Tag: Bloomberg
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Bloomberg rates Dangote as richest man in Africa with $15.6bn
An international news agency headquartered in New York City, Bloomberg Business News has rated the president of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote as the richest man in Africa, despite the volatility of Nigerian currency against the dollar. Bloomberg in its daily top billionaire lists, released on Tuesday, revealed that Dangote with a wealth of $15.6 billion…
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Dangote, only Nigerian on Bloomberg’s top Billionaires’ lists
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has significantly moved up in the World billionaires’ list as his fortune increased to $17.8 billion as against last year’s $14.8 billion to emerge as the only Nigerian in the Bloomberg’s yearly top billionaire lists. Other Africans on the lists are three South Africans. They are Johann Rupert and…
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Why Kanye West is not America’s richest black person
The global media company and American business magazine, Forbes has frowned at reports that American rapper, Kanye West is the richest black American. Forbes focuses majorly on listing and ranking in areas like business, investment, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership and marketing. The magazine took to its official Twitter account @forbes on Friday, and tweeted: “No, Kanye…
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Nigeria needs growth to neutralize poverty time bomb –Bloomberg
Only economic growth can defuse poverty time bomb in Nigeria, Bloomberg said in an editorial on Sunday. The New York-based international news agency, which described President Muhammadu Buhari’s record over the last four years as disheartening, wondered whether he “is up to the task” of reviving the economy. According to the editorial, one of humanity’s…
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Google begins removing personal medical records from search results
Google has removed private medical records from its search results, Bloomberg reports, after quietly changing its policy on content removal. On Thursday, the company’s search policy was amended to include “confidential, personal medical records of private people” under a list of content it may remove from search results. Although Google has historically been reluctant to…