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Are we ready for June 1? - Several sectors still reeling from COVID-19 hit, employers await gov’t protocol
THE ANDREW Holness led-Cabinet is expected to determine tomorrow whether it will bow to pressure from tourism and other industry interests to abandon the long-term phased and full reopening of the economy despite protests from health
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UN agency says COVID-19 an opportunity to fix remittance system
ROME, Italy (CMC) — The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) says that the COVID-19 pandemic is both a challenge and an opportunity to fix the remittance system in the Caribbean and other
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Uganda: Civil Society to Kampala - We Want Transparency, Not Graft-Laced Debts
The civil society in Uganda is demanding transparency in the spending of Covid-19 loans to avoid loading taxpayers with corruption-fuelled
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Africa Needs a Dove Fund - or Should We Starve So We Can Pay Our Debts?
It should create a special purpose vehicle -the DOVE (Debts of Vulnerable Economies) fund -- that will demonstrate to the financial markets how a responsible creditor treats African debtors in
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Africa: Brand Africa 100 Rankings Find Only 20 Percent of Most Popular Brands in Africa Indigenous
MTC is undoubtedly the most admired local brand in Namibia according to the 2020 Brand Africa 100 rankings published this week by the African Business magazine in collaboration with advertising
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WATCH: Stars gather for online festival to combat hunger in Amazon rainforest
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Why special SME funds have yet to make big impact
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Ghana: COVID-19 Businesses Support Fund Should Spur MSMEs On to Thrive
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday launched a GH¢1 billion COVID-19 Alleviation Business Support Programme to support Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) affected by the coronavirus
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Munich’s annual Oktoberfest canceled for first time since World War II
MUNICH—Drinking alone may not be good for you, but in times of corona—the virus, not the beer—drinking with thousands of revelers in a packed tent at a beer festival wouldn’t be a great idea
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Nigeria: Buhari Has Performed Creditably, Says Presidency
Abuja — The presidency thursday gave the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari a positive rating, five years after it came into
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Officer in George Floyd Death Arrested as Obama Shows Leadership While Trump Calls for ‘Shooting’ of Protesters
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Zimbabwe gives civil servants 50% salary hike, adds coronavirus allowance in US dollars
The Zimbabwean administration of President Emerson Mnangagwa, which has been facing unrest amid rapidly rising inflation, has hiked civil servants' salaries in local currency by 50% and also awarded them a US$75 Covid-19 allowance starting this
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Africa trade deal to push ahead even if another Covid-19 wave hits
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Auditor general validates rationale for suspension of fiscal rules
“Based on the results [of a review of briefs from the Planning Institute of Jamaica and the finance ministry], which I found to be similar to the ministry's revised forecast for the central government accounts, I validate that the estimated fiscal impact of the eventuality — the COVID-19 pandemic
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Uganda’s $12b budget offers tax waivers, credit access to SMEs
In a bid to get the Ugandan economy moving again after nearly three months of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, the government on June 11 presented a budget offering a host of tax waivers and funding for the business
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UN Agency says coronavirus presents opportunity to fix remittance systems | New York Carib News
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Coronavirus – Africa: UNWTO adapts agenda for Africa to accelerate tourism recovery
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'Money by nature': Tanzania miner pockets $3.4m for two gemstones
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Rwanda Receives a Further U.S.$111 Million From IMF
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Economy probably shrank 32% in lockdown: Reserve Bank
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Munich’s annual Oktoberfest canceled for first time since World War II
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Africa: Unprecedented Crisis Presents Unique Opportunities for Unprecedented Action - Machel, Okonjo-Iweala, Songwe, Ramos
There is no way Africa can face this food crisis without empowering rural women, in particular rural women’s associations, in the response to
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East Africa: COVID-19 Leaves Region in $2.3 Billion Debt Hole in Three Months
East African countries have borrowed nearly $2.3 billion new loans in less than three months since reporting the first Covid-19 positive case, adding to the region's mounting debts at a time of shrinking tax
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Poverty falls to lowest since 2008
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Moody's downgrades The Bahamas
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