Japan Looks to Secure Natural Gas From Mozambique?
Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan may be edging toward Mozambique’s natural gas supply, according to a Bloomberg report. This week, Abe visited the continent for the first time in eight years. In...
View ArticleJapan’s Abe Considers Mozambique’s Gas Reserves During Africa Visit
From BloombergJapan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may seek to secure natural gas supplies from Mozambique during a three-nation African tour this week, the first visit to the continent by a Japanese...
View ArticleVA Tech Makes Deal For Tanzania Water Contract To Expand In Africa
From Bloomberg VA Tech Wabag Ltd. (VATW), the biggest maker of water-treatment plants in India, won a $40 million contract in Tanzania to expand in Africa.The company will build a 130 million-liter (34...
View ArticlePermit To Hunt Endangered Rhino Bought For $350,000; Protests Ensue
From ReutersA permit to hunt a black rhino in Namibia sold for $350,000 at an auction in Dallas with proceeds going to protect the endangered animals despite protests from animal rights groups that saw...
View ArticleRiots Break Out In Tunisia Over Economy
From The State Journal Riots over Tunisia’s economy flared overnight in towns around the country, leaving one dead and posing an immediate challenge to the new prime minister and the country’s path to...
View ArticleSouth African Consumers Get Ready For Food Price Hike
From CNBC AfricaAnalysts are warning that the price of maize meal, meat and poultry products could soar in 2014, mainly due to the current exchange rate.“On analyzing the whole scenario around the...
View ArticleZambia Announces Sovereign Wealth Fund From Mining
From CNBC AfricaZambia, Africa’s leading copper producer, plans to start a sovereign wealth fund to stimulate investment in strategic non-mining industries.“We are currently working on the concept...
View ArticleBlack South African Business Group Distributes Anti-Indian Business Pamphlets
From iOLA black business organization, The Mazibuye African Forum, has distributed pamphlets in KwaZulu-Natal complaining about the involvement of Indians in the province’s economy, City Press...
View ArticleChina Becomes Favorite Destination For Zambian Travelers
From Global Times Emirates Airlines said that China has become one of the most popular destinations for travelers from Zambia and that the market is healthy and growing.“China is an important market...
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneurs In Burundi Face Uphill Battle
Entrepreneurs in Burundi face several challenges. In a country with a very high unemployment rate, many look to strike out on their own–but it is difficult. “Some Burundians have adopted good ideas to...
View ArticleLibya’s Deputy Industry Minister Assassinated
http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=OBR&date=20140112&id=17251004Libya’s deputy industry minister was assassinated by gunmen as he drove home from shopping in the coastal city...
View ArticleSummit Diplomacy: Should The U.S. Copy China In Africa?
While China, Japan, India, Korea, and even Turkey hold high-level summits in Africa to boost business, the U.S. so far has failed to use summit diplomacy in Africa to handle international relations.As...
View ArticleReport: Kenya Public Debt Nears $20.9 Billion
From Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Kenya’s public debt increased by 270.7 billion shillings to 1.8 trillion shillings ($20,856,600,000) in the fiscal year to June 2013 up from the 1.6 trillion...
View Article10 Social Media Behaviors That Lower Your Self Esteem
When you’ve been broken up with, fired from a job, or are just feeling depressed, it’s tempting to post something about it on Facebook, where hundreds of people can immediately post sympathetic...
View Article10 Things Women Need More Of Than Men Do
A woman who cracks jokes is a joker, but a man who cracks jokes is handsome or smart. The fact that he’d be funny is a given: he’s a guy. Women need creative outlets like improvisation classes or...
View ArticleGhana Oil Company Country’s Best in Leadership, Policy Implementation
From Ghana Business NewsMr Patrick Akorli, the Managing Director of Ghana Oil Company (GOIL), said on Monday that the Company would continue to implement policies that would enable it to remain among...
View ArticleWhite Space Broadband Access Project Launches in Namibia
From Biz Tech AfricaNamibia’s MyDigitalBridge Foundation, in partnership with the Millennium Challenge Account Namibia, and with the support of Microsoft and the Communications Regulatory Authority of...
View ArticleWhy South Africa Rules For Mergers and Acquisitions, Part 1 of 3
This article is part one of a three-part series featuring the top four African countries for mergers and acquisitions.Despite numerous incidences of public unrest and power shortages, South Africa...
View ArticleConcerns For African CEOs: Over Regulation, Skill Deficit
There are too many laws regulating Africa businesses and not enough skilled workers to go around, according to a PriceWaterhouseCoopers survey.Over regulation in African countries is one of the major...
View Article2015 Nigeria Election to be Carried Out Via e-Voting?
Nigeria’s general elections aren’t until next year, however, members of the Nigeria Society of Engineers are already advocating for electronic voting.According to IT Web Africa, the organization has...
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