CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 8th, 2018, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- IOX Cable and Angola Cables have today announced the signing of a joint provisioning agreement aimed at developing and enhancing their respective network capabilities and services across the Americas, Africa, Europe and India. By partnering with Angola Cables, IOX is
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The African Development Bank and its East and North African Governors have stressed the need for urgent measures to match the continent’s growing population and youth unemployment, which they likened to a “ticking time bomb.” The meeting described the continent’s growing young population as a potential growth engine for the
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A number of KCB customers have raised concern over un-explained cash deductions on their bank accounts, even as the lender yesterday moved to assure clients that their money was safe, the Daily Nation reports. KCB Group customers have over the past week complained that their account balances were incorrect, with
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By Aloysious Kasoma Makerere University Lecturer and Budget and Financing expert Barbra Katende has advised women doing business to up their game by branding their businesses well. Katende, a mentor made the remarks on Wednesday as chief guest at the dfcu Women in Business (WiB) Financial Literacy workshop held at
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Financial services group Britam is set to lay off 100 staff in a bid to cut costs. The firm said on Wednesday that it was implementing an early retirement plan mean to enable the firm “to remain agile, relevant and responsive to the changing market conditions.” Its financial advisors will
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Around 2,500 Burundian members of a Catholic sect have fled the Democratic Republic of Congo for Rwanda, the news agency AFP reports. The migrants, who follow the teachings of a female prophet called Zebiya, left Burundi claiming religious persecution. They had been receiving aid from the United Nations but this
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The Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has jumped five spots to be named the world's 100th richest person on Forbes' annual billionaires list. Dangote is the richest black person in the world and Africa’s richest person. He founded and chairs Dangote Cement, Africa’s largest cement manufacturer. He also owns sugar, salt
Read MoreAmb. Ocheger called for closer cooperation between Mali and Uganda in the defense and security sectors in order to fight terrorism in their respective countries and regions KAMPALA, Uganda, March 7, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Mali, His Excellency
Read MoreThe Panel was granted audience by H.E. the President of the Republic of Namibia, H.E. Hage Geingob ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, March 7, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Panel of the Wise of the African Union (AU), which is one of the pillars of the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA)
Read MoreEzimakor was released unconditionally from DSS custody in Abuja around 10:30 p.m. local time NEW YORK, United States of America, March 7, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the release today of Tony Ezimakor, Abuja bureau chief of the privately owned Daily Independent newspaper, who was
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