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3 Jun 15
Foreign direct investment into Africa surged last year, creating 188,400 new jobs across the continent as projects signed the previous year became operational, EY’s annual survey has found.
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1 Jun 15
Egypt is to receive a $140m loan and a $1.7m grant from the African Development Bank to develop its economy, particularly the aviation sector.
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27 May 15
The United Nations is to hold an international conference to boost the recovery from Ebola in Africa in July, secretary general Ban Ki-moon has announced.
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27 May 15
African countries have been urged to mobilise the ‘untapped potential’ of their regions to help ensure growth is shared more equitably.
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27 May 15
A round-up of public finance news stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed this week.
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27 May 15
British efforts to work with businesses to deliver development programmes in poor countries are being obstructed by insufficient oversight and a lack of clear targets, the UK aid watchdog has warned.
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27 May 15
The International Monetary Fund has approved Uganda’s Public Financial Management Act, saying it represents a major milestone.
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27 May 15
Problems with the reliability of South Africa’s electricity supply could hurt economic growth, according to the country’s finance minister Nhlanhla Nene.
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20 May 15
Africans must reclaim their dignity and stand up to corruption, the Africa Congress of Accountants heard today.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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20 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East & Africa you might have missed.
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19 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East and Africa you might have missed.
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19 May 15
A round-up of recent public finance stories from the Middle East and Africa you might have missed.
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19 May 15
More taxes and better collection of them would allow Nigeria to collect the money to fund the social programmes it so badly needs. Judith Ugwumadu reports
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14 May 15
Social media highlights from the first plenary on the last day of the Africa Congress of Accountants focussed on the war on corruption and illicit financial flows from Africa.
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12 May 15
The chief executive of the Pan African Federation of Accountants talks to Public Finance International about illicit finance flows, the role of accountants and his reflections on ACOA 2015
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12 May 15
Social media highlights of the morning plenaries on the first full day of the Africa Congress of Accountants 2015 in Mauritius.
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12 May 15
Ian Ball of CIPFA International spoke to PF International about public sector governance and Africa's progress at ACOA 2015 in Mauritius.
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12 May 15
Terence Nombembe, SAICA chief executive and board member of PAFA, talks to PF International about public sector accounting in Africa at the ACOA 2015 conference in Mauritius.
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12 May 15
Lee Burns, honorary professor of taxation law at the University of Sydney, talks to PF International about Africa's taxation challenges.
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12 May 15
IFAC president Olivia Kirtley talked to Public Finance International at ACOA 2015 about the challenges facing women in the accountancy profession
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12 May 15
Rotimi Otomoso, chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria talks to Public Finance International about what PAOs should do to be successful.
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12 May 15
Brian Blood of CAPA talks about the organisation's maturity model at the ACOA 2015 conference in Mauritius.
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12 May 15
Renaud Seligmann, Practice Manager, Public Resources Mobilization and Management Unit, World Bank talks to Public Finance International about the importance of PFM, the effect of the Ebola crisis and...
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11 May 15
Public Finance International attended the opening ceremony of ACOA 2015 in Mauritius on Monday 11 May, 2015.