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Retail investors shun ASX for Wall Street as tech shares boom
Australian retail investors shunned the local bourse last year and turned to Wall Street — a trend that is unlikely to abate in 2024 amid the artificial intelligence craze and …
Read More »News24 | US secretary of state to focus on ‘fight against terrorism’ during Africa visit
The fight against terrorism is set to be the major talking point when the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Cabo Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Angola …
Read More »African Development Bank and United Kingdom (UK) select Tunisian cereals project as prime climate finance transaction under landmark Room to Run Sovereign Programme
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the United Kingdom have announced the selection of the Inclusive and Sustainable Development of the Cereal Sector Project in Tunisia, as a standard-setting project under the …
Read More »African Development Bank and United Kingdom (UK) announce Mauritius as a beneficiary of unlocked climate finance from the landmark Room to Run Sovereign Program
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the United Kingdom have announced the selection of the Gas Insulated Switchgear Substations Project in Mauritius as a beneficiary project under the Room to Run Sovereign …
Read More »Nigeria’s Defence Minister says Paying Ransoms to Kidnappers Makes it Worse
Mohammed Badaru Abubakar’s comments come as a deadline to pay a ransom for the release of five sisters expired. The six sisters, aged from the early teens to 23, were …
Read More »Patrolling the Deadliest known Migration Route in the World
On Wednesday night, Humanity 1’s crew had received two different Mayday calls about boats in distress, and they desperately tried to clarify whether there was another boat nearby. The first …
Read More »Rights Groups Urge Kenyan Officials to Investigate and Prosecute Cases of Femicide
“This is a national crisis – we are not doing enough as a country to protect women,” said Audrey Mugeni, the co-founder of Femicide Count Kenya, an NGO that documents …
Read More »A Plan by Shell to Sell off a Nigerian Subsidiary Raises Brows
The company this week said it wants to sell off its onshore Nigerian subsidiary, the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in a deal worth $2.4 billion. It named the buyers …
Read More »Amazon Prime Video to Scale Down Operations in Africa
The global streaming giant is also set to lay off staff in these markets. This is the latest in a line of decisions geared toward restructuring the multinational in order …
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