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Chart of the Week: For India, Toilets Bring Benefits

February 27, 2017 by iMFdirect By iMFdirect Improving access to sanitation, an important Sustainable Development Goal, is essential for achieving gender equality and economic prosperity. It leads to increased female participation in the workforce, higher literacy and faster economic growth, according to the IMF’s latest research for India.  Specifically, improving […]

NSE Lists Nigeria’s First FX Denominated Bonds

…partners Debt Management Office to lists $1 Billion FGN Eurobonds March 01, 2017/NSE – The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE” or “The Exchange”) is pleased to announce the listing of $1 billion Federal Government (FGN) Eurobond issued under Nigeria’s newly established Global Medium Term Note programme on the floor of the […]

Facebook’s Chief Product Officer visits Ghana to learn from its tech and creative talent

March 1, 2017/Facebook Chris Cox, Chief Product Officer at Facebook (www.Facebook.com), visited the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) in Accra, Ghana today to meet with Ghanaian entrepreneurs and see how they are working to build sustainable technology businesses. Later in the day he witnessed the force of Ghana’s creative […]