Kenya offloads govt stake in Safaricom in new privatisation drive

05 december 2025 - 13:33:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenyan government has transferred its controlling stake in mobile telephone company, Safaricom, to its British [...] Full text...

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UN experts on mercenaries warn of expanding use of proxy actors in both conflict and peace-time settings

09 november 2025 - 12:56:52
Nw York, US (PANA) - The UN Working Group on the use of mercenaries has warned of the growing and [...] Full text...

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Technology is reshaping capital flows and currency dominance; data integrity is essential for financial stability (IMF Blog by Hélène Rey, a professor at the London Business School)

11 september 2025 - 11:45:33
Washington, DC, USA (PANA - Technology is reshaping capital flows and currency dominance; data integrity is essential for financial stability.Technology [...] Full text...

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Libya sees 'strong growth' in investment

08 september 2025 - 12:44:35
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Libyan General Authority for Investment Promotion and [...] Full text...

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Libyan Ministry of Economy and Trade approves 20 private sector investment projects

23 june 2025 - 10:01:04
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade, Mohamed al-Haweij, has approved 20 new private sector investment [...] Full text...

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Libya. FAO discuss activation of agricultural projects

14 june 2024 - 06:10:49
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Deputy Minister for Economic Affair in the Government of National Unity, Saad Al-Hanich, chaired a [...] Full text...

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Libya imports food products, worth more than US$4 billion in 2022

27 february 2023 - 13:10:17
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Foodstuffs and raw materials, worth US$4.429 billion of were imported into Libya during the period, 1 [...] Full text...

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Libyan, Indonesian officials discuss promotion of health cooperation

16 january 2023 - 13:46:45
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Health Minister of Libya, Ramadan Abu Jennah, on Sunday met with [...] Full text...

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Djibouti needs urgent action to restore debt sustainability: IMF mission

17 december 2022 - 08:57:57
Djibouti City, Djibouti (PANA) – Large investments over the past decade have driven strong economic growth in Djibouti, but the [...] Full text...

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Tunisian, Libyan entrepreneurs to work together to promote trade

29 may 2022 - 15:07:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade of the government of national unity, Mohamed Al-Haweij, has [...] Full text...

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Libyan minister calls for food security strategy

12 may 2022 - 10:47:59
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade of the Government of National Unity (GNU), Mohamed al-Haweij, [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS to jump-start power market with $568 million power line

25 february 2022 - 08:49:36
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has launched a 330-kilowatt interconnection line to supply electricity from Nigeria to [...] Full text...

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German business leaders visit Libya to discuss resumption of interrupted projects

08 february 2022 - 20:08:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A German delegation on Tuesday discussed Investment Promotion and Privatisation, the activation of suspended projects in [...] Full text...

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Libyan Economy Minister stresses importance of transport in promoting investment

03 february 2022 - 12:54:38
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Economy and Trade Mohamed al-Haweij has stressed the need for the country to [...] Full text...

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Libya hosts international investment forum and 19th Arab Businessmen Conference

29 november 2021 - 12:20:36
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The International Investment Forum in Libya and the 19th Conference of Arab Business Leaders and Investors [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: IMF approves US$67.38 million emergency support to Equatorial Guinea

17 september 2021 - 10:03:33
Washington, US (PANA) - The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a disbursement of US$67.38 million [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia lists two bidders for first private mobile telecom licence

27 april 2021 - 01:48:54
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A consortium of telecommunication firms under Safaricom and its parent firm, Vodafone/Vodacom of the United [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia halts plans to privatise profitable national carrier, says finance minister

14 october 2020 - 22:48:18
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's finance minister, Ahmed Shide, has revealed that the planned privatisation of the national carrier, [...] Full text...

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Civil society, students petition Zambian President to set up commission of inquiry

01 october 2020 - 15:44:10
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A consortium of 10 civil society organisations and students’ unions presented a petition to Zambian President [...] Full text...

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US State Secretary offers "substantial financial support" to Ethiopia

18 february 2020 - 20:32:40
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Visiting US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has pledged substantial financial support to Ethiopia at [...] Full text...

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Increase in passenger traffic at Cape Verdean airports

13 february 2020 - 17:10:44
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde's airports handled nearly 2.8 million passengers in 2019, a new historical record for [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde privatizes pharmaceutical company

16 august 2019 - 17:02:09
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Government of Cape Verde will privatize, the National Pharmaceutical Company (Emprofac, acronym in Portuguese), [...] Full text...

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‘Only 103 out of the 179 state enterprises and parastatals in Zimbabwe submitted financial statements for audit last year’

03 july 2019 - 12:33:07
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Only 103 out of the 179 state enterprises and parastatals submitted financial statements for audit last [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe gov't, parastatals owe TelOne US$93 million

29 june 2019 - 17:33:41
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - TelOne Zimbabwe, one of government's leading telecommunication parastatals, is owed US$93 million from government and other [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s Museveni hails China’s role in Africa’s struggles

25 june 2019 - 21:23:34
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has hailed China for adopting a "win-win" approach in its relations [...] Full text...

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Mauritius-Africa Fund, Kukuza sign MoU on bankability of Special Economic Zones in Africa

14 june 2019 - 13:09:53
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) -  Mauritius-Africa Fund (MAF) and Kukuza Project Development Company (KPDC) on Friday signed a Memorandum of [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde govt acquires 40% of CV Telecom

22 may 2019 - 22:16:20
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA)   -   Cape Verde will buy 40 percent of leading telecommunications company CV Telecom for EUR 23.3 [...] Full text...

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Uganda’s neo-liberal policies badly affecting the poor, new book argues

16 april 2019 - 20:01:35
Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – A new book launched on Tuesday in Kampala blames Uganda’s full-scale adoption of neo-liberal policies of [...] Full text...

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AU think-tank advises strong state control over industrialisation projects in Africa

08 april 2019 - 14:04:06
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - There is need for stronger state control over the private sector in the implementation of strategies [...] Full text...

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IMF mission encourages Morocco to attain inclusive growth

03 april 2019 - 07:38:37
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Improved fiscal management and economic diversification have strengthened the resilience of Morocco’s economy, yet unemployment remains [...] Full text...

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Moroccan Central Bank revises growth rate downwards

21 march 2019 - 11:47:59
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Moroccan Central Bank, Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM), has revised downwards its growth forecasts for Morocco for the [...] Full text...

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Tensions high over rolling power outages in South Africa

12 february 2019 - 14:58:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s ongoing power problems came into sharp focus during Tuesday’s parliamentary debate of [...] Full text...

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World Bank provides US$1.2 billion to accelerate economic growth in Ethiopia

31 october 2018 - 09:42:45
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved US$1.2 billion credit and a grant [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's 2018 budget based on US$45 per barrel, 2.3 million barrels per day

07 november 2017 - 19:52:41
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented the 2018 budget proposal of 8.612 trillion naira to [...] Full text...

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Botswana: South African company withdraws Air Botswana privatisation bid

09 june 2017 - 14:47:28
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s preferred bidder for the country’s national airliner privatisation has pulled out. South African company, Wilderness Holdings, [...] Full text...

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Egypt: Burundi joins Afreximbank as participating State

22 march 2017 - 16:44:14
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Burundi has acceded to the Agreement for the Establishment of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), making [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Air Botswana privatisation attracts 17 bidders

09 march 2017 - 16:24:09
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Transport and Communications minister Kitso Mokaila said 17 companies have responded to the government’s call [...] Full text...

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Zambia: 'Mining investment drives Zambia’s development'

27 july 2016 - 15:10:41
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - A new analysis of mining in Zambia for the past 100 years shows a clear historical [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda national appointed new Chairman of PTA Bank

16 may 2016 - 13:16:39
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan minister of Finance and Economic planning, Claver Gatete, has been appointed the new Chairman [...] Full text...

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Ghana: May Day, politics dominate Ghanaian media

07 may 2016 - 07:49:47
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Last Sunday’s May Day celebrations and political developments, especially the ongoing update of the voters’ register, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: President Jonathan inaugurates 750 mw power plant

20 february 2015 - 22:15:48
Ifo, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday commissioned the 650 million-dollar Olorunsogo power station at [...] Full text...

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UN: Expert warns African governments against privatising basic education

13 february 2015 - 09:22:55
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Mr. Kishore Singh, has urged African governments [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Pres. Jonathan promises better trade relations with other nations

23 december 2014 - 17:08:00
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday in the capital city of Abuja pledged that his administration would [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria’s apex bank, others offset 213b naira gas debt

23 december 2014 - 12:53:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in conjunction with Deposit Money Banks and Nigerian Electricity Regulatory [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Tanzanians celebrate 15th anniversary of Nyerere's passing

14 october 2014 - 11:39:57
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanians are on public holiday Tuesday to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the passing [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Political uncertainties ahead of 2015 polls cloud Burundi's economic outlook

24 september 2014 - 09:17:28
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Burundi's medium-term economic outlook remains difficult, with downside risks arising from political uncertainties ahead [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Authorities to revoke unutilised coal licences in Nigeria

19 june 2014 - 18:43:49
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian National Council on Privatization (NCP) Thursday announced that all companies who were offered prospecting [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 10 newly-built power generating stations sold

07 march 2014 - 17:24:37
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria’s quest for the privatisation of 10 newly-built thermal generation companies, built under the National Integrated [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Jonathan and Boko Haram, tackling power problems reported

08 february 2014 - 10:46:50
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's charge to the newly-appointed military chiefs to end insurgency and government's desire to [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Holding company for state-owned enterprises incorporated

24 january 2014 - 09:30:24
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia's President Michael Sata has announced the establishment of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) that will [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Govt. shelves plan to sell refineries

08 january 2014 - 18:25:23
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government has shelved plans to sell its four refineries, following an agreement it signed [...] Full text...

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Libya to privatise nine public industries

05 january 2014 - 16:21:28
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan Industry Minister Suleyman al-Faytouri announced on Saturday that the government intends to privatise nine [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: NGO tasks Pres. Jonathan on fight against corrupt

02 january 2014 - 12:48:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has tasked President Goodluck Jonathan to implement a five-point programme against [...] Full text...

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Nigerian banks boost power supply with 109b naira

05 november 2013 - 13:56:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian banks have so far disbursed 109.3 billion naira (US$684.5 million) from the Power and Airlines [...] Full text...

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Morocco and Libya sign four cooperation agreements

08 october 2013 - 20:46:08
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – Morocco and Libya on Tuesday signed four cooperation agreements to strengthen relations between them at a [...] Full text...

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Low global demand for diamonds weighs on Botswana’s growth

01 october 2013 - 09:19:59
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A greater than anticipated deterioration in the global economy would likely have a detrimental [...] Full text...

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New investors take over Nigeria's power sector

01 october 2013 - 08:23:32
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has formally handed over its power generating firms to the private investors who won the [...] Full text...

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'Post-2015 development framework will fail if......'

20 september 2013 - 15:40:52
New York, US (PANA) - As world leaders gather in New York for the 68th session of the annual UN [...] Full text...

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Nigerian farmers to benefit from low-interest loans this season

05 september 2013 - 19:46:08
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government has approved a grant of 15 billion Naira (about US$94 million) to the [...] Full text...

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Electricity-starved Nigeria investigates incessant power system collapse

11 june 2013 - 07:59:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria, where only 40 million of its 160 million people have access to public power supply, [...] Full text...

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120m Nigerians have no access to electricity - Govt

06 june 2013 - 13:08:33
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In a rare admission, Nigeria's federal government has acknowledged the poor state of public electricity supply [...] Full text...

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Nigerian minister says powerful cabals slowing down power sector reforms

22 april 2013 - 12:19:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, has blamed "powerful cabals" for the slow pace [...] Full text...

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Boko Haram's amnesty, MEND's threat to attack mosques reported in Nigeria

20 april 2013 - 09:10:50
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's desire to grant amnesty to the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, the threat [...] Full text...

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Africa's first mega city, payoff for electricity workers reported in Nigeria

23 february 2013 - 07:58:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The new 5-million-square-metre Eko Atlantic City, dedicated in Lagos on Thursday, government's move to settle "disengaged" [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's President leaves for WEF, AU Summit

20 january 2013 - 15:19:40
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will leave the capital city of Abuja Monday on a trip that [...] Full text...

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National budget, mass failure in WAEC, kidnapping dominate headlines in Nigeria

22 december 2012 - 10:09:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The national budget, passed on Thursday by the National Assembly, and the mass failure in the [...] Full text...

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Nigerian papers highlighted by power reforms, devastating floods, first lady's return

21 october 2012 - 11:03:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The commencement of the big reform in the power sector, devastating floods and the return of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria papers highlight stolen oil money, power minister's resignation

01 september 2012 - 11:25:00
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Stolen oil money totalling US$400 billion since independence in 1960, President Goodluck Jonathan's pledge to fix [...] Full text...

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'Resignation' of Nigeria's power minister linked to alleged corruption

29 august 2012 - 09:42:41
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Tuesday's 'resignation' of Nigeria's Power Minister Barth Nnaji has been linked to alleged corrupt practices by [...] Full text...

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Workers' Day: Nigeria's labour unions say workers poorer, insecure

01 may 2012 - 10:36:20
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year's Workers' Day Tuesday, the [...] Full text...

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Jonathan's job-creation moves, rainstorm in Lagos reported in Nigeria

18 february 2012 - 10:05:00
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Government's determination to generate 370,000 jobs, a rainstorm and its havoc in Lagos, high [...] Full text...

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Burundi president announces minor cabinet reshuffle

09 february 2012 - 17:17:06
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) – Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza, on Wednesday carried out a minor cabinet reshuffle which was marked by [...] Full text...

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Fuel subsidy, gay bill, demand for Obasanjo's trial reported in Nigeria

03 december 2011 - 10:59:51
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian newspapers were this week filled with stories from the continuing debate on oil subsidy removal, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's labour union urges withdrawal of soldiers from power facilities

18 november 2011 - 07:58:08
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The umbrella Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the federal government to withdrawal the soldiers it [...] Full text...

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Looming nationwide strike, continuing circle of violence reported in Nigeria

24 september 2011 - 09:16:49
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A nationwide shutdown, planned by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in collaboration with pro-democracy [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to sell 70% stake in electricity distribution firms

21 september 2011 - 10:47:44
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria plans to sell a 70 per cent stake in 11 power distribution companies to new [...] Full text...

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Niger Delta pollution, bank nationalization, privatization reported in Nigeria

06 august 2011 - 08:22:43
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The damning UN report on pollution in Ogoniland, nationalisation of three banks and President Goodluck Jonathan's [...] Full text...

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Nigeria’s telecoms operators seek improved infrastructure

11 july 2011 - 11:56:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ahead of the 10th year anniversary of the advent of the Global System for Mobile Communication [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's firm saves country US$1.3b in forex

23 june 2011 - 12:40:19
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's privatisation agency Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) said has the Eleme Petrochemicals Company Limited (EPCL) [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian, Kenyan firms bid for Nigeria's electricity companies

23 june 2011 - 07:59:01
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - State-run companies from Ghana and Kenya are among firms bidding to buy Nigerian government-owned firms under [...] Full text...

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Nigeria terminates privatisation of state-run telecoms firm

16 june 2011 - 09:44:54
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The move to privatise Nigeria's state-run telecommunications company NITEL appears jinxed, as the federal government has [...] Full text...

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Privatisation of Nigeria's power monopoly: 525 bids shortlisted

02 june 2011 - 12:38:31
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has approved the shortlisting of 525 bids of firms seeking [...] Full text...

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Jonathan says privatized public companies performing below expectation

20 may 2011 - 20:36:47
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Deeply worried by the state of privatised public companies, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday directed [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt. set to privatise minting firm

19 may 2011 - 11:54:05
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) is set to make the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting [...] Full text...

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Presidential, gubernatorial polls dominate Nigeria media

23 april 2011 - 07:29:57
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The presidential election, held 16 April and won by incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan, and the upcoming [...] Full text...

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Electricity workers in Nigeria threaten nationwide strike

22 april 2011 - 09:20:03
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Workers of the state-run Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have issued a 14-day ultimatum to [...] Full text...

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BRVM D-G hails quality of West African financial market

21 december 2010 - 19:04:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Director General of the Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM), Mr. Jean-Paul Gillet, said here Monday that [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian papers reflect on post-independence era

11 december 2010 - 08:07:57
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania's 49th independence anniversary was the focus of all the media in the country [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's power monopoly to fire 50,000 staffers

28 october 2010 - 07:48:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's state-run power monopoly, Power Holding Compan y of Nigeria (PHCN), is to sack 50,000 workers [...] Full text...

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New mine opens in Zambia

15 october 2010 - 09:24:00
Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- A new mine, Konkola North Copper Mine (Konoco), has open ed in Chililabombwe, northern copperbelt province [...] Full text...

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Libya is a force to reckon with in Africa

10 october 2010 - 12:29:00
By Mildred Mulenga- PANA Correspondent Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) -- Libya's widening investment role in Africa has spread to Zambia, where [...] Full text...

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Nigeria media report fuel subsidy removal, bid for power generation

04 september 2010 - 10:26:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The announcement by the Minister of Finance, Olusegun Ag anga, that government's fuel subsidy on petroleum [...] Full text...

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New govt. formed in Burundi

30 august 2010 - 11:37:00
Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundi has formed a new government following the re cent re-election of President Pierre Nkurunziza. [...] Full text...

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National Libyan Commercial Bank to enlist on bourse on Sunday

21 august 2010 - 19:11:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The National Libyan Commercial Bank will enlist on the L ibyan bourse from Sunday where its [...] Full text...

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Nigeria electricity workers shelve strike

26 july 2010 - 07:28:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Electricity workers in Nigeria have shelved their planne d strike, scheduled to commence Monday, after the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria electricity workers 'to begin strike Monday'

23 july 2010 - 09:19:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The umbrella union for workers of the state-run monopoly Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) have [...] Full text...

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South Africa's World Cup squad rocked by suspensions

11 may 2010 - 07:50:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa on Tuesday began a one-month countdown to the kickoff of the 0102 [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe shelves key privatisation

06 may 2010 - 11:57:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe Thursday announced it was shelving the privatisation of the country's huge iron and steel company, [...] Full text...

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Togo to invest about 200b FCFA in phosphate sector

01 april 2010 - 10:56:00
Lomé- Togo (PANA) -- Togo will invest about 200 billion FCFA in the phosphate sector to increase production which has [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe govt privatises bank

24 march 2010 - 11:46:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- The Zimbabwe government announced Wednesday it was offering a 49 percent stake in a state-controlled bank [...] Full text...

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Head of Nigeria's privatisation agency 'suspended'

09 march 2010 - 07:03:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's federal government has suspended the Director- General of the country's privatisation agency, the Bureau of [...] Full text...

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Mali health workers on strike

24 february 2010 - 23:51:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) â" An indefinite strike called- by Mali's National Health an d Social Action Union (SNSAS) started on [...] Full text...

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Libya to authorise creation of two new banks

16 february 2010 - 23:29:00
Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Central Bank of Libya (BCL) on Tuesday announced in Tripoli its intention to grant authorization [...] Full text...

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Nigeria sells majority stake in state-owned telecoms firm

16 february 2010 - 16:22:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's privatisation agency Bureau of Public Enterpri ses (BPE) has sold the majority stake in the [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe lines up steel company for privatisation

15 february 2010 - 16:38:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Officials in Zimbabwe said Monday that two internation al companies had been shortlisted to buy a [...] Full text...

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Six pre-qualified for privatisation of Nigeria's telecoms firm

09 february 2010 - 07:09:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Another attempt to privatise the state-run Nigerian Tele communications Plc (NITEL) will receive a boost 16 [...] Full text...

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Armed robbery on Lake Victoria grabs media attention

23 january 2010 - 08:10:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- News of an attack by heavily armed robbers on a fishing island village in [...] Full text...

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2009: Eskom crisis sends shockwaves through SA

30 december 2009 - 13:19:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Following a wave of power cuts which cost the e conomy billions of rands [...] Full text...

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Zim govt to privatise national carrier

01 december 2009 - 09:52:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe said Tuesday it planned to sell a controlling stake in Air Zimbabwe, the country's national [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe seeks diamond help from Angola, Namibia

12 october 2009 - 10:55:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe, threatened with a diamond trade ban, is seek ing help from Angola and Namibia on [...] Full text...

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EU supports cotton sector in Benin

06 october 2009 - 16:44:00
Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The European Union Commission signed with Benin, a contr act amendment to the "Project to support [...] Full text...

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Six investors vie for Zim steel mill

30 september 2009 - 07:17:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- The Zimbabwe government said Wednesday it had short-li sted six companies, most of them from outside [...] Full text...

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Nigeria aviation workers' strike fails to disrupt flights

23 september 2009 - 13:04:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Domestic and international flights at the main gateway M urtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Nigeria's [...] Full text...

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ICAO inspects Nigerian airports slated for privatisation

21 september 2009 - 08:04:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A team of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICA O) has visited Nigeria to inspect the facilities [...] Full text...

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13 firms bid for Nigerian govt shares in telecoms firm

02 september 2009 - 07:17:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Thirteen telecommunications firms have indicated their i nterest in acquiring the Nigerian government shares in the [...] Full text...

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Algerian public sector industrial production drops

05 august 2009 - 23:26:00
Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Production in public sector industries recorded only 1 % growth in the first quarter of this [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt revokes sale of state-run telecoms giant

01 june 2009 - 14:35:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's federal government announced on Monday that it had revoked the sale of majority shares in [...] Full text...

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Maroc Telecom acquires 51% capital of SOTELMA

01 march 2009 - 14:24:00
Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The government of Mali has declared Maroc Telecom, a sub sidiary of Vivendi Universal, 'provisional contractor', [...] Full text...

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Gabon privatises national cargo firm

09 february 2009 - 12:52:00
Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Gabon's Ministry of Economy, Finance, Budget and Investment Planning, which is in charge of the country's [...] Full text...

thread Economy