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Ghana: Cotton Farmers Call for Subsidy On Inputs

16.05.2008 23:32    allafrica.com
Cotton Growers Association, made up of members from the Northern, Upper East and West Regions, appealed to government to subsidise farming inputs to retain them in the cultivation of the crop to save the industry from collapse.


Ghana: GT to Embark On Expansion, Modernisation Programme in W/R

16.05.2008 23:32    allafrica.com
Ghana Telecom (GT) would soon embark on a programme to extend its services to the northern parts of the Western Region (W/R) as a means to open up the area to enhance the socio-economic activities of the people.

Zimbabwe: Bakers Seek Bread Price Review

16.05.2008 23:32    allafrica.com
THE National Bakers Association (NBA) this week initiated fresh talks for a review of the price of bread by the National Incomes and Pricing Commission (NIPC), as prices soared across the board after the depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar on

Zimbabwe: DWTL Reviews Salaries After Three-Day Strike

16.05.2008 23:32    allafrica.com
TEXTILE giant, David Whitehead Textiles Limited (DWTL), was last week plunged into chaos after its 1 700 strong workforce went on strike to press for salary increments, The Financial Gazette has heard.

Zimbabwe: CFX Plans Cash Injection Into Property Expansion

16.05.2008 23:32    allafrica.com
CFX Financial Services is planning to spend $58 trillion in rolling out new branches for its retail bank as Zimbabweans witness a growing trend of bank holding companies diversifying their income streams to include investments in property.

Zimbabwe: NBA Restructures Top Leadership

16.05.2008 23:32    allafrica.com
BRAMWEL Bushu, an executive with Harambe Holdings, was last week elected chairman of the National Bakers Association (NBA), replacing Vincent Mangoma who declined a second term due to work-related pressures.

Zimbabwe: Court Nullifies Insurance Brokers Regulations

16.05.2008 23:32    allafrica.com
THE Supreme Court this week nullified government regulations that threatened registered insurance brokers with a ban if they did not comply with a directive to re-register.

Zimbabwe: Interbank Rates Firm

16.05.2008 23:32    allafrica.com
INTERBANK rates swelled higher as banks scrambled for cash to avoid punitive accommodation rates from the central bank, which were hiked two weeks ago to limit borrowing.

Zimbabwe: Let National Cause Prevail Over Partisanship

16.05.2008 23:32    allafrica.com
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono, raised a pertinent question last week on the issue of an electoral run-off following the announcement of the presidential election results.

Zimbabwe: Mupamhadzi Appointed New ZABG Treasurer

16.05.2008 23:31    allafrica.com
ZIMBABWE Allied Banking Group (ZABG)'s chief economist David Mupamhadzi has been appointed group treasurer at the financial institution.

Zimbabwe: Investor Prayers Answered

16.05.2008 23:31    allafrica.com
Investors, that for a very long time, had suffered from a problem of very limited choices of viable and legal investment destinations, had their prayers answered when the Central Bank Governor liberalised the foreign exchange market at the end of

Zimbabwe: Irony of Rich Farmers Without Cash

16.05.2008 23:31    allafrica.com
ZIMBABWE'S tobacco farmers are having cash problems. They have so much money in their pockets, but cannot buy what they need because it is in the form of cheques.

Zimbabwe: Political Impasse Triggers Mass Exodus

16.05.2008 23:31    allafrica.com
WALKING past Harare's busy Roadport cross-border bus terminus, one cannot miss the fact that a huge number of people are leaving Zimbabwe for neighbouring countries, particularly South Africa.

Zimbabwe: Govt Budget Off the Rails

16.05.2008 23:31    allafrica.com
ZIMBABWE'S treasury is reportedly in a quandary over ballooning costs triggered by runaway inflation, which has completely eroded the value of the 2008 national budget, The Financial Gazette can reveal.

Uganda: Deox Helps Zulu Corp to Another Win

16.05.2008 23:31    allafrica.com
With seven contestants remaining, the race for the $200,000 job and the perks that coat it has tightened at The Apprentice Africa.

Ghana: Six African Countries to Operationalise Agricultural Innovation Initiatives

16.05.2008 23:31    allafrica.com (4)
Ghana is among six African countries meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Practicing Agricultural Innovation in Africa to address the key policies that can create an enabling environment for increased investments in agricultural innovation that would spur greater productivity

Cameroon: CNPS Staff Demand Payment of Arrears

16.05.2008 23:31    allafrica.com
Staff of the National Social Insurance Fund, known by its French acronym as CNPS, through their representative, Daniel Eke, has petitioned their new General Manager, GM, Olivier Mekulu Mvondo, to ensure the payment of outstanding arrears and allowances of some

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