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The Federal Government will on Thursday hold discussions with over 150 local and foreign investors, including banks, as part of measures to make Abuja a major business and cultural hub in Africa.
The Gambia Investment Promotion and Free Zone Agency (GIPZA) in collaboration with the World Bank on Tuesday organised a day's training workshop on the theme "Managing for Results" at a ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel in Brufut.
The mayor of the Kanifing Municipal Council, Yankuba Colley, has called on Gambian entreprenurs to take up farming as a major investment.
A 23-member delegation of Bulawayo business people who attended the recent 23rd Jakarta International Expo in Indonesia clinched lucrative business deals worth US$6 billion.
To consolidate and trade investments between Nigeria and South Africa, an investment network forum is begining today in Cape Town, South Africa to strengthen business ties between the two countries.
The Federal Government through Debt Management Office (DMO) is proposing to issue a 10 million units 20 year Bond to finance its deficit budget. Director, Market Development of the DMO, Mrs. Patience Oniha disclosed this weekend at Ijebu Ode, Ogun State.
AIRPORTS Company SA (Acsa ) believes its 10% stake in India's busiest airport, Mumbai International Airport, will continue to provide a healthy return on investment despite a sharp slowdown in that country's air travel.
THE chief minister of Gurajarat in India, Narendra Modi, arrived in Uganda yesterday with a delegation to look at investment opportunities.
The award of the Most Investment-Friendly State conferred on the governor of Bauchi State by the World Bank, the investment potential of the state and the relentless effort of the governor to harness them for the development of the state have brought an unprecedented accolade to his person and the State in general.
As the war in Angola appears to have ended, Nigerians are beckoned to move in and exploit the business opportunities there.
Botswana, along with other developing countries that are experiencing robust growth in capital markets, is close to gaining a Frontier Market status.
UP TO 1,200 projects licensed by the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) have not taken off for the past 17 years. Dr. Maggie Kigozi, the head of UIA, explained last week that the delay was caused by various factors.
Developers of Lake View Estate in Amuwo-Odofin Extension, Lagos, Personal Trust Savings and Loans Limited, have stated that the company is not going to accord Nigerian living in the Diaspora any special treatment but promised them that the company is poised to deliver a world-class estate in December.
Real estate developers, who seem to be making the best of the current boom in the sector, are gearing up for a fresh round of good tiding that emerges every year ending.
The bulls consolidated their hold on the stock market last week with investors recovering N785 billion in six days since the market picked up last Wednesday.
WHEN someone says they will "sort" something out, don't be fooled into thinking that they are going to pick out the good from the bad, which is usually the case. The tone in which they say it probably also determines how it will be done.
ONE of the key roles of a commercial bank is financial intermediation. A financial intermediary is an institution, or individual who mediates between two or more parties involved in a financial transaction.
There was a steadily increasing demand of the roofing sheets in Rwanda which the hardware dealers and suppliers were failing to exploit exhaustively
Total French investment in Nigeria has hit the $4 billion mark exceeding the total investment of the United Kingdom in the country, but trails that of theUnited States slightly, Franco Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) said yesterday.
Chief of Air Staff, Air-Marshall Oluseyin Petiirin, has expressed readiness of the Nigerian Air Force to defend the nation in line with its mandate.
INVESTORS should not shy away from developing Jinja, if it is to grow.
The National Investment Commission (NIC) has termed as falsehood media reports concerning bribery at the commission.
UGANDA Baati, one of the leading steel products manufacturer, has opened a $2m (sh4b) plant in Kigali, Rwanda, Rakesh Bhatnagar, the managing director, has said.
The volume of French investment in Mozambique is set to grow significantly in the next few years, with the approval of new projects to be implemented in the country.
While other parts of the World are neck-deep finding solutions to problems arising from the global financial turmoil, Africa appears to be the destination point for investors in the 12 months, according to figures from Johannesburg-based asset manager, StanLib's.
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