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Togo Launches 13th Adjafi Fair to Boost Young Entrepreneurs and MSME Competitiveness
Togo First
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(Togo First) - The 13th edition of the Adjafi Fair, dedicated to young entrepreneurs, officially started on August 25, 2025, in Lomé. Minister Mazamesso Assih, responsible for Grassroots Development, Financial Inclusion, Youth, and Youth...
OPINION: From the Continent, For the Continent - Building homegrown instant payment systems to drive financial inclusion in Africa
Citizen TV Kenya
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August 30, 2025
Dr. Robert Ochola, CEO, AfricaNenda Foundation, delivering the opening speech at the Peer Learning Workshop Visit held on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Lagos, Nigeria. PHOTO| COURTESY Audio By Vocalize By Dr. Robert Ochola and Premier Oiwoh Africa is...
Togo hosts livestock investment forum with AfDB support
Togo First
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(Togo First) - In Lomé, the Ministry of Fisheries, Livestock and Transhumance last week brought together livestock stakeholders and investors to explore opportunities in a sector seen as underdeveloped. The meeting, financially supported by the...
Business : Senegal Calls On Malaysian Companies To Invest And Use It As Gateway To Africa
Bernama
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August 26, 2025
By Rosemarie Khoo KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Senegal is inviting Malaysian companies to invest and form strategic partnerships in the West African nation as part of its ambition to become Malaysia’s gateway to Africa, which has a huge...
How poor agricultural policies, inadequate inputs, funding worsen food inflation in Oyo
Peoples Gazette
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September 6, 2025
In this piece, AYODELE ADUWO examines the factors joining forces to drive food inflation in Oyo State It was midday with the sun casting hot shadow on the ambience in a market located in Bodija area in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo...
Science Euronews Turning point, apocalypse or renewal: what will the blood moon bring to Europe?
Yahoo News
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The blood moon, otherwise known as a total lunar eclipse, has been surrounded by superstition for centuries - often with dark or apocalyptic connotations. In many cultures - from Babylon to China to Central America - the blood moon was interpreted...
Importation Of Fuel: Pricing forces Nigeria to abandon European markets for Lome hub
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 30, 2025
Nigeria’s importation of petroleum products from European countries have dwindled not only as a result of the commencement or operation of Dangote Refinery, but also because marketers have tapped into sourcing products from the Lome offshore hub...
Pirates Scared Off from Tanker Attack by Approaching Togolese Patrol Boat
The Maritime Executive
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The suspected attack on a small chemical tanker off the coast of Togo in West Africa is over, with the crew reported to be safe and AIS signals showing the vessel underway. The incident took place approximately 60 nautical miles south of Lome,...
NIMASA moves to repel attempted pirate attack in Gulf of Guinea at Togo port
Eagle Online
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August 29, 2025
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), through its C4i Centre, on Thursday says it has received an alert from the Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade (MDAT) Gulf of Guinea Watchkeepers regarding an attempted boarding of...
NIMASA, Navy Move To Avert Attempted Gulf Of Guinea Piracy Incident On MT Endo Ponente, Off Lome, Togo
Daily Independent
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August 29, 2025
2 The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) said that its Special Mission Vessel DB Lagos operated by Nigerian Navy is responding to distress call on attempted piracy incident in the Gulf of Guinea. Edward Osagie, Deputy...
Togo, Japan chambers of commerce sign deal to deepen trade ties
Togo First
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(Togo First) - The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Togo (CCI-Togo) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Osaka (CCI-Osaka) signed a cooperation agreement on Wednesday, August 20, 2025. The deal was formalized by José Symenouh, president...
Nigerian Navy Intervenes As Pirates Attempt To Hijack Maltese Chemical Tanker Off Togo
Sahara Reporters
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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has confirmed an attempted piracy attack on the Maltese-flagged chemical tanker, MT Endo Ponente, off the coast of Lome, Togo. According to a statement issued on Friday, Osagie...
NIMASA Foils Ship Hijack Around Lome Port
New Telegraph
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August 29, 2025
Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has foiled an attempt to hijack a chemical tanker close to Lome Port, Togo, with its Special Mission Vessel, DB Lagos. New Telegraph gathered that the DB Lagos, operated by the Nigerian...
Aephaniel Owusu-Agyemang: What Ghana’s gas-for-power barter with Nigeria could mean for the economy
MyJoyOnline
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August 29, 2025
Ghana’s Energy Ministry has recently hinted at an arrangement where Nigeria would supply natural gas to Ghana, which Ghana would then use to generate electricity. Instead of paying for the gas in cash, Ghana would export some of the electricity...
Avance Media Announces 2025 100 African Female Finance Leaders Ranking
Business and Financial Times
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August 28, 2025
Leading PR & Rating firm, Avance Media, has officially unveiled the 2025 edition of its 100 African Female Finance Leaders Ranking, a prestigious publication celebrating outstanding women who are shaping Africa’s financial sector. Selected from 31...
CSOs rally in Accra for debt cancellation and trade justice
Business and Financial Times
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August 28, 2025
By Konrad K. DJAISI Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Aygeman will join African Trades Union – under the banner of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) – together with other civil society...
Nigeria bans exports of raw shea nuts used for cosmetic products to help grow local economy
102.3 KRMG - Oklahoma
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August 28, 2025
LAGOS, Nigeria — (AP) — Nigeria's government has banned the export of raw shea nuts, an essential raw material in many cosmetic products, in a bid to grow the country into a global supplier of refined shea butter and other skincare ingredients....
African Trade Unions to lead Pan-African rally for debt cancellation and trade justice
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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August 27, 2025
By Rachel Kakraba and Portia Sarpong The African Trade Unions, under the auspices of the African Regional Organization of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Ghana, will on Friday, 29...
Togo: Faure Gnassingbé Urges Africa-Japan to Build Joint Industries at TICAD 9
Togo First
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(Togo First) - In Yokohama, where the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) opened on Wednesday, 20 August 2025, Togolese President of the Council Faure Gnassingbé urged Africa and Japan to redefine their economic...
In Togo, Microfinance Deposits Rise as Credit Access Shrinks in Q1 2025
Togo First
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(Togo First) - Togo's microfinance sector showed mixed results in the first quarter of 2025. According to regional data from the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), deposits collected by decentralized financial systems (SFD) rose by 22.9...