African airlines’ revenues and seat numbers hit new highs in 2024
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African airlines revenues for January 2024 was $ 1.83 billion compared to $1.56 billion in November, 2023
Available seat per kilometre (ASKs) also...
Ghana’s Zeepay eyes cash transfer in 10 new markets
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Ghana-based Zeepay has secured support from Africa50, Oikocredit, Injaro, Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund, and I&P.
The firm is set to ehancing its...
non-tariff trade barriers| easing Kenya-Tanzania trade
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Non-tariff trade barriers are restrictions trade blocs impose to further their political and economic goals.
Kenya and Tanzania are working on resolving...
Commerce Minister threatens to resign if…
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The Commerce Minister says the budget allocation of US$256,000 to support Liberian businesses is a drop in the ocean and has...
Kenyan businesses emerge optimistic in survey despite hurdles
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Kenyan businesses in the hospitality and tourism sector are the most confident they will post growth in Q2
Businesses in the energy...
Seychelles agrees to sign global MOU on zero emission medium-and heavy-duty vehicles
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The agreement presented is zero emission for heavy-duty vehicles like buses and large trucks. (Seychelles News Agency)Photo license
With the aim...
Restructuring Econet rues losses from 2018 demerger
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17 Comptroller of Government entities’ salaries withheld
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Monrovia, April 3, 2024:-The Comptroller and Accountant General of Liberia, Elwood T. Netty, has directed that the March 2024 salaries of...
After Moscow Attack, Great Powers Should Rethink Geopolitical Competition
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Although Russia has experienced attacks by ISIS and its affiliates before, the Crocus City Hall attack, claimed by ISIS-Khurasan, is one of the...
Disease threatens to end West Africa’s cocoa supremacy
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Across Ghana and Ivory Coast, climate change, illegal mining, cocoa industry woes, and a devastating disease known as swollen shoot have...
Want Faster Shipping? There’s an Illegal U.S. War for That
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The United States is waging an illegal war in Yemen, where major shipping routes along the country’s coastlines have been disrupted...
AfDB suspends China Henan International Cooperation
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China Henan International Cooperation failed to to disclose the use of a commission agent while submitting a bid.
The ban on Chinese...
LiMA boss visits maritime facilities in Monrovia
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Monrovia, Liberia, March 28, 2024: On March 26, 2024, the New Maritime boss, Cllr. Neto Zarzar Lighe, Sr., made several working...
Kenya’s Tourism Sector is Making Impressive Strides
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Tourism in Kenya is the third-biggest foreign exchange earner after remittances and agricultural exports.
The tourism sector’s performance has been impressive, with...
Court demands proof of vehicles’ ownership
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Based on a complaint filed against the Assets Recovery Team, Associate Justice Yussif D. Kaba has ordered the Taskforce to pause...
Article: Exporting unprocessed rubber makes no economic sense
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By: Samuel P. Jackson Development Consultant
The Liberian rubber industry is dying. Exporting unprocessed rubber will accelerate its demise. The country was...
Deputy Finance Boss reveals strategy to address debts
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Liberia’s Ministry of Finance and Development Planning outlines strategy to address domestic and external debts.
By Kruah Thompson
Monrovia, Liberia, April 1, 2024...
Language in the War on Gaza
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Israel’s political and military leaders have produced so many outright lies regarding Gaza and Hamas that it might seem there is...
CBL seeks extension of old cash retrieval
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A national program to retrieve legacy banknotes from the market was launched before the just-ended legislative and presidential elections. However, the...
PRESS INVITATION
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Viva Technology Online Press Conference
Thursday, April 4, 2024, from 10:00 am CET.
PARIS, France, 22 March, 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Viva Technology, the...
Firestone is world’s first natural rubber farm to earn ISCC PLUS recognition
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 12, 2024—Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) proudly announces that its Firestone Liberia natural rubber growing and processing facility has become...
Unfair and additional Burden!
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By Lincoln G. Peters
Monrovia, March 27, 2024: Two business groups in Liberia have described a third-party engagement charge of 1.2% on imported...
Minimum capital requirement in Nigeria now $359 million
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has decided to increase the minimum capital requirement for lenders to bolster the country’s economy.
Nigerian banks...
Kenya among are the best places for doing business in 2024
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Last year, the Kenya implemented radical fiscal policy changes on taxation, public spending, government operations and public debt management.
Venezuela has been...
