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THE AFRICA BAZAAR Staff Writer August 2014 South Africa-based coal producer Exxaro said Monday it has entered into an agreement with Total, S.A. to acquire 100 percent of Total Coal South Africa Proprietary Limited and its related export marketing rights…

By THE AFRICA BAZAAR Staff Writer African budget airline Fastjet said starting next month it will increase the frequency of its weekly domestic and international flights between its popular routes in Tanzania’s capital city and other cities and Zambia to…

By THE AFRICA BAZAAR Staff Writer 2014 The African Development Bank said it has issued its first Nigerian local currency bond in the capital market. The bank said it successfully introduced and sold NGN 12.95 billion of a seven-year, semi-annual…

By THE AFRICA BAZAAR Staff Writer August 2014 The Rockefeller Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on Monday they will jointly fund a new global climate resilience food security program, Global Resilience Partnership, with $100 million,…

THE AFRICA BAZAAR Staff Writer Standard Chartered said it is ramping up its investment commitment to Power Africa projects with an additional $3 billion, bringing its total pledge to $5 billion. With the additional investment, Standard Chartered plans to add…