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CFI.co Meets the Director General of Wafacash: Samira Khamlichi
Bridging worlds and bringing people together: there is more to the remittance business than just shuffling cash across borders. In Morocco, Wafacash has been pushing the envelope for over a quarter century tapping into both its domestic market and the
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Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank (EIB): A Mostly Unseen Hand
In late-December, President Werner Hoyer of the European Investment Bank shared his experiences and insights with CFI.co. He leads an institution more than twice as large as the World Bank, yet remains virtually unknown outside financial circles. Werner Hoyer (66)
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Containers Printers: Premier Packaging Solutions Provider
At Containers Printers quality and sustainability sit at the very core of an approach to business that has delivered consistent growth and transformed the Singapore company into a trusted partner of industry. The package solutions provider was founded in 1981
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New Business-Registration Portal Goes Global
A new web portal has been launched to help companies directly access, and assess the user-friendliness of, business registration websites around the world. Global Enterprise Registration or www.ger.co is the brainchild of Ann Low, Deputy Director of the Office of
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Zaha Hadid (1950-2016): “I Don’t Design Nice Buildings”
Zaha Hadid orphaned this world on March 31 and left it waiting for great works that now will never be. Architects bloom late in life and, while a prodigy, Ms Hadid was widely expected to pique in the years ahead.
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UNCTAD: Africa Rising
Africa needs investment to advance sustainable development and see the continent prosper. James Zhan, Astrit Sulstarova and Mathabo le Roux argue that the nature and volume of foreign investment flows into the continent over the past fifteen years show Africa
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African Governments Invest in Skills in Sciences, Engineering, and Technology
President Macky Sall of Senegal launches a new Regional Scholarship and Innovative Fund in Johannesburg, South Africa, in June 2015. $5 million committed by African governments and African Business Champions for Science to award 10,000 PhDs scholarships over ten years.
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World Bank: Infrastructure Financing Options – Bankable Projects for Private Investors
Strategic investment funds have emerged as a way of addressing gaps in the infrastructure investment lifecycle. These funds are wholly or partially owned by governments or other public institutions, and are designed to mobilise private investment to key economic sectors.
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Waldemar Januszczak: Art for the Millions
The BBC needs a David Attenborough of the arts and Waldemar Januszczak (63) may answer the call. Arguably Britain’s best loved art critic, Mr Januszczak managed to illuminate the Dark Ages without causing viewers to zap elsewhere – a considerable
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Banco Nacional de Angola: Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing
January 12, 2016, Luanda, Angola: The National Bank of Angola (BNA) today announced that it is implementing a series of actions to strengthen anti-money -laundering (AML) compliance and combat the financing of terrorism (FT) in the Angolan financial system. Responding
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