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Barclays Adopts Wall Street Style Pay Model as Higher Bonuses Lift Compensation
Barclays is shifting to a more Wall Street style...
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Angola Raises More Than $300 Million in Oversubscribed Unitel IPO
Angola has raised 300.3 billion kwanzas (about $329 million)...
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Burkina Faso Records More Than $6 Billion in Official Gold Trade as Mining Reforms Gain Momentum
Burkina Faso has recorded more than $6 billion worth...
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AfDB Approves $114 Million Loan to Advance Morocco’s Battery Gigafactory Ambitions
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a €100...
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Namibia Secures China Agreements on Infrastructure, Mining and Energy During State Visit
Namibia has secured a series of cooperation agreements with China covering infrastructure, mining, energy, agriculture, and economic development during President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah’s state visit...
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French Billionaire Xavier Niel Becomes Vodafone’s Largest Shareholder in $6 Billion Deal
French telecoms billionaire Xavier Niel has become the largest shareholder in Vodafone Group after agreeing to acquire a 16.2% stake from Emirates Telecommunications Group...
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ECOWAS Bank Plans to Double Assets to $4.4 Billion to Bridge West Africa’s Infrastructure Gap
The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) plans to double its balance sheet to approximately $4.4 billion over the next five years as...
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ExxonMobil Commits $1 Billion to Nigeria’s Usan Oilfield Development
ExxonMobil and its partners will invest $1 billion in the Usan Infill Project offshore Nigeria, marking the company’s return to drilling operations in the...
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Dangote to Finance Proposed Kenya Refinery With Cash, Bonds and Planned IPO
Dangote Group plans to finance its proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Kenya through a combination of internally generated cash, bond issuances, and proceeds from...
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Safaricom Shareholders to Vote on Vodafone’s Right to Appoint Chief Executive
Shareholders of Safaricom Plc, Kenya’s largest telecommunications company, are set to vote on a proposal that would grant Vodafone Kenya the formal right to...
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