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Kenyan politics disrupts sell-off
The flotation of Safaricom, a mobile telephone operator set to be the biggest listed company in east Africa, has been dragged into the increasingly...
Mining contracts under review
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC) has set up a panel to review mining contracts, Mining Minister Martin Kabwelulu said...
Strike fears bolster artificial fuel shortage
The long fuel queues that surfaced in Nigeria's economic capital city of Lagos Tuesday is artificial and will soon disappear, sources close to the...
Kenyan industrialists want EAC to define relations with Comesa, SADC
A year before the five East African Community (EAC) members amalgamate into a single trading bloc with a common currency, the Kenyan business community...
‘Unfair’ EAC common external tariffs worry Kenyan traders
Kenyan manufacturers are calling for a review of tariff regimes in the East African Community to protect its industries against harsh common external tariff...
Index connects with Africa’s economic upsurge
Africa, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, has for decades been thought of as, at best, a volatile investment opportunity with the glamour and extreme risk of...
ECOWAS Trade Fair ends, Cote d’Ivoire to host next edition
The 5th ECOWAS Trade Fair rounded off in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Saturday with the organisers giving the mandate to host the next edition in...
Hydrocarbon market opacity condemned by Oil Operators
Star Oil operators (the leader on Mauritanian and Malian markets) and Total have denounced the "conditions of opacity" in which M auritania's oil product...
US trade delegation to visit Ghana, Nigeria and S. Africa
US Assistant secretary of Commerce, Israel Hernandez, will lead a trade delegation to Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, according to a statement from the...
Oil refinery project takes off in Mozambique
The project to build an oil refinery at Nacala-a-Velha, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, has taken off with the transportation of equipment...
Sarkozy seeks new ties in Africa
France is to renegotiate all defence agreements with its former colonies in Africa, Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday, in the strongest signal yet that...
French President negotiates deals in South Africa
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on a two day visit to Cape Town, South Africa’s political capital, where he is expected to sign a...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy targets deals in Africa
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on a two day visit to Cape Town, South Africa's political capital, where he is expected to address the...
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...
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...