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Clean and green – The new economy set to transform the Caribbean - Stabroek News
By Deodat Maharaj    A new economic turn Seismic shifts are taking place in the global economic architecture as countries accelerate efforts to transition to clean and green economies. The article Clean and green – The new economy set to transform the Caribbean appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Africa: COVID Threatens Livelihood of 164 Million People in Africa's Informal Economy
The novel coronavirus pandemic threatens to destroy the livelihoods of more than 164 million workers in Africa's informal economy - the largest employing sector, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in its latest
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US-China tech war 'bigger risk than coronavirus'
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Kenya: Nairobi Moves Two Places in Expensive Cities' Ranking
Nairobi moved two places higher to rank at position 95 in the list of the most expensive cities in the world for expatriates working for governments, multinational organisations and
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Coronavirus May Kill Tech Startups | Afro
Unicorns are seeing their valuations sliced, some by 40 percent, as tracked by European company
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Peter Blair Henry
Peter Blair Henry is the youngest person to hold his current position and, to date, has raised over $200 million, more than any dean in the School’s history. Henry has focused fundraising on creating greater access to higher education by providing full scholarships for high-achieving, low-income
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Nigeria: New Electricity Tariff, VAT Rate to Sustain Upward Pressure On Prices
Nigeria's annual inflation rate rose for the ninth consecutive months to 12.4 percent in May from 12.34 percent in April, the highest in 25 months, with analysts projecting that the upward trend will persist, driven by commencement of the new electricity tariff and Value Added Tax (VAT) as well as
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AU, Madagascar to test herbal Covid-19 remedy
The African Union (AU) will test the controversial herbal remedy for Covid-19 from
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South Africa Contemplates Its Own Digital Currency
[Daily Maverick] Digital currencies are not widespread -- more than 85% of central banks are investigating digital versions of their currencies, including South Africa.
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Nigeria: Buhari Seeks Access to 25% Unused Donor Funds for African Countries
[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the International Finance Institutions to approve 25 to 30 percent of unused Special Drawing Rights (SDR) for African countries.
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Uganda: New Bill Seeks to Trim Powers of BoU Governor, Deputy Governor
The powers of the Bank of Uganda (BoU) Governor are set to be clipped if Parliament passes a private Member’s Bill that seeks to amend the Constitution as a way of streamlining the management of the Central
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SEBUNYA: Where is conservation in the East Africa budget
The allocations to conservation (tourism, wildlife and environment) averaged at 1.4 per cent (Kenya), 1.7 per cent (Uganda), 3.8 per cent (Rwanda) and one per cent (Tanzania) of Total Development
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Two Kenyan medics stranded in India
Two Kenyan doctors, who had travelled to India to visit their family, are stranded after they were forced to give up their seats to the sick on a Kenya Airways flight last
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Africa: EXIM Announces Members of the 2020-2021 EXIM Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee
[Ex-Im Bank] Washington, DC -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) announced today the appointment of the 11 members of its Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee. The terms for all appointed will run through September 2021.
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Australia’s Big Spending Budget To Face Consumer Test – The Wilmington Journal
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says last week’s big-spending budget is aimed at securing Australia’s economic recovery, pushing unemployment lower, and building confidence to encourage households to spend. Figures on May 18 will give [...]
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#JamaicaTogether | Azar urges businesses to assess operations to rebound after COVID-19
With a general downturn in business as the COVID-19 pandemic grips the global economy, KingAlarm boss John Azar is urging business operators to use the slow period to critically analyse their operations and retool to rebound when the recovery
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Veteran Tanzanian journalist Fili Karashani dies
At 12.21 pm on Sunday, May 10, 2020 I spoke to Mr Kagina Karashani about the progress of his father’s treatment, and we discussed visitation plans following the decision of Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) administration that due to the Covid-19 scare, only one person would be allowed to see him
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Yatani on the spot over Sh8.1bn for projects
In its latest report — "Unpacking the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure for 2020/2021" — released this month, the PBO notes that the Treasury has allocated money for a second time to projects that had been finalised and their completion certificates
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Nigeria to Hold Summit to Woo Investors
[Premium Times] The summit will discuss issues on Nigerians in Ghana and elsewhere, who are facing harsh conditions.
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Kenya targets to create 1.7m jobs, jumpstart growth
With an economy battered by coronavirus, locust invasion and floods, Kenya’s Finance Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani on June 11 tabled a Ksh2.79 trillion ($27.9 billion) budget for the 2020/2021 fiscal year that seeks to revive almost every sector of the economy as quickly as possible and still keep
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Has coronavirus reshaped democratic rights?
There are already signs that some governments are using the crisis to grant themselves more expansive powers than warranted by the health crisis, with insufficient oversight mechanisms, and using their expanded authority to crack down on opposition and tighten their grip on
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Bahamas gov't denies 'running out of money' | New York Carib News
He said the country’s foreign reserves are managed by the capable Bahamian professionals at the Central Bank of the Bahamas, which has “an exemplary record that should instill confidence in every
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Stolen Sh328bn aid cash hidden abroad
Kenya’s elite siphoned Sh328 billion of World Bank aid payments to offshore accounts in two decades, a new study
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J'cans still eager to study in China, says embassy
A number of Jamaican students who have applied for scholarship to study in China ahead of the discovery of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan are still eager to do so, according to the Chinese embassy in
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Africa's Road to Recovery in 2021 Is a Fresh Start
[Chatham House] The continent now has a chance to reshape its relations with the global economy to create greater pan-African prosperity and resilience for future generations.
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Kenya Targets to Create 1.7m Jobs, Jumpstart Growth With $28b Spend
With an economy battered by coronavirus, locust invasion and floods, Kenya's Finance Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani on June 11 tabled a Ksh2.79 trillion ($27.9 billion) budget for the 2020/2021 fiscal year that seeks to revive almost every sector of the economy as quickly as possible and still keep
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Former president Koroma of Sierra Leone and world leaders calling for environmental change
Yesterday, a press statement, titled: “Recover from the Global Recession, We must Invest in Nature” –  authored and signed by a group of prominent global players, made up of former presidents and prime ministers, including Sierra Leone’s former president Ernest Bai Koroma, who are members of the
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ZimTrade pushes for online store
ZIMTRADE is working on an online store premised on the need to create a singular window for marketing and selling Zimbabwean products virtually, as part of its efforts to remain relevant and aligning to the evolving global trading
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Africa: Vultures, Doves and African Debt - Here's a Way Out
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