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BY YESMAN ANTOH- NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS, Accra, Ghana- AFRICAN Union (AU) and its four multilateral development partners has signed a communique in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, promising to address food and nutrition security on the continent. The two-day African Food...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Government of Kenya temporarily interrupted a directive that cargos from the Mombasa Port to Nairobi be ferried through the Standard Gauge Railway. This is expected to take effect 7th August, 2019 before...

BY YESMAN ANTOH- NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS, Accra, Ghana- STARTIMES, A pay-TV service provider has launched a channel with nearly 2 million U.S. dollars of investment, aimed at boosting local content production in Kenya. StarTimes Chief Executive Officer, Andy Wang told...

BY YESMAN ANTOH- NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS, Accra, Ghana- AT AN up-to-date Conservation Laboratory in the Egyptian Grand Museum (GEM), the large gilded coffin of famous ancient king Tutankhamun was placed inside a plastic incubator for sterilization in order to be later fully...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- The African Development Bank Group on Monday 6th of August, 2019 signed $ 4.8 Million institutional financial support to the African Union (AU) for implementation of the African Continental Free Trade...

BY YESMAN ANTOH- NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS, Accra, Ghana- THE INSTITUTE of Economic Affairs (IEA) has rejected tax increments announced by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta in his mid-year review and supplementary Budget presentation. Mr. Ofori-Atta in his presentation to Parliament...

BY YESMAN ANTOH- NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS, Accra, Ghana- THE ETHIOPIAN government has disclosed the repatriation of some 137,300 Ethiopian nationals, including prisoners and illegal migrants, from different foreign countries during the past one year. In addition to the...

By Brian Moses MBowe NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS, Denver, Colorado- The official website of Toni Morrison Society and family announced the death of Toni Morrison on Monday. It said, it is with profound sadness and overwhelming gratitude for the extraordinary life, mind, and artistry...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Fire boats perform during the inauguration ceremony of the new container terminal in Walvis Bay, Namibia. Namibia’s ambitious effort to become an international trade hub and transition from one phase to...

BY YESMAN ANTOH- NEW AFRICA BUSINESS NEWS, Accra, Ghana- A DEBATE has currently re-surfaced over the nationalization of South Africa’s Central Bank after the ruling African National Congress (ANC) threatened to put the bank ‘in the hands of the people of South Africa.’ The...