Libya Approves Budget As Eastern Oil Port Reopens
Libya’s parliament approved the overdue 2014 budget worth $47 billion Sunday, drawing on reserves to offset...
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Can Africa revolutionise agriculture the way it did telecommunications- Strive Masiyiwa?
Launching a business can be hard work, especially in Africa, where weak governance systems and inconsistent access to critical resources impede success. For Africa’s...
Egypt business pushes Sisi for energy subsidy cuts
Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has kept Egyptians guessing about how he will handle energy subsidies, one of the most explosive issues coming his...
Energy-rich Gulf goes hungry for gas
In the space of just 72 hours last week core OPEC oil producer Kuwait lined up $15 billion worth of gas supply from BP and...
South Africa to grant Indians business visas in four days
South Africa will grant visas to Indian businessmen wishing to explore prospects in the country within four days of submitting an application, its envoy here...
President Ellen Johnson Submits U.S. $557 Million Budget Prioritizes Infrastructure Development
H.E. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Sources from the Finance Ministry have disclosed that the total budget to be submitted is estimated at US$529...
Performance and Prospects Economic performance in Africa –
strate resilience in the face of slow recovery of the global economy, although with broad variation across countries and regions. Growth in sub-Saharan Africa was...
Oxfam Urges Top Food Brands to Cut Supply-Chain Emissions
By Megan Rowling Climate change impacts are expected to push up the price of everyday foods like breakfast cereals, and the world’s biggest...
‘PH farmers endangered species’
MAP: Countries participating in WEF on East Asia 2014 Three heads of state and government will join more than 600 delegates from international organizations, businesses,...
'PH farmers endangered species'
MAP: Countries participating in WEF on East Asia 2014 Three heads of state and government will join more than 600 delegates from international organizations, businesses,...
North Africa Burns Billions on Energy Subsidies
By Tom Stevenson In total, the governments of Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia spend more than $45bn on energy subsidies each year – a...
MTN SA, Vodacom Reveal FTTH Plans
South African telco MTN has announced plans to commercially launch a 100Mbps fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband service in its domestic market on 1 June 2014, TechCentral...
Morocco wind farm, Africa’s biggest, starts generating power
Africa’s largest wind farm, at Tarfaya in southwestern Morocco, has started generating electricity and will be capable of meeting the electricity needs of several hundred...
Morocco wind farm, Africa's biggest, starts generating power
Africa’s largest wind farm, at Tarfaya in southwestern Morocco, has started generating electricity and will be capable of meeting the electricity needs of several hundred...
Algeria Hopes To Complete Process Of Accession To WTO By End-2015, Says Trade Minister
Algerian Minister of Trade Mustapha Benbada is hopeful that the country can complete the process of accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by the...
Iranians abandons Zimbabwe project
Chitungwiza based textile manufacturer, Modzone Enterprises, closed shop in 2012 after its Iranian shareholders stopped investing in the firm as they were not recouping anything...
South Africa Proposes Transferring Half of Farm Land to Workers
By Tshepiso Mokhema South Africa’s Rural Development and Land Reform Ministry has proposed buying half of some farms and splitting the land up among workers,...
South Africa Proposes Transferring Half of Farm Land to Workers
By Tshepiso Mokhema South Africa’s Rural Development and Land Reform Ministry has proposed buying half of some farms and splitting the land up among workers,...
‘Big Data’ comes to Africa
By Sherelle Jacobs From health insurance to banking, African companies and entrepreneurs are harnessing the opportunities of big data CEOs claim it will revolutionise African...
‘Big Data’ comes to Africa
By Sherelle Jacobs From health insurance to banking, African companies and entrepreneurs are harnessing the opportunities of big data CEOs claim it will revolutionise African...