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APO Offers fully paid trip for one African journalist to cover the Annual Investment Meeting in Dubai

October 31, 2016/APO APO, the press release distribution service dedicated to Africa and the Middle East, and the global leader in media relations related to Africa and Middle East, will award one African journalist with a round trip ticket and accommodation to cover the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) (http://www.AIMcongress.com/en) – […]

Elumelu Says Entrepreneurship Only Path to Independence, Sustainability

31/10/2016/TEF President Koroma of Sierra Leone, President Obasanjo of Nigeria, Governor Ikpeazu, Minister Lai Mohammed, Mrs Folorunsho Alakija, Join 1,000 African Entrepreneurs At 2016 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Forum. Foundation Announces Partnerships with African Development Bank, ECOWAS, Coca-Cola, Nigerian Ministry of Information. At the largest annual gathering of African entrepreneurs, held in Lagos, Nigeria, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) hosted almost 1,000 women and men from […]

GE nears about $30 billion deal with Baker Hughes: WSJ

October 31, 2016/Reuters General Electric Co (GE.N) is nearing an about $30 billion deal to merge its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes Inc (BHI.N), the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The combined entity will be controlled by GE and would have publicly traded shares, the Journal reported, […]