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In the CFA franc zones, Côte d’Ivoire has the highest minimum wage (Photo: AFP).

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While an increase in the monthly minimum wage is a popular promise for African politicians, wage trends are marked by regional disparities.

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Premium badgeShell’s Daystar to follow South African solar expansion with Tanzania Daystar started in Nigeria and opened South African offices in Johannesburg in August. It plans to be operating in Tanzania by the end of the year.
Tanzania’s Minister for Works and Transport Makame Mbarawa in an unloaded carriage for the Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) (Photo by Ericky BONIPHACE / AFP)

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Premium badgeDP World meets Tanzania’s interests of expanding trade links, says minister of works Makame Mbarawa says an agreement between the logistics company and Tanzania is a framework and commercial terms have not been agreed.
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In the CFA franc zones, Côte d’Ivoire has the highest minimum wage (Photo: AFP).

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Premium badgeWhich African countries have the highest minimum wage? While an increase in the monthly minimum wage is a popular promise for African politicians, wage trends are marked by regional disparities.
daystar_badagry005 © Daystar panels at Badagry in Nigeria. Photo supplied.

Hybrid Path

Premium badgeShell’s Daystar to follow South African solar expansion with Tanzania Daystar started in Nigeria and opened South African offices in Johannesburg in August. It plans to be operating in Tanzania by the end of the year.
Tanzania’s Minister for Works and Transport Makame Mbarawa in an unloaded carriage for the Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) (Photo by Ericky BONIPHACE / AFP)

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Premium badgeDP World meets Tanzania’s interests of expanding trade links, says minister of works Makame Mbarawa says an agreement between the logistics company and Tanzania is a framework and commercial terms have not been agreed.

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In the CFA franc zones, Côte d’Ivoire has the highest minimum wage (Photo: AFP).

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Premium badgeWhich African countries have the highest minimum wage? While an increase in the monthly minimum wage is a popular promise for African politicians, wage trends are marked by regional disparities.
daystar_badagry005 © Daystar panels at Badagry in Nigeria. Photo supplied.

Hybrid Path

Premium badgeShell’s Daystar to follow South African solar expansion with Tanzania Daystar started in Nigeria and opened South African offices in Johannesburg in August. It plans to be operating in Tanzania by the end of the year.
Tanzania’s Minister for Works and Transport Makame Mbarawa in an unloaded carriage for the Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) (Photo by Ericky BONIPHACE / AFP)

port politics

Premium badgeDP World meets Tanzania’s interests of expanding trade links, says minister of works Makame Mbarawa says an agreement between the logistics company and Tanzania is a framework and commercial terms have not been agreed.

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Premium badgeGhana’s central bank boss under pressure to resign over fiscal recklessness Ernest Addison and his deputies have been given an ultimatum to leave the Central Bank or face the wrath of the opposition party.
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