Africa's agriculture sector is attracting new interest from donors and the international community as a global rise in food prices threatens to wipe out recent economic gains in developing countries.
Money transfer service via the mobile phone is seen as the next investor hotspot, signalling fresh competition in Africa's cell phone industry in a battle which includes mobile, television and music.
A battery manufacturing factory in Nairobi's industrial area, Associated Battery Manufacturers, regularly sends blood samples of its workers to Britain for analysis, just in case they have lead poisoning in their blood.
Whatana Investments, a company chaired by Mozambique's former first lady, Graca Machel, has taken a five per cent stake in Vodacom Mozambique (VM), one of the two mobile phone operators in the country.
The Angolan Transport minister, Augusto Tomás da Silva visits this Tuesday the structures of the Luanda Airport, to learn of its functioning, the works being carried out, as well as the projects in progress turned to the improvement of services
Angola's Mass Media minister, Manuel Rabelais, Monday here guaranteed the betterment of conditions for the staff of the sector in northern Malange province, so that they increase the quality of work.
ZIMBABWE last month cleared US$700 million of its US$726,9 million debt to the African Development Bank (AfDB) despite the current economic challenges, the bank has said, while hailing the Government's commitment to honouring its international financial obligations.
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions leaders were yesterday arraigned before the courts for allegedly uttering falsehoods believed to be prejudicial to the State while addressing workers at a Workers' Day commemoration at Dzivaresekwa Stadium.
THE upgrading of the Bulawayo-Kezi Road has resumed with the Ministry of Transport and Communications employees working on a narrow stretch between Natisa Business Centre and Malundi Cattle Sales.
Developing rural financial services in Africa depends on infrastructures to link rural residents to financial institutions and to markets, stressed an African Development Bank (ADB) Consultant, Zeinab El Bakri, speaking in Maputo on Monday.
The stock market recorded rebound last week as the value of equities listed on Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) appreciated by N692.50 billion. This was evident in the rise of the market capitalisation, from N11.43 trillion at which it opened the
COALITION of Ijaw Kingdoms Youth Presidents/Leadership Forum says that the parley with militants by some governors of the Niger-Delta will not not stop hostage taking, oil bunkering and other illegal activities in the waterways and urged the governors to embark
INVESTIGATORS of recent disappearance of the Beechcraft plane are suspecting the doctoring of the transcript of the voice flight record between the pilot of the plane and the Control Tower of the Port Harcourt Airport.
Olukayode Dada sends out a reminder that trademarks and service marks are different and says that the Minister of Commerce lost sight of this fact when he issued a regulation in April, 2007 extending the classification of goods to include
