SOUTHERN AFRICAUN boosts farming in Swaziland
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is helping poor farmers to boost their agricultural production in Swaziland, one of many countries suffering as a result of the global food crisis. 24 Jul 2008 20:07
CENTRAL AFRICA10th bank opens its doors in Malawi
[Gregory Gondwe] FDH Bank Limited, a subsidiary of FDH Financial Holdings Limited opened its doors last Monday in Malawi's commercial capital city of Blantyre with a promise to target corporate clients and small to medium enterprises (SMEs). 24 Jul 2008 19:46
KENYANakumatt launches IT switching system
[Carole Kimutai] Retail supermarket chain, Nakumatt has moved to bolster its financial services offering with a KSh20m information technology switching system. 24 Jul 2008 19:42
ZIMBABWEZimbabwe: A nation of billionaires
Where in the world could you be a multi-billionaire and still go hungry? The answer is, of course, Zimbabwe. 23 Jul 2008 11:45
AFRICA15m in Africa face 'disaster'
Nairobi: Nearly 15 million people in the Horn of Africa region are facing a humanitarian disaster unless donors urgently release funds to deliver supplies, aid agencies warned on Tuesday. 23 Jul 2008 11:09
ZIMBABWEZim manufacturing sector declines further
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector output declined by 28% last year as the country's troubled economy remained mired in a crisis, a Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) survey has revealed. 23 Jul 2008 10:57
AFRICABUSA concerned about impact of NAMA negotiations
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) remains concerned about the potential impact on the South African economy of the current proposals on the table in the non-agricultural market access (NAMA) negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). 23 Jul 2008 10:50
CENTRAL AFRICATwo additions to Malawi bourse list
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi: The mobile phone service provider TNM Limited and Real Insurance Company Limited are preparing to be listed on the Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) during the last half of 2008. 22 Jul 2008 13:59
ZIMBABWEThe land of bankrupt billionaires
Zimbabwe's new Z$100 billion banknotes were issued on Saturday in a desperate bid to ease the recurrent cash shortages plaguing the inflation-ravaged economy where an orange will cost you Z$250 billion. 22 Jul 2008 12:25
COTE D'IVOIREMinisters cut own wages to end public sector strike
A week of strikes and protests in Cote d'Ivoire's economic capital Abidjan ended on Sunday following a government announcement that it would continue to subsidise fuel, and that government ministers would slash their own wages by 50% to help cover the cost. 21 Jul 2008 16:41
AFRICAThe value of infrastructure in an emerging Africa
At the inception of independence, most of Africa inherited a highly dispersed and unevenly distributed infrastructure from its colonial past. The limited infrastructure built during that era was largely driven by the objective of connecting natural resources to export markets and little or no consideration was given to the sustainable economic development of the continent. 21 Jul 2008 15:52
ZIMBABWEZimbabwe: Bid to resuscitate use of international credit cards falters
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's bid to resuscitate the use of international credit cards, abandoned at the start of a gruelling economic crisis now in its ninth year, has crumbled due to the continued erosion of the domestic currency, bankers said yesterday. 21 Jul 2008 15:30
SOUTHERN AFRICASouthern Africa: China cleared for ivory purchase
Namibia is happy that the UN body charged with monitoring trade in endangered species has approved China's plea to buy more than 100 tons of elephant ivory from four Southern African countries, the Director of Scientific Services in the Ministry of Environment told The Namibian yesterday. 18 Jul 2008 15:48
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