An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Amadou Sy visited Port Louis and Ebène during 31 July – 15 August 2017 to conduct the discussions for the 2017 Article IV consultation with Mauritius
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US support industrialisation and regional value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa
AGOA is a unilateral Act of Congress that was introduced in 2000 to provide duty-free quota-free treatment for over 6000 tariff lines into the United States market
Nigeria's private sector growth hits a two-year high
According to Stanbic IBTC Bank, July’s PMI survey signaled the sharpest overall improvement of business conditions in the Nigerian private sector for two years, as the economy extended the upturn seen throughout 2017
United Capital releases its outlook for Nigeria in 2017
United Capital has released its Nigeria Outlook H2-2017 entitled After The Rain, released in July 2017. The full report can be viewed here
BTS sells 51 per cent of AvoVision community business to South African Investors
BTS, a leading global strategy implementation firm, has sold 51 percent of AvoVision community business to three South African investors for a total of ZAR 1.5mn (US$0.12mn)