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The new scramble for Africa’s resources
In the past decade, Africa has seen an unprecedented boom in oil and gas investment.
By Dino Mahtani
With big companies shut...
Cote d’Ivoire hosts first Anglophone, Francophone business talks in March
The first International Business Conference (IBC), organised by the New Partnership for Africa Development (NEPAD) Business Group of Cote d'Ivoire, in collaboration with their...
Inflation upsurge in Mugabe’s Zimbabwe
Barely a month ago, Zimbabwe made history by printing 10 million zimbabwean dollar notes to ease its cash crises. Bagfuls of cash were needed...
ECOWAS – OSI extend cooperation
The ECOWAS Commission and the Open Society Institute (OSI) have agreed to extend their areas of cooperation to cover such issues as managing revenue...
Nigeria’s 2008 budget ‘to be presented to the public’
Bicameral legislature in passing the 2008 Appropriation Bill may end Tuesday (12 Feb), as the National Assembly (parliament) has announced plans to present the...
Fourth uranium firm to list on Namibian bourse
Australian uranium firm, Paladin Energy Ltd., which operates in Namibia and Malawi, said Monday it would dual list on the Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX)...
South Africa’s Foreign Minister visits Russia
South African Foreign Minister, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Monday arrived in Moscow, where she will hold discussions with Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yuri...
Mbeki apologises for power cuts
South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki on Friday sought to reassure international and domestic businesspeople over the fall out from the country’s power crisis insisting...
Nigerian bourse ends week subdued
Trading witnessed a downturn at the close of this week's transactions on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), with a turnover of...
Mobile bank for every African pocket?
With most formal banks inaccessible to many Africans, the service of mobile phone banking is expanding to the poor on the continent. Africa Renewal’s...
Africa: Another Gold Rush
It was in a Parisian metro (subway / tube) that I eavesdropped on a conversation between a group of young interracial men... The South...