Month: February 2020
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Commentaries
Why isn’t the Nigerian economy growing faster?
Earlier this week the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that the Nigerian economy had grown by 2.3% in 2019.…
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Coronavirus patients over age 80 have a 15% chance of dying
The coronavirus has reached every continent except Antarctica, but it doesn’t infect all patients equally. A recent study from the…
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Orange and SES team up on O3b mPOWER Communications System
Orange, one of the world’s leading multi-service telecommunications operators and present in 18 countries in Africa, will be the first…
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SA Express may require funding to pay wages next month
We’ve reported extensively on South African Airways and its financial challenges in the last few months. But it’s regional partner…
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Senate moves to legalize all electronic transactions to support economic growth
The Senate on Thursday considered a bill to provide an enabling framework that would legalize all forms of electronic transactions…
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Nose gear wheels come off a landing Turkish Airlines Airbus A321
On February 27th, a Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-200 dropped both nose wheels upon landing at Istanbul’s main airport. The aircraft…
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Brickbats ahead as government orders forensic audit of DisCos
Days after the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos), operating under the aegis of Association of National Electricity Distributors (ANED), said they…
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Court blocks Heathrow’s illegal expansion
The UK’s Court of Appeal has ruled that proposals for Heathrow’s third runway are in breach of the nation’s legally…
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“Gas is Critical for Sub-Saharan Africa’s Energy Future,” says GE Gas Power Summit
With recent major gas discoveries in Tanzania, Mozambique, Senegal, Mauritania and South Africa, Africa is poised to use gas technologies…
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Standard Chartered PLC – Full-Year and Fourth Quarter 2019 Results
Standard Chartered PLC (the Group) today released its results for the year and quarter ended 31 December 2019. All figures…
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