January 27

• Rwanda: Industrialists Declare 'War' Against Counterfeit Goods

  New Times

  Manufacturer shave been urged to work together and fight counterfeited products as they threaten the survival of locally-made goods. Read more »

• Rwanda: Kandera Ditched Nursing Job to Pursue Her Passion for Business

  New Times

  In 2006, Clementine Kandera quit her job as a nurse at a mental health centre to try her hand at business. Then aged 26, Kandera threw in the towel to follow her passion, which... Read more »

• Rwanda: Adventists to Launch Multi-Million Infrastructure Projects

  New Times

  The President of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist church, Wilson N. C. Ted, is set to visit Rwanda next month during which he will inaugurate several projects... Read more »

• Rwanda: Expedite Approval of New Minimum Wage Law - National Labour Council Says

  New Times

  The National Labour Council has already passed the proposed minimum wage and submitted it to the Ministry of Public Service and Labour (Mifotra) for approval and publication,... Read more »

• Rwanda: RRA Sensitises Contractors On Taxation Issues

  New Times

  It will now be easy for construction sector taxpayers to file returns, thanks to last week's training programme on tax matters that targeted industry players. Read more »

• Rwanda: Questions Remain Over High Interest Rates

  New Times

  The central bank has over the past two years revised downwards its key repo rate, giving hope to customers of borrowing at lower rates. However, the wait for lower interest rates... Read more »

• Rwanda: Shortage of Soya Bean Threatens Cooking Oil Manufacturer

  New Times

  A multibillion cooking oil factory in Kayonza District, Mount Meru Syco, has been forced to operate under capacity due to shortage of soya bean. Read more »

• Rwanda: BK Rakes in Rwf147 Million Turnover

  New Times

  Bankof Kigali (BK) capped a very active day at the bourse yesterday, trading 501,000 shares, worth Rwf147.3 million, in turnover, in six deals, the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE)... Read more »

• Nigeria: SEC Approves N52.6 Billion Access Bank Rights Issue

  Independent (Lagos)

  Access Bank has secured the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to proceed with plans to raise N52.6 billion in a share sale as it pursues expansion and... Read more »

• Nigeria: Investor Community Should Not Panic - Oduoza

  Independent (Lagos)

  Phillips Oduoza, Group Managing Director/CEO, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has urged investors in Nigeria not to panic over falling crude oil prices and exchange rate... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: Vingirai Fights On

  The Herald

  Transnational Holdings Limited (THL) founder, Mr Nicholas Vingirai and his allies, will have to wait a little longer before their fresh bid to reclaim their assets merged into ZB... Read more »

• Nigeria: Report Lists Challenges Facing Oil, Gas Companies in 2015

  This Day

  A new report by Wood Mackenzie's corporate upstream research team has assessed the challenges facing the oil majors, independents and National Oil Companies (NOCs) in 2015, and... Read more »

• Rwanda: Portal to Ease Access to Information

  New Times

  Media practitioners and members of the public will nolonger find it hard to access information from public offices following the building of a web portal by local NGOs to help... Read more »

• Rwanda: High Loan Rates Not Scaring Away Borrowers - Saccos

  New Times

  Savings and credit co-operatives at the sector level, commonly known as Umurenge Saccos, have, since 2009 led the drive towards financial inclusion for all by offering financial... Read more »

• Rwanda: Report - Nearly Half of Masters Degree Holders Underemployed

  New Times

  At least 45 per cent of master degree holders are underemployed, results of a survey on graduates' competences and employment, which was commissioned by the Higher Education... Read more »

• Rwanda: Proper Bookkeeping Essential to Ensure Business Survival [opinion]

  New Times

  About 50 per cent of all new businesses that open shop each year collapse before their first birthday, according to 2014 statistics. Read more »

• Rwanda: Maraba Coffee Farmers Buoyed By New Drive to Boost Output

  New Times

  Huye District residents are expecting bumper harvests of coffee following a coffee extension programme in the district. Read more »

• Rwanda: Why Rwanda Is Economic Star Pupil

  New Times

  Ms Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is in town. This is a rare visit. It is not so often that the IMF boss visits small insignificant... Read more »

• Nigeria: FG to Settle Severance Package of 1,669 PHCN Workers This Week

  Independent (Lagos)

  The Federal Government has taken a decision to pay 1,669 former employees of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) their severance packages this week. Read more »

January 26

• Nigeria: Inside Nigeria's House Servant Racket

  IWPR

  Problem of young domestic workers and middlemen stealing from clients has become widespread. Read more »

• Africa: Where the Wealthiest 'Wine, Dine, Bribe and Bully' [column]

  GroundUp

  The annual World Economic Forum (WEF) extravaganza got underway last week as 700 private jets whizzed into the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos. This is a gathering where the heads of... Read more »

• West Africa: China's Huawei Breaks New Ground in West African It Market

  Focac

  China's leading telecom conglomerate Huawei Technologies has continued to break new ground in the West African information technology (IT) market as major IT firms in the area... Read more »

• Nigeria: Soludo Grades Jonathan "F" On Economy - Says His Administration the Worst Ever

  Premium Times

  A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Chukwuma Soludo, has delivered a ruthless evaluation of the Nigerian economy under President Goodluck Jonathan, ranking the... Read more »

• Somalia: Erdoğan Welcomed With Great Fanfare in Somalia

  Sabahi

  Turkish President Recep Tayyep Erdoğan pledged his country's continued commitment to investment in Somalia during a one-day visit to Mogadishu on Sunday (January 25th). Read more »

• South Africa: Alcatel-Lucent to Build Vodacom South Africa's FTTH Network

  CIO

  Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Vodacom South Africa to build a gigabit passive optical networking (GPON) solution to expand Vodacom's customer base enterprise and residential... Read more »