Category : Commerce

Chinese relations with Africa are set to grow next year, with both sides considering upgradinga ministerial-level forum to a leadership summit, a senior Foreign Ministry...

By Titus Too Farm workers shell maize in Cheptiret, Uasin Gishu County, recently. Farmers in the country are uncertain of the future due to delayed...

  Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg , A resident sits and looks across the bay towards the city center skyline in Luanda.  Luanda was ranked the world’s...

Uganda’s Central Bank sold dollars yesterday to relieve pressure on the shilling created by demand for the US currency, although traders said the outlook was...

Fuel was sold on the black market during a previous strike Nigeria’s two main oil workers’ unions have begun a nationwide strike, threatening to hurt...

As South African supermarket chains seek to defend their business from the encroaching heft of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), the U.S. retailer is getting mired...

Despite the hype around mobile money’s rapid uptake across Africa, in a new study e-vouchers outperformed mobile money – and in many cases physical cash...

FOR waterlogged Johannesburg, appropriate weather for summer-friendly white wines seems a distant prospect. This is a pity, not only because the Cape produces more fine...

Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s minister of communication technology Omobola Johnson has predicted ICT would be the highest contributor to Nigeria’s GDP by 2020. She said this...

      Africa is growing, and it is growing fast. By 2050, the continent will account for half of the world’s population growth, and...

                      Sea Trucks Group reports the award of a second installation contract for a development...

In a letter to lawmakers published Monday police confirmed they had initiated an investigation into spending at Zuma’s Nkandla home, AFP reported. The president, who...

     style=”display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px”      data-ad-client=”ca-pub-3299921071151129″      data-ad-slot=”2102069697″>   Airtel Africa has announced a partnership with Dubai-based mobile satellite services provider, Thuraya in a deal which will...

    By Mathew Dangote Cement is looking to broaden its horizons even further as it seeks a license for a 75 megawatt (MW) power...

Blatant looting and financial malpractice by successive managers of Mumias Sugar Company could be responsible for the current situation in which the principal employer in...

The Malawi government released yesterday an external forensic audit into the alleged theft of almost $50 million of public funds, a scandal known in the...

By JAKE BRIGHT Ethiopia is bidding to become Africa’s lead manufacturing hub, repositioning itself as an outsourcing alternative to countries such as China, where rising...

                By Tolani Awere Nigeria plans to boost its cocoa output by more than 40 percent to 500,000...