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The recruitment of officers to Kenya's two police forces has been suspended, Internal Security minister George Saitoti said Tuesday.
Liberian Vice-President Joseph Boakai and UN Deputy Envoy Moustapha Soumaré have underscored the unique role smallholder farmers' play in guaranteeing food security and alleviating poverty in Liberia with a call for increased investment in smallholder farming.
The government has called on the management of both private and public universities in Ghana, not to overburden lecturers with extra-teaching assignments to jeopardize their levels of efficiency, as well as the future of their students.
A citizen's assessment of the National Health Insurance Scheme show an increasing level of registration under the scheme, with a total subscription increasing from a low of 1,797,140 in 2005 to 12,518,560 in 2008, though significant variations in registration exist across geographical and socio-economic groups.
The Chartered Institute of Marketing -Ghana (CIMAG), has called on marketers in the country to reposition themselves as leaders in industry and commerce to promote the new and emerging opportunities that the economy may provide, especially the oil industry. Marketers are, therefore, design to acceptable benchmarks for assessing performance of organizations and other industries.
The promotion is open to all MTN vendors and outlets involved in selling airtime and Sim Packs. It will be monitored by a team from MTN supported by their franchisees and distributors. The winner will be selected based on an analysis of the sales returns.
Rwanda is an attractive emerging market and on the right course to become one of the major players in the region. That is the conclusion of a group of foreign investors who have been on a three-day visit in the country.
Barely a year after the relaunch of Rwandatel's mobile phone network and MTN's tenth anniversary, Tigo last week added its blue to an already colorful telecommunications landscape.
Last week Rwanda signed one of the world's largest bio-fuel investment deals with an estimated value of US$250 million over the life time of the project.
For a long time now, we have heard whispers about the fabled master plan for Kigali City, but without seeing anything tangible. Last week, KCC has broken the silence.
The Ministry of Commerce in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and partners will today celebrate World Standard and African Industrialization Day.
Vida Mensah, an executive of the giant steel company in Liberia ArcelorMittal, has won the 7th draw of the Cellcom "Live Your Dream" car raffle.
Public Works Minister, Samuel Kofi Woods, II on Saturday, November 21, 2009 visited five Counties, where rehabilitation of roads and bridges are ongoing.
Many farmers across the country are disillusioned about this year's trade season. They are not sure whether they will in fact have a trade season at all.
Banks should develop new products that would enable the poor people to access funds that are risk free. "Specially designed schemes such as crop insurance and the group based bank lending supported by low cost central bank refinance line can mitigate the risks for the poor people," says Dr Atiur Rahman, the governor of the central bank of Bangladesh.
There are investment opportunities for supplying fuel to the various airlines that fly into the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam.
RwandAir has cancelled a leasing contract with Kenya based Jetlink Express after one of the aircrafts crash landed at Kigali International Airport (KIA).
East African Community (EAC) Common Market Protocol that paved way for the free movement of goods, labour and capital becomes operational starting July 1, 2010.
MTN Rwanda has acquired the first and largest syndicated loan of US$18 million from six local banks for upgrading its network.
Plans for the privatization of the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) are in top gear in a move expected to raise the dwindling investor confidence and improve performance to world class standards.
The Sudanese-born British telecommunications businessman and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim recently called for the dissolution of certain African states.
Tea firms are projecting a dip in performance over the second half of the year due to an anticipated increase in the supply of the commodity.
The energy regulator plans to extend the electricity feed-in-tariff to cover geothermal sources in addition to wind and biomass.
The launch of outpatient medical insurance cover by National Hospital Insurance Fund is set to pave the way for stiff competition in Kenya's middle class-leaning medical insurance industry.
Cooking gas buyers will from Tuesday be free to exchange their cylinders at any Total, OiLibya, KenolKobil, BOC, Shell and National Oil outlets regardless of brand, in a move aimed increasing access to the product and bring down prices.
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