the purpose
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The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved a ZAR 2.886 billion (US$217.9 million ) loan to South Africa’s power utility Eskom Holdings Ltd, towards the upgrade and expansion of its transmission facilities. The entity is crucial to power supply within the sub-region. The funding supports
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Now in its 13th year, this year BizTrends2019 – The Definitive African B2B Industry Trend Report, expands in scope to over 100 contributions from an array of sectors and disciplines, curated by the full complement of the Bizcommunity (www.Bizcommunity.com) editorial team, to be able to offer our readers the