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Kenya: Ruto’s U-turn on tax-hike bill after deadly protests likely due to Western pressure

Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday (26 June) rejected to sign a controversial finance bill into law after peaceful protests turned deadly when protesters stormed parliament and scores of people were shot dead. A day after what was the biggest and most direct assault on Kenya’s government in decades, the president now says the bill […]

Egypt : the second economic stimulus

The military backed interim government will be embarking on its second economic stimulus package with an amount of 30 billion Egyptian pounds after allocating 29,6 billion in the first operation. Finance Minister Ahmed Galal said the package will be financed by state funds and aid received from the Gulf States. Egypt’s economy has been on […]

Facebook to build internet infrastructure in Africa

Facebook announced it will cooperate with a consortium of telecom businesses to build, 2Africa, the Africa internet infrastructure. 2Africa will involve Alcatel Submarine Networks, China Mobile International, Telecom Egypt and Vodafone who make up part of the partnering companies, Anadolu reports. The project, defined as a mammoth 22,990 mile-long undersea cable around Africa, according to […]