Expected GDP growth up to 3% from 2.2% in 2016 but down from projected 3.4% Projected to reach 3.7% also down from projected 4.2% in 2018 Steady domestic demand and public investment in infrastructure Fiscal and Current account deficits on decline East Africa remains the fastest growing region, from 5.1% ...
New Delhi (AFP) - Forward Eric Ayiah scored twice as Ghana crushed India 4-0 to knock the hosts out of the Under-17 FIFA World Cup in New Delhi on Thursday. Ayiah scored a goal in each half -- in the 43rd and 52nd minute -- to lead the two-time champions into the last-16 stage of the 24-nation event. After Aiyah's dominating show, strikers Ri ...
Paris (AFP) - Eben Etzebeth will captain the Springboks in their upcoming autumn internationals in the ongoing absence of injured No.8 Warren Whiteley, the South African Rugby Union said Thursday. Etzebeth, 25, initially took over the captaincy in June when Whiteley sustained a groin injury ahead of the final Test of a three-match home series ag ...
Abidjan, C ocirc;te d rsquo;Ivoire, 12 October 2017 ndash; The connections between international arbitration and economic growth in African was the subject of the recent East Africa International Arbitration Conference (EAIAC), held in Kigali, Rwanda. The 28-29 September conference gathered more than 300 arbitration practitioners, users, and go ...
Nairobi, Kenya, 12 October 2017 ndash; The Bank Group rsquo;s Resource Mobilization Partnerships Department (FIRM) in collaboration with the East Africa Regional Directorate (RDGE), has concluded its first regional Business Opportunities Seminar (BOS) in Nairobi, Kenya. The three-day event (2-4 October) falls within a series of Bank ac ...
Abidjan, C ocirc;te d rsquo;Ivoire, 12 October 2017 ndash; The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), approved on Wednesday, 11 October 2017 in Abidjan credit risk participations in eight loans cumulatively valued at US$ 141 by the Private Sector Credit Enhancement Facility (PSF). Launched in 2015, the PSF is an off-ba ...
Accra (AFP) - Ghana is facing calls to update its laws on wildlife crime after fears the country has become a transit route for the illegal trade in pangolin scales. More than 31,000 kilograms (68,000 pounds) of scales from the nocturnal mammal have been seized across the world this year, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (I ...
Tampa (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday said the military is looking at possible adaptations following last week's deadly ambush on a joint US-Niger patrol. The October 4 attack near the Mali border, thought to have been carried out by a regional affiliate of the Islamic State group, resulted in the deaths of four US soldiers ...
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