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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- South Africa continues to be Zimbabwe’s enormous trading backer, after Zimbabwe’s imported 39% of the $4.39 billion total exports from the neighboring nation in 2020. Irrespective of the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic’s unfavorable consequence on needs around the world, the neighboring nation has...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra, Ghana- Burundi export products are set to access the larger regional market following improvement of their quality standards, made possible through the provision of laboratory equipment to the agency responsible for Standardization and Quality Control (BBN) in Burundi. The equipment, provided under the COMESA Regional Integration Support...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Rio Tinto Limited announced on February 12th, 2021 it has given aptitude to its Guinean counterpart to assist resolve a controversy with local neighborhoods over resettlement for a bauxite mine. Moreover, Guinean burgher in towns around the mine cataloged a grievance in 2019 with International Finance Corporation –...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra, Ghana- The African Development Bank has extended financial support to a project that will strengthen the efforts of West African countries to meet their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) targets under the Paris climate accord. The Bank will underwrite the preparation of concept notes exploring the use of internationally...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- Dr. Brima Baluwa Koroma, the Executive Chairman of the Petroleum Regulatory Agency has announced that the Sierra Leone Oil Refinery at Kissy which had lingered for decades will start again operations in April 2021. The establishment according to the Executive Chairman has been rebuilt and is fix to begin again...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra, Ghana- The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and DSV Engineering have signed the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the construction of 10,000 tonnes/day methanol production plant by the Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical Company Ltd (BFPCL), committing equity...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone- The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a pact with South Sudan to lend Juba a $14 million subsidy to improve agribusiness. From an announcement discerned by The East African, The Agricultural Markets, Value Addition, and Trade Development five-year project which seeks to augment agrarian productivity will...