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By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone - This is according to the Airports Council International rankings, Entebbe airport handled 65, 115 tones of cargo is 2021, coming in 6th position. Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport is ranked...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra Ghana- The head of the Africa Investment Forum, African Development Bank Senior Director Chinelo Anohu, has called for stronger strategic partnerships and greater involvement of African sovereign wealth funds to rebuild the...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone - Ashok Chakravarti, a fellow of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), on Thursday told “the issue of the currency board is being looked at”. Lecturing an economic meeting in...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra Ghana- The Ghana Exim Bank has said it will invest $10 million into the exports of yam. This comes after Ghana emerged as the highest exporter of yam within the sub region in 2021. To maintain this feat, Chief Executive...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra Ghana- The Secretariat for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the African Development Bank have launched phase one of the Africa Cloud Ecosystem Project, to be financed with a $550,000 grant from...

By Abdul Rahman Bangura– NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone - Since trust in Zimbabwe’s moolah is bad after people saw their savings snuffed out by hyperinflation in 2008 that attained five billion per cent, according to the IMF, some Zimbabweans crave to rush on...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra Ghana- Dangote Industries Limited, has successful completed its $452 million (N187 billion) series 1 bond issuance which is the largest corporate bond ever issued in the history of the Nigerian capital market. This landmark...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra Ghana- The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed the Travel & Tourism sector in Nigeria is expected to create 2.6 million new jobs over the next decade, doubling the number of those employed within the...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra Ghana- Angola’s national oil company Sonangol has announced the addition of a production unit at the country’s only operating oil refinery, the 65,000 barrel per day (bpd) Luanda Refinery. Built with support from Italian...

By Richard Adorsu- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Accra Ghana- The East African Community has unveiled the Regional Bioeconomic Strategy 2021/22-2031/3 at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The strategy will offer an opportunity for Partners States to achieve their...