Stock-theft in Botswana is increasingly becoming a serious concern and the police are having a hard time trying to arrest the situation.
One of the legislators who supported the Competition Bill in Parliament this week , Bagalatia Arone, of the Okavango said it was long overdue. Arone said as it is, small businesses are not sufficiently protected.
Supermarkets in the city are quiet as compared to last year when Zimbabwean shoppers had literally taken them over.
Ghana and Togo would strengthen bilateral relations and co-operation in areas of mutual interest, following fruitful deliberations between the two countries at the just ended 3rd Session of the Ghana-Togo Permanent Joint Commission for Co-operation.
The Management of SuperMaritime Ghana Limited at the weekend, described as untrue a statement by the Food and Drugs Board that the company had imported unwholesome rice into the Ghanaian market.
Nana Kwaku Dwuma Ankoana II, Paramount Chief of Seikwa Traditional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region on Friday suggested the establishment of a regional educational and development endowment fund, to put the Region on stronger pedestal of development.
Mr. Reuben Adamtey, Bolgatanga Branch Manager of the ARB Apex Bank has advised rural and community banks to check fraud in the banking industry.
Developed by the Tanzania National Business Council and launched in August by the Government, the programme promotes the idea that private-sector led growth can bring sustainable poverty reduction. Unfortunately, its implementation is not in safe hands.
That Kenya lost the bid to host the World Economic Forum means it has not only lost the revenue that could have been generated out of the use of facilities by the delegates while in Nairobi.
The Botswana Mine Workers Union (BMWU) estimates that at least 2,000 mine workers lost their jobs this year due to the ravaging effects of the global recession on an industry known to be fragile in the face of external shocks.
The mobile telephony market continues to grow albeit at a slower pace due to the global economic recession.
As confidence continues to creep back onto the market, Botswana diamond exports tripled in September, further cutting down the country's trade deficit.
The deadlock in trade negotiations between the EU and South Africa that threatened to break the world's oldest customs union, the Southern African Customs Union (SACU), is set to ease off, thanks to progress being made in ironing out differences between the two parties.
The East African Cement Producers' Association is petitioning the five East African Community partner states to restore a 35 per cent tariff on imported cement products or face legal action at the East African Court of Justice to protect the collapsing industry.
The recent economy class trip by President Yoweri Museveni has got tongues wagging.
The National Agricultural Research Institute (ISAR) will next year be in position to produce seeds of high breed maize called ISAR MO81.
Ministers of Infrastructure from Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda concluded a meeting this week in Kigali, in which they agreed to establish a roadmap that puts in place the legal and regulatory framework to govern this project.
Traffic volumes are expected to increase on Friday on the main routes leading to Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga as migrant workers go home for the festive season.
Roads are part of the infrastructure backbone needed to support free movement of people and goods and to be able to conduct trade across its borders. This is all the more important in a landlocked country like Rwanda. For this reason, the government has embarked on a comprehensive plan to improve the quality of national and district roads.
Rwandair has secured a loan to implement the first phase of building its own fleet.
The government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with three institutions; namely the African Development Bank, European Union and the World Bank for budget support delivery for aid effectiveness in The Gambia, at a ceremony held at the Finance ministry's conference hall in Banjul.
THE World Cup is a hugely lucrative event, which will attract business people from across the spectrum. These include people who make profits from the illicit drug industry.
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged continued support to Zambia's developmental programmes especially those that are aimed at reducing the country's poverty levels.
THE Government has expressed satisfaction at President Rupiah Banda's success story, especially in the mining industry.
DUNAMIS centre Senior Pastor Dan Pule yesterday said he was personally not swindled out of US$62,000 by fake gold sellers but a company in which he is a director lost of $42,000 in the deal.
