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Report shows investors’ optimism in sub-Saharan Africa despite challenges

In the largest survey of its kind, The Africa List Business Barometer reveals a high degree of confidence in the business environment across Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, despite ongoing challenges London, 04 December 2019: A survey of over 350 business leaders across five of some of Africa’s fastest growing economies reveals a high degree of optimism …

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Former CNN anchors launch new global forum for women of African descent

Two of Africa’s media powerhouses and both former CNN anchors, Zain Verjee and Isha Sesay, launched their new venture named Rouse last month in Marrakech, Morocco. With the full support and partnership with the Republic of Togo, Verjee (who is Kenyan) and Sesay (from Sierra Leone) put together a gathering at the Jnane Tamsna Boutique Hotel.   Rouse curated group …

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New Berlin airport to finally open next October

Germany’s long-delayed Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) is set to finally be operational on October 31, 2020, nine years after it was supposed to open, reports Elizabeth Schumacher. Berlin’s long-delayed airport has a new opening date, operators announced on Friday (28 November), following a series of scandals involving corruption and shoddy design. The problem-plagued project has become something of a laughing stock …

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