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UK’s Sunak to provide 5 billion pounds of grants to pandemic hit businesses in budget By Reuters

UK’s Sunak to provide 5 billion pounds of grants to pandemic hit businesses in budget By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: People shop at a market stalls, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in east London 2/2 LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak will announce 5 billion pounds ($7…

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IMF Spring Meetings Georgieva Press Conference

IMF Spring Meetings Georgieva Press Conference

IMF urges countries to spend all they can during Coronavirus pandemic The IMF is laying out a plan for countries to follow as a roadmap to recovery. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva outlined the difficult…

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Oil Posts 4th Monthly Gain Before Contentious OPEC+ Meeting By Investing.com

Oil Posts 4th Monthly Gain Before Contentious OPEC+ Meeting By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan  Investing.com – Crude oil markets rose for a fourth straight month, despite a price drop Friday, intensifying the challenge of keeping up with their phenomenal run as Saudi Arabia and…

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The basis of South Africa’s annual budgets needs an overhaul. Here’s why, and how

The basis of South Africa’s annual budgets needs an overhaul. Here’s why, and how

Governments in most developing countries use medium-term expenditure frameworks as fiscal policy instruments to match the imperatives of policy, planning and budgeting over the medium-term horizon. South Africa adopted the framework in 1998. Countries with…

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after 100 years in hiding, I rediscovered the rare cloaked bee in Australia

after 100 years in hiding, I rediscovered the rare cloaked bee in Australia

It’s not often you get to cast your eyes on a creature feared to be long-gone. Perhaps that’s why my recent rediscovery of the native bee species Pharohylaeus lactiferus is so exciting — especially after…

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La fintech camerounaise Diool lève 3,5 millions $ pour développer ses services de paiements digitaux

La fintech camerounaise Diool lève 3,5 millions $ pour développer ses services de paiements digitaux

(Agence Ecofin) – La levée de fonds que vient de réaliser Diool permettra à cette fintech de mieux se préparer à la rude concurrence qui s’annonce sur le marché des paiements digitaux au Cameroun et…

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le ministère des Télécoms lance le projet d’adressage numérique du pays

le ministère des Télécoms lance le projet d’adressage numérique du pays

(Agence Ecofin) – L’efficacité de l’action publique a toujours été entravée par le faible adressage physique du Sénégal. Avec la numérisation de l’ensemble du territoire national, le gouvernement compte tout changer. Le ministre sénégalais de…

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IMF to propose ways to improve transparency of trade in SDR currency reserve By Reuters

IMF to propose ways to improve transparency of trade in SDR currency reserve By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The IMF logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it would propose ways to improve the…

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Baker Hughes discloses SEC probe over projects affected by U.S. sanctions By Reuters

Baker Hughes discloses SEC probe over projects affected by U.S. sanctions By Reuters

© Reuters. The logo of Baker Hughes (Reuters) – Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes said the Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an investigation into the company’s sale of products in projects that were impacted…

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Nigeria’s post-privatisation energy sector is a mess: here are some solutions

Nigeria’s post-privatisation energy sector is a mess: here are some solutions

In the mid-1980s, most of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa made structural changes to their economies in return for funding from the World Bank. The role of the public sector in owning and managing economic…

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