Cape Verde News
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Banco Angolano de Investimentos SA, Angola’s largest bank by assets, is forecasting 10 percent revenue growth this year as Africa’s second-biggest oil and gas- producing nation expands.
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Charity Atter’s maid, Eva, lowers a bucket tied with a yellow rope deep into a well and waits about two minutes for the water to collect inside. Atter, a 37-year- old widow who lives in one of the fast-growing suburbs of Ghana’s capital, has been relying on well water for three years.
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The U.S. is exploring a possible trade and investment agreement with the 15-nation Economic Community of West Africa, acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis said today.
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President Barack Obama said the leaders of four sub-Saharan countries in Africa are consolidating democratic gains, leading to more stable governments and economic growth.
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Banco BIC SA, Angola’s biggest private bank in terms of branches, has $760 million to expand its network and carry out an acquisition in Brazil, Chief Executive Officer Fernando Teles said.
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Ghana defeated Cape Verde 2-0 in the quarterfinals of soccer’s Africa Cup of Nations.
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Tropical Storm Igor, which stalled today over the eastern Atlantic off the Cape Verde Islands, will begin heading toward the Caribbean later in the day before strengthening tomorrow, meteorologists said.
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Kenya plans to issue a sovereign bond in the second half of the year, raising as much as $1 billion as investor interest grows after a peaceful election last week, Finance Minister Robinson Githae said.
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Rwanda, Cape Verde and Zambia led the 27 sub-Saharan African countries that improved their position in the World Bank’s Doing Business survey, a report that measures the ease of conducting business in 183 countries.
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Four candidates will compete in Cape Verde’s presidential election on Aug. 7, A Semana reported.
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