Investors Target Kenyan University For Business
From The Standard Murang’a University College Council has been inaugurated with leaders calling on local investors to take advantage of the increasing number of students and members of the staff and...
View ArticleLibya Is Driving Oil Prices Higher, Not Syria: Experts
From Business Insider As tensions rise in Syria, economists and investors are scrambling to figure out what the means for the rest of the world. Analysts have been quick to tie the recent rise in oil...
View ArticleEricsson Announced Expansion Of Africa Network Services
From Bloomberg Ericsson AB, the world’s largest maker of wireless-network equipment, plans to expand its network-management services in Africa as more phone companies outsource the technical side of...
View ArticleSweden Looks To Have Closer Economic Ties With Nigeria
From The Guardian In recognition of the immense investments opportunities in the country, the Swedish Government has initiated fresh moves to establish closer economic ties with Nigeria. Sweden, whose...
View ArticleKenya, Uganda, Rwanda Railway To Be Complete By 2017
From allAfrica. com Plans to construct a new modern standard railway line from Kenya’s Mombasa seaport to Rwanda through Uganda are in final stages and the work is expected to end by 2017. Uganda’s...
View ArticleEcommerce Move: BUYME Zambia Debuts Online Car Marketplace
It is now easier to buy a car in Zambia. The Sunday Post reports, BUYME Zambia has launched the country’s first ever online used vehicle marketplace. According to company chairman Davy Nanduba, the...
View ArticleTunisia Government: GDP Growth Predicts Cut
Tunisia’s economy will expand less quickly than hoped this year, with GDP growth now forecast at 3.6 percent compared to 4 percent previously, its finance minister said yesterday, putting partial blame...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Oil Fees Brings In $236 million For Sudan
The Daily Star reports that Sudan earned at least $230 million in fees for the export of South Sudanese oil this year. This news comes just days before a Khartoum deadline to shut the pipelines. “The...
View ArticleAfkInsider Market Journal: Why I Invest In African Supermarkets
Investors are waking up to the potential of putting money to work in African stock markets. And with the continent’s consumer-facing industries expected to grow by $400 billion by 2020, it’s little...
View ArticleSouth Africa Mandating Compliance For E-Payment Security
In an effort to increase security around electronic payments, South Africa is mandating that all merchants who store or transmit credit card information comply with security rules by the end of 2013,...
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Amazing Occupations for Dogs
ThinkStockPhotos In a time of raging unemployment, good jobs are hard to come by. Unless you happen to be a dog. Man’s best friend has worked a variety of jobs for centuries, and their abilities are...
View ArticleGlobal Retailers Eye Growing Middle Class, Opportunity in Nigeria
From Business Day Live When Shoprite opened its seventh Nigerian shop in the southwestern city of Ibadan, Dayo Oketola fought his way through a crush gathered in front of the glass doors. “When I got...
View ArticleUganda Wildlife Authority Introduces New Tourist Payment, Security Technology
From All Africa A new electronic cashless system has been introduced in Uganda to enable visitors to Uganda’s national parks to be able to make payments centrally, through a carefully monitored and...
View ArticleWhat To Do If You Love Eating At Restaurants But Are Almost Broke
The number one rule for anyone trying to save money is to avoid eating at restaurants. Unfortunately that’s also the number one way to feel totally deprived of any indulgences. But you can still treat...
View ArticleYouth Entrepreneurship Booming in Cape Town
From News24 According to research done by entrepreneurmag.co.za in 2012, Cape Town is the leading entrepreneurial city in South Africa. Since then, more and more Cape Town based startups have come to...
View ArticleManaging Expectations: Foreign Mining Companies Given Conditional Welcome To...
African delegates at a mining conference in Perth stressed that foreign companies are still welcome, but the old way of doing business in Africa is over, according to a report in WorldNewsAustralia. In...
View ArticleKenyan Supermarket Chain Uchumi Set For Expansion
Kenyan supermarket chain Uchumi is seeking investors for expansion and plans to be listed soon on the Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda stock exchanges, according to a report in VenturesAfrica. The company...
View ArticleIBM Systems to Lead 3G Mobile Infrastructure in Cameroon
Through IBM’s smarter computing system, Viettel Cameroon S.A.R.L. will soon provide high speed internet and voice services to consumers. According to Biz Tech Africa, IBM’s DB2 software, System X...
View ArticleManufacturing, Medical Tourism & Reform: Kenya Woos Investors into Health...
Quality health facilities in Kenya are limited and concentrated in the country’s capital, Nairobi. Although there are private hospitals that offer great services — and have specialized equipment —...
View ArticleGhana Gives Turkish Investors Green Light
From Ghana Business News The Ghana Export Promotion Authority has urged prospective Turkish investors to take advantage of the many investment opportunities in Ghana to enhance trade between the two...
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