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Ghana: Bank of Africa to Open Fifteen More Branches
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The Bank of Africa-Ghana on Monday said it is ready to roll out 15 branches in the next three years in line with its vision to meet customer need in every region of the country.
Mr Kobby Andah, Managing Director of the Bank, said the move aims at providing convenience to its customers.
He said Bank of Africa was also exploring alternative service delivery channels to ensure that customers were able to transact their businesses undisturbed.
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South Africa: BP’s R5bn Investment a Sign of Confidence in SA – Motlanthe
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Petroleum giant BP’s announcement this week that it would invest over R5 billion in southern Africa – with most of it in South Africa – is a “statement of confidence” in the country, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said on Thursday.
“It reconfirms the commitment of a major investor in our country and we are also happy that in the course of normal business they are making a contribution towards our skills development programme, in education, so they are an important corporate citizen of South ...
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South Africa: E-Cape Schools' Infrastructure Rollout Continues
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Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga will on Wednesday open the newly completed Nobantu Primary School at Mthatha district in the Eastern Cape.
The school forms part of the first batch of 49 mud schools identified and planned for replacement through a Service Delivery Agreement with the Development Bank Southern Africa (DBSA), as part of the Accelerated Schools Infrastructure Development Initiative (ASIDI).
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South Africa: The Newly Completed Hapo Museum Pays Homage to Madiba
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The newly completed //hapo museum at the historic Freedom Park will also serve as a monument to the mighty legacy of South Africa’s first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela.
Speaking after officially unveiling the museum, which is situated at the hill top of Salvokop in Pretoria on Monday, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said the museum stood as a testimony to the country’s “rugged determination to continue working for a united, democratic, non-racial, non-sexist, just and prosp ...
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South Africa: Innovative 2013 Indaba in Numbers
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A total of 850 direct jobs (including 600 students from the Durban University of Technology) and 5 000 indirect jobs were created due to Indaba over 11 days.
A total of 240 693 electronic connections (over 60 000 per day) were made by 11 458 "Indaba Connect" users, who shared over 14 258 documents.
“This was a deliberate eco-friendly initiative, a 'Go Green' approach at Indaba that led to the potential saving of a small forest of 374 trees by minimising the need for piles of printed collateral ...
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Nigeria: Nigeria to Host African Business Women’s Advocacy Forum: Women’s Leadership – Why Africa is Rising
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Vital Voices Global Partnership and Women in Management, Business, and Public Service (WIMBIZ) today announced the hosting of the Supporting Public Advocacy for Regional Competitiveness (SPARC) Program and Forum in Lagos, Nigeria.
The one-day forum for women is scheduled for Thursday 23, May 2013, and will highlight businesswomen’s advocacy efforts for increased economic empowerment across four African countries, namely Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and host Nigeria.
Celena Green, Senior Progra ...
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South Africa: State Security Ministry Welcomes Information Bill
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The Ministry of State Security has welcomed the latest developments on the Protection of State Information Bill.
The National Assembly on Thursday voted to pass the Protection of State Information Bill by an overwhelming majority of 190 votes to 75. The Bill will now be sent to President Jacob Zuma for his assent.
“As we have always maintained, this bill seeks to deal with present and clear challenges of protecting valuable state information against alteration, loss and destruction which would ...
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Mauritius:AU Sixth Conference of African Ministers in Charge of Integration Opens in Balaclava
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The sixth Conference of African Ministers in charge of Integration (COMAI VI) under the theme Governance of Integration opened this morning at the Intercontinental Hotel, Balaclava.
Organised at a joint initiative of the African Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, the COMAI VI aims at evaluating progress on the status of integration at regional and continental levels, addressing challenges to the integration process and proposing recommendati ...
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Mauritius: Mauritius and Monaco Sign Double Taxation Avoidance Convention
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Mauritius and the Principality of Monaco signed during the weekend a Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC), following fruitful negotiations between the two countries towards the conclusion of the DTAC in March 2012.
The Signatories were the Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Mr Xavier-Luc Duval, on behalf of the Mauritian Government and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Monaco, Mr. José Badia.
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Mauritius: UNCTAD’s Secretary-General Calls on PM
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The Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritius, Dr Navinchandra Ramgoolam, GCSK, FRCP, today at the Treasury Building in Port Louis.
Discussions focused mainly on economical issues such as the diversification of the Mauritian economy, opportunities to work with Asia and the Pan African economic integration, amongst others.
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