M-SCAN, a startup from Ugandan, has won the $25,000 grand prize for the TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018. The event, supported by Facebook, held in Lagos on Tuesday and featured The post Ugandan healthcare startup wins $25k at TechCrunch Battlefield Africa appeared first on TheCable.
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Nigeria ranked 3rd most terrorised global nation
In the latest report released Wednesday, Iraq is ranked first, a position it has held since 2014. Afghanistan has ranked second since 2013. Our Reporters Nigeria, for the fourth consecutive year, occupies the third position among countries worst hit by terrorism, globally, according to the 2018 ranking on terrorism. This has been blamed on the […]
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Loan portfolio’ll gulp N400m of our new funds – Okafor, May & Baker boss
“About 400 million will be used to offset part of our current loan portfolio of about N950 million while the remaining will be used to buoy working capital” Omodele Adigun After much delay in raising money to finance its key projects, May & Baker Nigeria Plc has finally hit its investors for equity funds. According to […]
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World Bank cuts Nigeria, Africa’s growth forecasts
The World Bank has cut its growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa in 2018 to 2.7 per cent, down from an earlier target of 3.1 per cent, partly due to less favourable external environment for the region. The lender said in its October 2018 issue of Africa’s Pulse, the bi-annual analysis of the state of African […]
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World Bank forecasts 2.7% growth for sub-Saharan Africa in 2018
NAN The World Bank has cut its forecast for growth of sub-Saharan Africa in 2018 to 2.7 per cent, down from an earlier one of 3.1 per cent, partly due to less favourable external environment for the region. The lender said in its October 2018 issue of Africa’s Pulse, the bi-annual analysis of the state […]
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