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IMF largesse to Somalia upon the election of a new government

 (3 minutes read) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to extend the duration of its financial aid programme to Somalia, which was due to...

Seychelles beer brand SeyBrew gets recognition

(3 minutes read) SeyBrew, the flagship brand of Seychelles Breweries, has won a gold award in the International Lager category of the African Beer Cup. ...

French company Malteries Soufflet opens Malt House in Ethiopia

 (3 minutes read) The French company Malteries Soufflet, a division of the InVivo Group, has inaugurated its first malt house in Africa, 28th for the...

Ethiopian exports pick up; leather exports pick up smartly

 (3 minutes read) Ethiopia’s Industrial Parks Development Corporation said the nation has obtained over US$152.76 million from exports of industrial park products in nine months,...

Record 46 presidential aspirants in the Kenyan election fray

 (3 minutes read) Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga announced he had chosen Martha Karua as his running mate at a Nairobi rally.  Raila Odinga revealed...

US troops to be deployed again in trouble-torn Somalia

 (3 minutes read) (Global: US) President Joe Biden has ordered the reestablishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat the...

ECA launches tool to measure the ease of doing business

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched a comprehensive tool that measures how easy, or hard, it is to do business between African countries. The...

Expensive phone sets dampens Safaricom’s 5G expansion

The high prices of the handsets have put off millions of subscribers from switching phones to 5G from 4G slowing down Safaricom’s expansion...

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is new President of Somalia

(3 minutes read) Somalia has re-elected Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the president for a second time following Sunday's long-overdue election. He was the president during...

Somalia’s election held yesterday; no untoward incident reported

(four minutes read) Somalia’s MPs voted on Sunday (yesterday) to choose the nation's president. The keenly contested election is expected to put a stop...

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