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By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- Nigeria, federal government on Thursday, said it is in the process of investing a fresh N915billion ($3.5billion) World Bank loan into the power sector. Heedless of spending N1.5trillion in the sector in the last two years, the federal government of Nigeria through the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning – Mrs. Zainab Ahmed disclosed this during an interview with the media; on...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- PEG Africa, one of West Africa’s pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar companies has proceeded in making an elephant strides of fundraising to expand its operations in Senegal. PEG Africa arranges and finances solar to households and SMEs in West Africa via its PAYG financing model, which approves customers to replace poor-quality polluting fuels such as kerosene and diesel with solar energy. The company...

By Abdul Rahman Suagibu – NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS, Freetown, Sierra Leone- South African government evidently wishes t to spend closest to $ 60 billion in a not too distant future on rail infrastructure. Gibela – a French-South African company known won the contract to build the 600 modern commuter trains. Hector Danisa – CEO of Gibela announced that, “The rail industry in South Africa is challenged.” The proclamation of the train project goes viral on social...

BY ANIN AGYEI- NEW AFRICA DAILY  NEWS, Accra, Ghana- THE COMMUNICATION Minister of Ghana, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has announced that come 2020, all owners of sim cards would be required to undergo a re-registration exercise. The directive from government is part of moves to fight sim card and mobile money fraud which has gained momentum over the past months. Addressing the press, Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful announced that persons who fail to have their sim cards re-registered...