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<title>Finance Industry Today: West Africa Finance News</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/west-africa/</link><description>Constantly updated news and information about finance industry.</description><item>
<title>Nigeria: No Plan to Arrest Ribadu Police</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182370573</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 13:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  issued any warrant of arrest in South Africa. He said, &quot;This competitive deficit translates into  ...  everyone agrees on the exact amount of investment needed to bridge Nigeria&apos;s infrastructure gap, everyone  ...  exceeds what the government budget could ever finance alone. &quot;The same is true for the  ...
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<title>Infrastructure is Key to Poverty Alleviation - World Bank Vice President</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182370553</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 13:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  2008 The World Bank Vice President for Africa Region, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili yesterday described infrastructure  ...  everybody agrees on the exact amount of investment needed to bridge Nigeria&apos;s infrastructure gap, everybody  ...  far exceeds what the government budget could finance alone. The same, she said, is true  ...
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<title>No Plan to Arrest Ribadu Police</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182365359</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 13:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  issued any warrant of arrest in South Africa. He said, &quot;This competitive deficit translates into  ...  everyone agrees on the exact amount of investment needed to bridge Nigeria&apos;s infrastructure gap, everyone  ...  exceeds what the government budget could ever finance alone. &quot;The same is true for the  ...
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<title>Jitters between Standard Bank and the Chinese</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182363066</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 13:11 GMT</pubDate>
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...  years.&quot; Patrice Rassou, banks analyst at Sanlam Investment Management (SIM), says the 10% earnings increase  ...  of putting together deals and exploiting trade finance opportunities, it was always going to be  ...  the pipeline of deals between China and Africa, especially in mining. Says Rassou: &quot;The growth  ...
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<title>NO BONANZA YET</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182363062</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 13:11 GMT</pubDate>
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...  years.&quot; Patrice Rassou, banks analyst at Sanlam Investment Management (SIM), says the 10% earnings increase  ...  of putting together deals and exploiting trade finance opportunities, it was always going to be  ...  the pipeline of deals between China and Africa, especially in mining. Says Rassou: &quot;The growth  ...
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<title>World Bank Doubts Yar&apos;Adua&apos;s Vision 2020</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182355891</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 11:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  through the World Bank&apos;s Vice President for Africa Obiageli Ezekwesili at the Nigeria Infrastructure Summit  ...  everyone agrees on the exact amount of investment needed to bridge Nigeria&apos;s infrastructure gap, everyone  ...  exceeds what the government budget could ever finance alone. &quot;The same is true for the  ...
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<title>Cote-d&apos;Ivoire Mobile: Still Solid, but Increasingly Tough Cash Flow Environment</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182354887</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 11:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  concentrated in the three largest cities. Some investment in transmission is required, but the fixed  ...  one of the most competitive markets in West Africa. We expect net adds market share to  ...
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<title>Ecobank buys Burkina cotton bank BAC-B for $20 mln</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182354855</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 11:54 GMT</pubDate>
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... OUAGADOUGOU, Aug 8 (Reuters) - African banking group Ecobank ETIT.LG has bought 90  ...  to the country&apos;s farming sector, mainly to finance cotton cultivation. Burkina Faso is West Africa&apos;s top cotton producer, and has privatised parts  ...
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<title>Current low spot price threatens future supply, but shortfall predicted post-2015</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182348775</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 11:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the better news is that speculators and investment funds have started to show renewed interest  ...  countries such as China, India and South Africa, says Schatzker. He adds that higher-than-historic uranium  ...  and South Africa, besides others. Of course, Niger is already a major producer, accounting for  ...
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<title>Israel&apos;s red giant</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182346641</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 11:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  1,300-kilometer railroad along the entire length of Nigeria. Previously it won an $8-billion infrastructure tender  ...  work. Other members include the Lev Leviev&apos;s Africa-Israel Investments and the German company Siemens, which  ...  good relations with the West, too. The investment in Israel is a clear signal that  ...
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<title>China-Israel trade volume has increased dramatically.</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182346633</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 11:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  1,300-kilometer railroad along the entire length of Nigeria. Previously it won an $8-billion infrastructure tender  ...  work. Other members include the Lev Leviev&apos;s Africa-Israel Investments and the German company Siemens, which  ...  good relations with the West, too. The investment in Israel is a clear signal that  ...
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<title>Census Bureau to Ramp up Partnerships with Ethnic Media</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182343675</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 10:49 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the bureau&apos;s responsibility &quot;to make sure that investment yields the highest return.&quot; A portion of  ...  Dream Magazine, a publication with a primarily Nigerian readership, said there is still discomfort and  ...  there is still discomfort and confusion among African immigrants about how to selfidentity on the  ...
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<title>IDS to enter West Asia, Africa markets</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182342563</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 10:39 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to enter markets in West Asia and Africa, reported The Economic Times. The company believes  ...  the company opens its offices at Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia and Sudan in  ...  management, central reservation, marketing and sales and finance. He also mentioned that the Indian and  ...
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<title>Botswana courts US investors</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182342179</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 10:20 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Mr Duke Lefhoko said following te ministrys investment promotion trip to the US recently, 40  ...  sea optic fiber cable systems, the East African Submarine System (EASSy) and the West African  ...  in the US emanating from sub prime mortgage crisis, the crisis creates an opportunity to  ...
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<title>Anti-Counterfeiting Initiative Aimed At Protecting African Medical Industries</title>
<link>http://finance.einnews.com/news.php?wid=182337403</link>
<pubDate>8 Aug 2008 09:47 GMT</pubDate>
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... &gt; Anti-Counterfeiting Initiative Aimed At Protecting African Medical Industries Posted by William New @  ...  By Wagdy Sawahel for Intellectual Property Watch West African people should establish a medical anti-counterfeiting task  ...  will sustain socioeconomic development that depends on investment and the growth of local industries, entrepreneurs  ...
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