Business

Entrepreneurs according to a report by the Center for American Progress, women of color “are a principal force behind one of the most important components of America’s current marketplace and our nation’s future economy: entrepreneurship.” Specifically,[3] from 1997 to 2013 women-owned firms grew by 59 percent overall and African American women-owned firms grew by 258 percent! Sisters are definitely doing ...

British colonialists would travel from the countryside to watch planes take off in Nairobi. Back in 1945, then British territory and Colonial Office had set up the East African Airways Corp. with a budget of just 50,000 pounds. Flight technology was new and exciting an elite toy operated by the colonial overlords of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, now Tanzania. Check ...

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has made a bid for a majority stake in automaker Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) Limited. Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state, told journalists on Thursday that Dangote is a key member of a consortium that has applied to acquire the majority stake in the company which is currently owned by Nigeria’s state-backed “bad ...

Kenya Railway is in talks about funding for the remaining stretch of the standard-gauge railway that will link the port of Mombasa to Uganda and plans to start work on a link between the capital, Nairobi, and the western town of Naivasha by December. Check also: Kenya to Host Major U.N Conference on Trade And Development Summit in July 2016 ...

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