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Finally, a Health Insurance Campaign That Speaks Directly to Millennials

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Follow us on Twitter:  @GoAfricaNetwork For many Americans, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the first time in which inexpensive, comprehensive health care coverage has become available. In particular, younger Americans searching for their first health insurance plan will benefit from ACA coverage. But the ACA marketing has fallen flat as the Obama administration and the […]

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East Africa Puts Pressure on Exploration Investment in Nigeria

East Africa economic news, Economic news, West Africa economic news /

Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfriaNetwork.org Nigeria is no longer the preferred destination for oil exploration in Africa, the Managing Director\Chief Executive, Total Upstream Company in Nigeria, Elisabeth Proust, has said. Proust attributed this to stiff competition from East Africa with large volumes of gas discovered in Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya and Angola. According to her, these

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Finance: Building a Banking hub for Africa

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Follow us on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork The financial services sector is forging new partnerships and adapting its product offerings to help investors expand their activities throughout Africa. Mauritius is positioning itself to become an Africa-focused financial support centre, modelling itself on the role Singapore is playing in Southeast Asia. Africa is the big opportunity over the

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Costs Can Go Up Fast When E.R. Is in Network but the Doctors Are Not

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When Jennifer Hopper raced to the emergency room after her husband, Craig, took a baseball in the face, she made sure they went to a hospital in their insurance network in Texas. So when they got a $937 bill from the emergency room doctor, she called the insurer, assuming it was in error. But the

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Africa wants equal partners, not exploitation – Maged Abdelaziz

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Follow us on Twitter: GoAfricaNetwork In 2012 the United Nations General Assembly created a mechanism to monitor commitments made by African countries and their partners to improve Africa’s economic development. The Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (OSAA) is the secretariat for the mechanism, and works with other UN agencies to track progress on

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Miss a Payment? Good Luck Moving That Car

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The thermometer showed a 103.5-degree fever, and her 10-year-old’s asthma was flaring up. Mary Bolender, who lives in Las Vegas, needed to get her daughter to an emergency room, but her 2005 Chrysler van would not start. The cause was not a mechanical problem — it was her lender. Ms. Bolender was three days behind

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Uganda to seek $8 bn China loan to fund railway construction

East Africa economic news, Economic news /

Uganda is hoping to secure an $8 billion loan from China to build a railway network to revamp the country’s transport infrastructure as it prepares to start oil production. As in other areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, China has become a major investor in Uganda. It has mostly channelled funds into roads, hydro power dams, fibre

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Nigeria: Jumia unveils same day delivery service

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Follows us on Twitter @GoAfricaNetwork Jumia has introduced a same day delivery to its customers in Lagos, exactly two years after its major competitor, Konga, introduced a similar service in the country. According to Nicolas Martin, Jumia’s Managing Director, the online retailer’s goal is set to give customers the best online retail experience with its express service

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Environment: Sun and Wind Alter German Landscape, Leaving Utilities Behind

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Follow me on Twitter: @GoAfricaNetwork HELIGOLAND, Germany — Of all the developed nations, few have pushed harder than Germany to find a solution to global warming. And towering symbols of that drive are appearing in the middle of the North Sea. They are wind turbines, standing as far as 60 miles from the mainland, stretching as

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Ford unveils new models for Africa as it eyes big untapped market

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Ford Motor Co announced 17 new vehicles for Sub-Saharan Africa on Thursday, as carmakers jostle for position in one of the last major markets where potential growth remains largely untapped. The models, among 25 to be introduced by 2016 in a broader product offensive across the Middle East and Africa, draw on the U.S. auto

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