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EU demands Apple pay Ireland up to 13 billion euros in tax

August 30, 2016/Reuters By Foo Yun Chee EU antitrust regulators ordered Apple (AAPL.O) on Tuesday to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in taxes plus interest to the Irish government after ruling that a special scheme to route profits through Ireland was illegal state aid. The massive sum, […]

Investors to Inject $14bn into Nigerian Economy

30/8/2016/Thisday Crusoe Osagie International investors, under the aegis of Greenstone Capital International Africa and Tacnero Global, have announced the approval of $14billion for Nigeria out of the $200billion that would be injected into five African countries. The money is to be warehoused in Standard Chartered and two other Nigerian banks […]

World Water Week in Stockholm: AfDB joins global community to press for water for all by 2030

29/8/2016/AfDB As a leading provider of water and sanitation services in Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Water Facility (AWF) have been invited to participate in World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. World Water Week, which takes place from August 28 to September 2, 2016, is the […]