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The Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has remarked that Nigeria and other African countries stand a better chance to gain more in the aftermath of the recent global economic crisis, if they position themselves well.
An attempt by a lawyer to drag the Attorney General and a magistrate into corruption charges against him failed on Thursday.
The Romanian ambassador to Angola, Iacob Prada, announced last Wednesday in Luanda that Romanian experts will start building in 2010 an oil research and prospect centre, in the ambit of a cooperation protocol to be signed between the two countries next year.
The shifting sands in the telecommunications industry are creating new opportunities and challenges for players in the field, forcing firms to re-evaluate their offerings in order to remain relevant.
Power distributor Kenya Power and Lighting Company, faces at least an additional Sh35 million in its annual salaries expenditure bill following a ruling by the Industrial Court in favour of its unionisable employees.
State-owned National Oil Corporation of Kenya has lost a Sh7.5 billion a year bulk diesel supply contract with power producer KenGen after the two firms failed to agree on the terms for renewal.
THE National Ranches Company (NARCO) has started construction of 10bn/- abattoir at Ruvu, Coast Region that would produce meat of international standard.
'THE Wings of Kilimanjaro'-- Air Tanzania Company Ltd (ATCL) - has launched daily flights to Arusha Airport and promised what it described as "superb services to its clients around and beyond the Geneva of Africa."
Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees(NULGE), yesterday advised Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State to appoint credible, qualified and suitable persons as members of the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission(ANSIEC), following his plan to reconstitute the body, five months after the expiration of the tenure of former members of the commission.
Governor Peter Obi has said that the establishment of Microsoft Academy in many of the state -owned Secondary Schools was aimed at increasing job opportunities for students after school. Governor Obi spoke at the tenth anniversary of Cor Mariae Girls' Secondary School, Nkpor.
Kenya has been asked to do away with tax privileges, if it is to compete with other East African Community member states in attracting foreign investors.
A strategic plan to transform Kenya into a newly industrialised middle-income country by 2030 has been unveiled by the Government.
Kenya's cost of shipping is set to increase, once a proposal to impose a marine cargo levy of Sh35 per tonne on all exports and imports at Mombasa Port is gazzetted by the minister of Local Government.
A Monrovia-registered oil tanker caused panic on Thursday morning at the Likoni channel when it listed on one side dangerously appearing to take in seawater.
The Civil and Local Government Association - Ghana (CLOGSAG), have started raising issues with the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP) which is set to take off in January next year. The group claims that its recommendations were not incorporated into the final report, which led to the issuance of a white paper on the policy by the government.
The Government of Ghana announced in its 2010 Budget and Policy Statement the plan to develop an Oil and Gas Industrialization Plan as a sustainable model of managing her petroleum resources. The oil and gas driven industrialization is expected to make Ghana's oil a blessing. For this reason, the government plans to use oil and gas resources to boost the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, ...
The Mozambican government has hired a team of World Bank consultants to undertake research that will indicate what is delaying the establishment of conditions to improve the business environment in the country, reports Thursday's issue of the independent newsheet "Mediafax".
Mozambique's annual rate of inflation has fallen to 1.4 per cent, according to Finance Minister Manuel Chang.
Leading global development and Africa advocacy groups reacted with outrage today to news that a London court recently awarded two Vulture Funds a $20 million judgment against Liberia. This amount of money represents the country’s entire education budget and 150% of their spending on health in 2008.
One of the leading Global Service Network (GSM) companies in , Cellcom, has announced a new number series.
In its bid to buttress the Government of Liberia's Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) initiative in the country, one of 's leading GSM Companies, the LoneStar Communications Company (LCC) has provided over 200 job opportunities for Liberian students to help facilitate their tuition payment.
A near ecological disaster was averted Thursday after a ship loaded with oil stalled at the Likoni Channel, in the Indian Ocean.
Eskom and Umeme, Uganda's major electricity companies are seeking to increase power tariffs in 2010, on grounds of heavy investments they made this year.
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People with disabilities should actively and meaningfully be engaged in economic activities and the overall economic growth of the country, says Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe.
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