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By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- NAMIBIA Airports Company (NAC) has opted in to make do with Namibian companies for contractual work on its airports and other functions with stringent measures that are out of touch with realities. Leake Hangala – Board Chairperson of the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) disclosed on January, 28th 2020 during a media briefing at the Hosea Kutako International Airport. Hangala stated: “We...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- EGYPT, Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has revealed that, it would purchase a 55% controlling stake in Vodafone Egypt for US $2.39 billion on January, 29th 2020. This is a pointer in giving the North African telecom operator a total enterprise value of US $4.35 billion, a statement from STC noted. “The potential acquisition of Vodafone Egypt is in line with our expansion strategy in the MENA region,”...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- ANGOLA  4th quarter of last year, sold in crude oil worth US $ 7.6 billion, arising from the export of 117 million barrels, belonging to Sonangol and the international companies operating in the country. In the 3rd quarter of the same year, (June to September), 116.4 million barrels of oil were sold at an conventional price of US $ 62.8 per barrel, while in the previous period (2nd quarter) there...

BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Accra, Ghana- President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has warned the people of Ghana not to abuse the emergency health care system of the country which has been a major boost to the introduction of a single emergency contact number (112) as well as three hundred and seven (307) State. Commissioning and distribution 307 ambulances under Ghana government’s flagship programme, ‘One Constituency, One Ambulance,’ at the...