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Ghana economy rides on oil and gas, expands 8.5% in 2017, fastest in 5 years
Ghana’s economy expanded at the fastest rate in five years in 2017 as oil and gas production surged. Gross domestic...
Read moreDetailsNigeria’s fintech startup Zoto grows transaction base by 56% in 2017
Nigeria’s growing payment solution, Zoto, Monday announced  56 and 200 percent growth in its transacting user base and order volume...
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Donald Trump’s plan to impose an additional $100bn in tariffs on imports from China is weighing on soft commodities and...
Read moreDetailsTwitter suspends 270,000 accounts for ‘promoting terrorism’
Twitter removed more than 270,000 accounts around the world for promoting terrorism in the second half of 2017, according to the...
Read moreDetailsMastercard appoints new division president for sub-Saharan Africa
Spurred by steady growth and in line with its investment focus on the continent, Mastercard has appointed Raghav Prasad as...
Read moreDetailsU.S. visa applicants undergo ‘extreme vetting’, to be asked for social media history
The U.S. government wants to require all US visa applicants, both immigrant and non-immigrant, to disclose their social media handles to the...
Read moreDetailsBarclays to pay $2bn to resolve fraud claims over US mortgage misselling
Barclays has agreed to pay $2 billion, the equivalent of £1.4 billion, in civil penalties to resolve claims for fraud...
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