Namibia Reports Finding Oil Reserves Offshore
From All Africa. Namibia hopes to become the latest Southern African country to benefit from oil reserves. Brazilian oil and gas exploration company High Resolution Technology and local businessperson...
View ArticleGhana’s West Hills Mall Undergoing Construction, to be Largest in West Africa
From Joy Online In the next 16 months Ghana will be home to a US $93 million shopping mall which would occupy a area of 27,000 square meters, and house 67 local and international shops. The West Hills...
View ArticleNorway Promises Funds For Uganda Reforestation
From All Africa. Norway has promised to continue supporting Uganda with increased funding for forest restoration, environmental management and conservation as part of its micro-development projects...
View ArticleGabon Struggling with Debt, Unable to Back up Yields
From Value Walk The bond market in the United States, whether sovereign or corporate, isn’t worth getting into. Yields have collapsed under pressure of quantitative easing, and fixed income investors...
View ArticleIMF Reviews The Gambia’s Economic Credibility, Grants $2.3 Million Disbursement
From All Africa The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Thursday completed the first review of The Gambia’s economic performance under a program supported by the Extended Credit...
View ArticleChina Colonizing Africa Is A Myth, Harvard Professor Says
From How We Made It In Africa Whether it’s in the form of cheap electronics or funding for infrastructure, China’s presence in Africa is hard to miss, raising concerns among many Western countries and...
View ArticleBiodiversity Encouraged in Kenya To Combat Water Shortages
From All Africa. In light of water shortages in Kenya, fruit and vegetables that have been ignored in favor of corn should be considered by farmers, agrobiodiversity researchers say. Kenya’s...
View ArticleDoing Business In Francophone Africa
From How We Made It In Africa. African French is the generic name for the varieties of French spoken by an estimated 115 million people in 31 African countries, also known as francophone Africa....
View ArticleSoil Atlas Of Africa Created For Farmers, Investors
From UPI.com. International experts have created a Soil Atlas of Africa for agricultural and nonagricultural purposes that they say will foster understanding of Africa’s soil. Despite soil’s...
View ArticleCameroonian Made It In U.S., Struggled To Do Business In Africa
From How We Made It In Africa. Tech entrepreneur Rebecca Enonchong was living the American dream. The Cameroon native founded AppsTech, a provider of enterprise application solutions, in the U.S. in...
View ArticleBrazil Strengthens African Ties, Cancels $900 Million Debt
From Merco Press Official data in Brazil show that its trade with Africa has increased fivefold in the past decade. The debt announcement was made during the third visit in three months to Africa by...
View ArticleZambian President Sata Shoots Down AU Tourism Tax Proposal
From All Africa President Michael Sata has opposed a new tax proposal by the African Union (AU) which seeks member States to contribute more from tourism earnings in form of ticket and hotel charges....
View ArticleAl-Shabaab Terrorists Kill Police, Civilians in Kenya, Announce Raid via Twitter
From Capital FM Gunmen have killed six people including two police officers in an attack along Kenya’s volatile border with war-torn Somalia, with Islamist insurgents making a rare claim of...
View ArticleGoogle to Establish sub-Saharan Wi-fi Networks Using Blimps, Balloons & TV...
From Wired UK Search giant Google is intending to build huge wireless networks across Africa and Asia, using high-altitude balloons and blimps. The company is intending to finance, build and help...
View ArticleBusinessmen, Investors Unphased by Escalating Real Estate Prices in Mozambique
From Ventures Africa It is 9:58 am on a Tuesday morning. A group of shoppers wait anxiously for South African chain Woolworths to open at 10:00 am. Two of the irritated shoppers, Andre and Alicia,...
View ArticlePower Up: Construction of Ethiopia-Kenyan Electric Highway Begins
Ethopia and Kenya are on the verge of getting more electrical power. The two countries have announced that construction of the Ethiopia- Kenya interconnector high-voltage electric highway line will...
View ArticleLiberian President Johnson-Sirleaf Calls for Côte d’Ivoire Border Protection
From RFI English Peace and security throughout the West African region, particularly the Liberian borders with Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea, are a top priority for Liberia, said Liberian President Ellen...
View ArticleEgyptian Stock Exchange Experiences Delisting Scare
From The North Africa Post Egyptian stock markets began the week in a state of stagnation with almost no news to inspire the local market. However, one of the big icons of its market, Orascom Telecom...
View ArticleUganda To Impose Import Controls, Cites Substandard Quality
From The Daily Monitor. Uganda has announced regulations to curb what its trade minister described as the influx of substandard goods. Uganda’s economy is over liberalized and control mechanisms are...
View ArticleProposed South African Carbon Tax Will Deter Foreign Investors, Analyst Says
From SA Commercial Property News. A proposed carbon tax will burden South Africa’s commercial property industry and deter local and foreign investment, the South African Property Owners Association...
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