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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Algeria has dismissed a cargo of 27,000 tons of French milling wheat as incompetent for consumption after two dead animals were found in the cargo, state news agency APS broadcasted on June 16th, 2021 quoting the government’s Agriculture Minister. The government is pursuing a reimbursement for the freight, which is to be transported back to France, Abdelhamid Hamdani was quoted as announcing....

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra- An initiative to equip over 50,000 owners of Micro Small Enterprises (MSEs) with the relevant digital skills by the end of this year has kicked off in Nairobi, targeting to be expanded to multiple counties across the country. The digital skilling initiative dubbed Future Ni Digital is part of the digital program that was launched earlier this year with the key private sector players and government. These partners...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The ECOWAS Parliament on June 10th, 2021 propelled a notch closer toward fulfilling a single currency for the sub-region as it adopted the draft resolution on the Macroeconomic Convergence and Stability Pact. The agreement, which was approved at the culmination of its First Ordinary Session in Abuja, was a significant overture to accomplishing the norms for Member-States’ adoption of the...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The Ecobank Transnational Incorporated – a notable Pan-African banking group and parent company of the Ecobank Group, has published its project to increase $300 million from the international debt capital markets through the allotment of Grade 2 entitling sustainability memoranda. According to a disclosure endorsed by the Group Head of Corporate Communications, Adenike Laoye, this...