October 31, 2000
Africa: Africa Offers Opportunity, Officials At World Bank/IMF Meeting Say
Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda appeared at a reception welcoming participants to the Africa Forum 2000 that got underway in Washington Monday. Read more »
October 30, 2000
Africa: "We Should Not Think Africa Is Lost" - IMF Chief
Addressing head-on the common perception that Africa is hopelessly mired in poverty and strife, the top official of the International Monetary Fund says that Africa has the… Read more »
Africa: Stock Exchanges Take Steps Towards Pan African Exchange
Securities quoted on African stock markets now have a smoother path to cross-border listing on other stock exchanges on the continent, as stock exchange executives this weekend… Read more »
October 27, 2000
Africa: Imperatives For African Success In Capital Markets Outlined At Conference
Achievement of stable macro-economic environments, provision of incentives for participants, and liberalisation of trade, investment and exchange controls are some of the… Read more »
Africa: Tell Your Story And Attract Investors, African Countries Told
African countries should adopt an aggressive marketing strategy to sell the investment opportunities that abound in continent, a speaker at the conference on capital markets said… Read more »
October 26, 2000
Africa: Need for Stability Re-echoes at Capital Markets Conference
The need for economic and political stability in the whole of Africa as a pre-requisite for continent-wide development re-echoed here Thursday as the Sixth Annual Conference of the… Read more »
Africa: Nigeria Calls for Action On Infrastructural Impediments Facing African Capital Markets
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday called on African countries to take action to address the deficiencies in infrastructure that now impede the growth of the capital… Read more »
October 25, 2000
Africa: That African Markets May be One
One strong and virile African stock market, united by technology, is the ultimate dream. That dream for an integrated African capital market will take the centre-stage this week in… Read more »
September 30, 2000
Nigeria: Views From The Grassroots: The Businessman
Independent Nigeria is forty years old and many will be celebrating the nation's arrival at an age that traditionally marks the shift from young adulthood to maturity. But is it a… Read more »
August 28, 2000
Nigeria: Oil Price Too High Says Clinton
President Clinton broached the subject of oil prices in his talks with President Obasanjo this weekend. Prices per barrel have topped $30 and the US would like to see the price at… Read more »
Nigeria: Clinton Lays It On The Line For Nigeria
President Clinton has spelled out the major economic challenges facing Nigeria and warned that debt relief will only come once the country has demonstrated that it will not… Read more »
August 24, 2000
Nigeria: Nigeria's Economy Ripe For Investment
President Bill Clinton's three-day state visit to Nigeria promises to be a new tonic in reviving a relationship that went sour a few years ago. Read more »
February 18, 2000
Africa: Net Private Capital Flows to Five Major African Economies Grow
Net private capital flows to the five leading emerging market economies on the African continent are projected to increase by almost $3 billion this year, according to the leading… Read more »