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Oil Giant to Sell Off More Blocs in Nigeria
Shell says it plans to sell at least four more oil blocs due to increasing crude theft, oil spills, community challenges and its inability to renew the licenses of some of the fields.
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Ethiopia Hopes to Gain from U.S. Trade Pact
The country plans to capitalise on the African Growth and Opportunity Act that provides Sub-Saharan African countries with easier access to the U.S. market to export goods.
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Will Kenya Sign Economic Agreement with EU?
Nairobi: Europe wants the country to lead the way in signing the Economic Partnership Agreement but analysts say it will be drifting away from the objectives of East African integration if it proceeds.
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Today's Top News by Sector...
Top Headlines Mining
Top Headlines Investment
- TIC Eyes More Investments From Thailand (Daily News)
- Investors Exhibit High Appetite for Treasury Bills (Daily News)
- Kasempa Gets K3.2 Million for Micro-Fin Loans (Times of Zambia)
- Joint Press Communique of the Argentina and South Africa Bilateral Commission in Buenos Aires (SA Govt)
Top Headlines Trade
- Sambo - BNC Will Boost U.S.$2.7 Billion Trade With Cote d'Ivoire (This Day)
- Joint Press Communique of the Argentina and South Africa Bilateral Commission in Buenos Aires (SA Govt)
- U.S.-Africa Trade Is Powerful Engine for Growth (State Department)
- PM Issues Measures To Optimise Domestic Timber Trade (Cameroon Tribune)
Top Headlines Petroleum
- Oil Pirates - a Global Problem With Very Local Roots (ThinkAfricaPress)
- Oil Project 10 Years On - Has Anything Changed? (African Arguments)
- Chevron Fined for Platform Incident in Soyo (ANGOP)
- Kenyan Oil Wells Commercially Viable, Tullow Says (Sabahi)
New Players Vulnerable to Oil Curse
New players in the oil sector run the risk of the oil curse which occurs when countries neglect the development of other sectors of their economy says an analyst.
Top Headlines
- Nigeria: Oil Pirates - a Global Problem With Very Local Roots (ThinkAfricaPress)
- Cameroon: Chinese-Built Port Leaves Cameroonians Adrift (IPS)
- Africa: World's Poorest Nations Slowly Mending (IPS)
- South Africa: Woes of Gold Mining Industry (SAIIA)
- Chad: Oil Project 10 Years On - Has Anything Changed? (African Arguments)
- Kenya: New Breed of Rice Raises Hopes for Domestic Rice Production (ThinkAfricaPress)
- Africa: Helping Africa to Help Itself - the Ideology of Food (SACSIS)
- Kenya: Showdown Looms As Kambi Vows No Teachers' July Pay (Capital FM)
- Africa: Technology Enhances Learning and Life (eLearning)
- Nigeria: Sambo - BNC Will Boost U.S.$2.7 Billion Trade With Cote d'Ivoire (This Day)
- Uganda: Govt Denies Shortage of ARVs (Observer)
- Sierra Leone: SLPP to Unveil 'Shadow Budget' (Concord)
- Kenya: Uhuru Seeks Cell Phone Records of 60 Witnesses (The Star)
- Africa: The African Union and Security (SAIIA)
- Zimbabwe: Baba Jukwa, Social Media and Zimbabwe's Future (SAIIA)
- Angola: Chevron Fined for Platform Incident in Soyo (ANGOP)
- Africa: Audi R8 V10 Plus - Performance Über Alles (Daily Maverick)
- Africa: Henry Ford - the Man Who Gave Wheels to America (Daily Maverick)
- Somalia: Remittances and Unintended Consequences (Africa Research Institute)
- Gambia: U.S.$8.5 Million Fisheries Jetty Commissioned (Daily Observer)
- Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans Looking for a Brighter Economic Future (IPS)
- Mozambique: Coal of Africa's Exports Halve Due to Ressano Garcia Line Closure (AIM)
- Guinea: Legislative Elections Could Boost Guinea's Revenues, Says IMF (VOA)
- Nigeria: Fitch - Tougher Regulations May Hamper Nigerian Banks' Earnings (This Day)
- Nigeria: Reps Receive N146 Million Yearly Not N29 Million, Says Ex-Lawmaker (Daily Trust)
- Tanzania: Zanzibar Reps Block Infrastructure Ministry Estimates (Daily News)
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AfDB
- Malawi - AfDB Launches Mzuzu-Nkhata Bay Road Rehabilitation Project
- Debating Africa and the Global Economy On U.S. Public Radio [President's Blog]
- Sierra Leone Pursues a Green Growth Path With AfDB Support
- U.S. Department of the Treasury Awards - Gender Support in Cote d'Ivoire and Agriculture in Uganda
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