Africa Business News

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  • Daily news insights and analysis of the African business Landscape, covering from emerging startups to macroeconomics from across the 55 African Union member states com.

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  • UN Expands Haiti Arms Embargo To All Types Of Weapons

    UN Expands Haiti Arms Embargo To All Types Of Weapons
    Oct 21 2024
    The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to expand its arms embargo in Haiti because of grave concerns over extremely high levels of gang violence. The embargo will extend to all types of arms and ammunition in the Caribbean country, which faces multiple challenges. The resolution authorises the 193 UN member nations to take “appropriate steps to prevent the illicit trafficking and diversion of arms and related materiel in Haiti”. The resolution also extends a travel ban and asset freeze on gang members and criminals on its blacklist.

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  • Egypt Declared Malaria-free After 100-year Effort

    Egypt Declared Malaria-free After 100-year Effort
    Oct 21 2024
    Egypt has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO) - an achievement hailed by the UN public health agency as truly historic. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilization itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history. Egyptian authorities launched their first efforts to stamp out the deadly mosquito-borne infectious disease nearly 100 years. Certification is granted when a country proves that the transmission chain is interrupted for at least the previous three consecutive years. Malaria kills at least 600,000 people every year, nearly all of them in Africa. The WHO praised "the Egyptian government and people" for their efforts to "end a disease that has been present in the country since ancient times".

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  • Nigerian Telcos, Subscribers Reject 5% Excise Duty

    Nigerian Telcos, Subscribers Reject 5% Excise Duty
    Oct 21 2024
    Nigeria’s telecommunications sector has again strongly rejected the Federal Government’s attempt to reintroduce a 5 per cent excise duty on telecommunications services. Stakeholders described the move as insensitive to the current economic climate and the financial struggles faced by consumers. The excise duty structure in the bill indicates that telecom services, including postpaid and prepaid services regulated by the Nigerian Communications Commission, will attract a five per cent duty. The proposal added that Services, including telecommunications, gaming, gambling, betting, and lotteries, however, described, provided in Nigeria shall be charged with duties of excise at the rates specified under the Tenth Schedule to this Act in a manner as may be prescribed by the Service.

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