
MacDonald Dzirutwe
Bureau Chief at Reuters
Nigeria Bureau Chief @Reuters. Previously Harare. DM open for news tips & story ideas. Views my own, retweets are not endorsements. [email protected]
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ca.finance.yahoo.com | Duncan Miriri |MacDonald Dzirutwe
By Duncan Miriri and MacDonald Dzirutwe NAIROBI/LAGOS (Reuters) -A steep drop in crude oil prices largely due to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs will squeeze budgets of emerging market oil exporters, analysts said, while the potential economic slowdown could also curb any benefits for importers.
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marketscreener.com | MacDonald Dzirutwe |Ahmed Kingimi
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 51 people were killed by gunmen in the early hours of Monday in Nigeria's northern Plateau state, residents and Amnesty International said, two weeks after deadly clashes in another part of the state left dozens dead. Last week, the national emergency agency said gunmen had killed at least 52 people and displaced nearly 2,000 others over several days of attacks in Plateau, which has a history of violence between farmers and cattle herders.
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zawya.com | MacDonald Dzirutwe
LAGOS: The African Development Bank is mobilising $2.2 billion to develop agricultural processing zones in 28 states in Nigeria to boost food security and create jobs, the bank's president Akinwumi Adesina said on Tuesday. Adesina was speaking in northern Kaduna state while launching the first phase of the initiative that is targeting five states. This phase is being bankrolled by more than $500 million that was first announced in 2022.
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bizcommunity.africa | MacDonald Dzirutwe |Chijioke Ohuocha |Ahmed Eljechtimi
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Advertise your job vacancies Ogilvy South Africa is the top African agency named in the The Warc Awards for Effectiveness 2025 shortlist with four of the six African campaigns. Uganda is the only other African country shortlisted with two campaigns.
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bizcommunity.africa | MacDonald Dzirutwe |Chijioke Ohuocha |Ahmed Eljechtimi
2 days7 days30 daysBy Industry Advertise your job vacancies The Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2025 have been announced with South Africa's digital media leading from the front with six winners, with Daily Maverick winning three categories. Daily Maverick won three categories in the Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2025, the most from South Africa and also the most of all the entries.
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