DAILY
NEWS CLIPS FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
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Tony
Elumelu Sets Sight On Power Domination
Ventures
Africa Heirs
Holdings-
Billionaire entrepreneur...Tony Elumelu has
declared his investment company’s will to be the
dominant player in Nigeria’s emerging power
industry. Read
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Ethiopian
Airlines Adds Destination #9 in Europe
anna.aero On
2 September, Ethiopian
Airlines
celebrated with a cake ceremony at Addis Ababa
Airport the inaugural flight to its ninth
destination in Europe — Madrid...
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U.S.-
AFRICA RELATIONS
USAID
to Deploy 100 More Health Workers to Combat Ebola
in West Africa KMBZ The
United States Agency for International Development
announced on Tuesday that it would deploy 100
additional health workers to West Africa in order.
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HEALTH
Nigeria
Economy Resisting Ebola, Finance Minister Says
Bloomberg The
Ebola outbreak in West African countries is not
seriously affecting the Nigerian economy, Finance
Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said...... Read
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IMF
in Talks With African Nations to Expand Bailouts
for Ebola Crisis The
Wall Street Journal The
IMF, the world's emergency lender, said it is in
talks to boost bailouts for Sierra Leone, Guinea
and Liberia as the disaster slams economic output
and overwhelms government financing. Each of the
three countries faces a financing gap of between
$100 million and $130 million... Read
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ICT
National
Bank Rolls Out New Internet and Mobile Banking APP
CIO
East Africa Kenya-
National Bank has introduced a new mobile and
internet application to keep up with the customers
need for faster and convenient banking and
financial transactions... Read
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Implementing
Data-Driven Marketing Biz-Community In
August this year, the DMASA (Direct Marketing
Association of South Africa) welcomed Pegg Nadler
to give two one-day workshops on data-driven
marketing. Read
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ENERGY
Scatec
Solar, Norfund to Jointly Finance Solar Power
Projects in Developing, Least Developed Countries
CleanTechnica Scatec
Solar and Norfund will form a joint venture
investment company which will invest insolar power
projects in countries under the mandate of
Norfund. Read
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World
Bank Group Energy Lending Focuses on Poorest
Regions - Boost in Renewable Energy Financing
The
World Bank Group Out
of an almost record lending total of $9.445
billion, over two-thirds of the World Bank Group’s
energy financing for FY14 was concentrated in
regions facing the largest energy... Read
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FINANCE
SME
Financing Key Focus At AITEC Africa Conference
CIO
East Africa ...the
eighth annual AITEC banking conference and mobile
money COMESA Conference 2014 kicked off yesterday
in Nairobi attracting key speakers from the
financial sector. Read
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Mobile
Banking - What's Next? Biz-Community South
Africa- During this last decade or so with mobile
banking, we've seen a major shift in focus with
regards to how banking customers interact with
their banks. Read
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INVESTMENT
One
Stop Centre 'Panacea' to Foreign Direct
Investments AllAfrica.com ...establishment
of a One Stop Centre at the Malawi Investment and
Trade Centre-MITC will go along in ensuring that
many foreign conglomerates establish companies in
the country. Read
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Spur
Plans Franchised Expansion In Nigeria, Others
Ventures
Africa JSE-listed
restaurant owner, Spur Corporation (Spur), is set
to open eight eateries globally, including
franchised eateries in Namibia, Tanzania, Nigeria,
Zambia and Australia... Read
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EBCAM
CLIPS
Daily
Memorandum
The
European Business Council for Africa and the
Mediterranean Memoranda are issued with the sole
purpose of provide daily basic business and
economic information on Africa, to the 4,000
European Companies affiliated with our Members, as
well as their business parties in
Africa. Access
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