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    Actis eyes Africa power projects after $1-billion of investments

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    London-based private equity firm Actis is looking at African energy projects to add to the US$1-billion it has already invested in the sector on the continent.

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    China has announced an initiative to establish global standards on data security, saying it wants to promote multilateralism in the area at a time when “individual countries” are “bullying” others.

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