Africa

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  • AU Commission chief hails investment capabilities in Africa

    Date: 2018-12-09 11:09:28 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:36 - ID:7706121

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Dec 9 (MENA) - Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Moussa Faki said on Sunday that this year's edition of the Africa Forum focuses on challenges the continent's countries face. Addressing the inaugural session ....

  • Niger president urges removing obstacles facing CFTA establishment 2 last Sharm el Sheikh

    Date: 2018-12-09 10:50:49 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:34 - ID:7706020

    Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou said the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) will offer a chance for promoting industrialization in Africa, underlining the importance of exerting more efforts to secure a proper climate for investment. He ....

  • Women empowerment, entrepreneurship key for Africa development - official

    Date: 2018-12-09 10:47:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:32 - ID:7706083

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Dec 9 (MENA) - Heba Salama, director of COMESA Regional Investment Agency, said on Sunday women empowerment and entrepreneurship are important for Africa's development and future. Salama, speaking at the opening session of the ....

  • IMF approves dlrs 3.7 bn loan for oil-rich Angola

    Date: 2018-12-08 15:31:50 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:45 - ID:7705423

    WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund says it has approved a three-year loan of about $3.7 billion for Angola, which seeks to diversify its economy and curb corruption after a new president took office last year, ABC News ....

  • Presidents of Sudan, Djibout arrive in Jimma to attend Nationalities, Peoples Day celebration

    Date: 2018-12-08 13:38:22 GMT - Ethiopia - Africa - SN:35 - ID:7705243

    ADDIS ABABA, Dec 8 (MENA) - Sudanese Presidents Omar al-Bashir and his Djibouti counterpart Ismail Omar Guelleh arrived on Saturday in Jimma, Oromia Regional State, as part of their current visit to Ethiopia to take part in the 13th Ethiopian ....

  • Supply min. inaugurates "Food Africa 2018"

    Date: 2018-12-08 11:58:01 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:28 - ID:7704912

    CAIRO, Dec 8 (MENA) - Minister of Supply and Internal Trade Ali Moselhi inaugurated on Saturday the fourth edition of "Food Africa 2018" exhibition in Cairo. The exhibition is set up on an area of 10,000 meters with the participation of more than ....

  • COMESA combined annual GDP hit dlrs 768 billion: COMESA secretary general

    Date: 2018-12-06 14:33:53 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:58 - ID:7702070

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, Dec 6 (MENA) - COMESA Secretary General Chileshe Kapwepwe said that the annual total GDP of the COMESA amounts to dlrs 768 billion. In press statements, Kapwepwe said that the COMESA includes 21 African states with a total ....

  • COMESA chief forecasts GPD of African economies to hit $ 29 trillion by 2050

    Date: 2018-12-06 14:10:46 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:53 - ID:7702386

    SHARM EL SHEIKH, Dec 6 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Chileshe Mpundu has forecast that the GDP of African states' economies will hit USD 29 trillion by 2050, up from the current USD two ....

  • Egypt partakes in donors conf.of G5 Sahel in Nouakchott

    Date: 2018-12-06 13:29:10 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:47 - ID:7702273

    NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 6 (MENA) - An Egyptian delegation under Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdi Loza took part in a donors conference for development that opened Thursday for the leaders of the Sahel five member-states in ....

  • Arab Contractors honored as best contracting company in Uganda in 2018

    Date: 2018-12-05 09:59:54 GMT - Egypt - Africa - SN:23 - ID:7700216

    CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) - Ugandan Vice President Edward Ssekandi honored Egypt's Arab Contractors Company as the best contracting company in Uganda in 2018. The move came in appreciation of the company's commitment to international standards while ....

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