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World Bank president visits Cote d’Ivoire

The president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, on Tuesday arrived in Abidjan for two-day 

WB grants to Nigeria hit 696.92b naira

The World Bank said it had committed 696.92 billion naira (US$4.5 billion) in loans and grants for various developmental projects across Nigeria, according to the Country Director 

Indicted telephone companies pay 3.6 billion CFAF fines in Niger

Several telephone companies in Niger, indicted for offering services below expectation, have paid 

Kenya Airways embarks on controversial job cuts

Kenya Airways (KQ) said Tuesday it had embarked on an ambitious job-cut plan to reduce 

Nigerian govt backs plan to introduce 5,000 naira currency note

Unswayed by the widespread criticism of the plan by the apex Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to introduce the 5,000 naira note, the federal government has given the bank

Air Nigeria suspends operations, sacks workers

After a string of problems that hampered its operations, Nigeria flag carrier Air Nigeria has announced the suspension of its local, regional and international operations with effect 

Burundi begins work on new hydro-electric power station

Work has started on what will be Burundi's biggest hydro-electric power station, designed to supply 20 megawatts of electricity to a country which will require

Price of cooking gas rises in Mali

The price of butane (cooking gas), heavily subsidized, went up in Mali since Saturday, rising from 2,500 CFAF to 3,500 CFAF for the six-kilogramme cylinder and from 1,500 

World Bank president Kim to visit Côte d’Ivoire, South Africa

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim will Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa from 4-6 September 

Nigeria’s 17,500 public officers, aides consume chunk of national budget – Group

Nigeria's 17,500 public officers and their retinue of 24,000 aides consume 1.15 trillion naira annually, while less than 30% of the annual budget is allocated to 160 million Nigerians

Milicom, Senegal government settle licence dispute

Mobile phone company, Millicom International Cellular S.A., is to pay nearly FCFA 53 billion (US$103 million) 

Mauritania sees third rise in ex-pump price of oil in a month

The ex-pump price of fuel increased on Wednesday for the third time in one month, 
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