© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Headquarters of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Beijing By Jonathan Barrett and Praveen Menon SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Pacific island nations are turning to China-led agencies to plug funding gaps in…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Middelgrunden offshore wind farm is pictured outside Copenhagen 2/2 By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Renewables overtook fossil fuels as the European Union’s main source of electricity for the first…
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Collapsed buildings are worryingly common in several large African cities. One study counted 54 building collapse deaths and 122 injuries in Kampala, Uganda between 2004 and 2008. Another identified 112 cases in Lagos, Nigeria from…
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The risk of infringing on privacy is growing by the day given the increased frequency and granularity of the data being collected, and advances in the technology for processing them. This has, inevitably, led to…
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(BOAD) – La première émission obligataire à objectifs de développement durable de la Banque Ouest-Africaine de Développement (BOAD) a rencontré un très grand succès auprès des investisseurs internationaux. Cette émission de 750 millions d’euros avec…
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(Agence Ecofin) – Avec la Covid, les Kenyans ont suivi les recommandations du gouvernement en matière de paiement pour freiner l’avancée de la maladie. Ainsi, le mobile money a explosé de 26,17% en 2020 par…
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© Reuters. Turkish lira banknotes are seen in this illustration (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs (NYSE:) said its three-month Turkish lira forecast was 7.00 to 7.50 to the dollar and said further strengthening might be constrained…
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© Reuters By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – The first week of the Biden administration brought mixed fortunes for commodities – mixed is about the best description for it, as gold and other precious metals gained…
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Every year, 12 million young people enter the labour market across the African continent. Economists and policy makers differ about how they should be absorbed into the labour market. Some experts believe that only agriculture…
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(Agence Ecofin) – En pleine relance post-Covid-19, les secteurs privé et public camerounais ont obtenu un bon retour de la part des banques commerciales locales. Le crédit bancaire est essentiel au soutien de la croissance…
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