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Banking innovation, regulation go together says expert

Tue, 19 May 2009 10:42:00 +0200

Speaking at AITEC's Banking & Payment Technologies Conference held 4 - 6 May 2009 in Lagos, Barry Coetzee, head of iVeri from South Africa, told delegates that it was crucial for regulation to maintain a level playing field while at the same time allowing innovation to take off.
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Mali: How to boost spending on children in a global recession?

Wed, 13 May 2009 11:54:00 +0200

DAKAR: In an effort to safeguard and even bolster spending for children and health during a global recession, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) opened a three-day forum on national poverty in Mali's capital, Bamako, on 12 May, 2009.
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Ghana: Something doesn't add up

Mon, 11 May 2009 12:15:00 +0200

ACCRA: It looks like someone is not telling it as it is as far as meeting Ghana's Millennium Development Goals (MDG) on water supply is concerned.
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Gambia: Luring fishermen back to the sea

Thu, 07 May 2009 13:34:00 +0200

BANJUL: Dwindling stocks and profits are driving thousands of young Gambian fishermen out of the industry but the government hopes to lure them back through tighter regulation and greater investment.
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Ghana: Plummeting profits drive tomato farmers to suicide

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:23:00 +0200

ACCRA: With cross-border price-undercutting, mounting debt and a lack of buyers, many tomato farmers in Ghana's Upper East Region are turning to suicide.
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35 speakers lined up for WAIF 2009

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:59:00 +0200

West Africa Investment Forum 2009 (WAIF), will be held in Abuja, Nigeria, and organised by the Commonwealth Business Council, Government of Nigeria, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) and ECOWAS. The event will host international business leaders, government and organisations with an interest in promoting the West Africa Region. It will be opened on 30 March at a gala dinner sponsored GT Bank and hosted by the President of Nigeria and the President of ECOWAS.
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Regus to open Dakar office centre

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:19:00 +0200

The Regus Group, a provider of workplace solutions, is to open its first centre in Dakar, Senegal, according to its Johannesburg-based Africa and Middle East regional office. Senegal is fast-becoming the western gateway to French-speaking Africa, says Joanne Bushell, CEO, Africa and Middle East.
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Nigeria, SA launch Presidential investment council

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:37:00 +0200

A Joint Presidential Advisory Council on Investment was launched by Nigeria and South Africa on Tuesday, 24 February 2009, to encourage investment between the two countries.
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Togo: Can a second green revolution work?

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:29:00 +0200

LOME: After emerging from years of donor sanctions, plummeting harvests and persistent food shortages, Togo has pledged to invest US$178 million to revive the agriculture sector, which employs two-thirds of the population. Farmers who lived through 1970s agricultural reforms told IRIN they hope this time the effects last longer.
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Cape Verde: More developed, more vulnerable

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:24:00 +0200

PRAIA: One year after shedding its UN rank as a least developed country, Cape Verde now faces the challenge of emerging onto the global market as a middle-income country - during a worldwide recession, according to the World Bank.
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