January 08, 2008
Nigeria: New Agriculture Projects Focus on Processing, Marketing
It smells of freshly ground peanuts inside the mud-walled room where Dr. A. A. Oredipe is standing. His eyes are focused, but moving—inspecting the machine that this small… Read more »
Liberia: Market Women Help Revive Economy
To the untutored eye of a visitor from elsewhere, the markets in Liberia and many other African countries seem chaotic, noisy, smelly, dirty and often dangerous. Traders and… Read more »
Kenya: I Believe in Institutions, Now and for Future Generations - Jennifer Riria
Dr. Jennifer Riria left a high-status career as a Kenyan university professor and an international civil servant with United Nations organizations to revive a floundering women's… Read more »
Liberia: Rebuilding Agriculture from Scratch
"Before the War" is a phrase woven into the very fabric of Liberian life, repeated countless times as a way to define how far the country has fallen and its… Read more »
Nigeria: Farmers Turn to Science to Boost Crop Yields
Late last June, farmers in Sabon Gari Ganu village in northern Nigeria's Katsina state divided their plots of land into 56 rows. Using seeds from 16 African countries, the farmers… Read more »
Liberia: Diamond Industry Expert Called as First Prosecution Witness
The following entry is reprinted from CharlesTaylorTrial.org, a site covering the war crimes trial of former president Charles Taylor. Read more »
December 18, 2007
South Africa: ANC Business Leader Fears 'Calamity'
Today's South African websites aren't reporting much that isn't reported in one way or another by allAfrica's news partners or bloggers - except perhaps for the Mail &… Read more »
December 17, 2007
West Africa: Central Bank in Stalemate as Politics, Tradition Clash
A rift between heads of state of the eight-nation West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) has left the bloc's central bank, BCEAO, with an interim governor for over two… Read more »
December 12, 2007
Nigeria: Yar'Adua Visit to U.S. Launches New Era
Nigeria, apart from being the fifth-largest source of American oil imports, is a key partner of the United States in containing a range of emerging transnational threats, writes… Read more »
December 07, 2007
Nigeria: 'Brothers At Each Others' Throats'
Roy Mog-Appia's attention is focused on a sheet of white paper, where he scribbles hastily. A few minutes later, he slides the notepad across the table. Read more »
December 04, 2007
South Africa: Miners Launch Strike Over Safety
Tens of thousands of South African miners held a one-day strike today in support of demands for safer working conditions. Read more »
Zimbabwe: U.S. Tightens Sanctions Screw
The United States is to bar the children of some Zimbabwean officials from studying in the United States. Read more »
December 03, 2007
Gabon: Uncertainty Looms as Bongo Marks 40 Years of Power
Gabon faces an uncertain economic and political future after marking the 40th anniversary of President Omar Bongo Ondimba’s accession to power on Sunday. Read more »
Nigeria: Local Official Brings Power to the People
Kevin Aniebonem's voice is difficult to hear over the generator roaring in the background. The 24-year-old buys four liters of petrol every day to keep a light bulb running in… Read more »
November 28, 2007
Sudan: Rights Group Criticizes Firms Over Darfur
An anti-genocide group has strongly criticized major international companies sponsoring the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China for their silence on the ongoing crisis in the… Read more »
Nigeria: A New Publisher, Creating a New Industry
When Bibi Bakare-Yusuf holds her two reviewers' copies of Kemi's Journal—one printed in India and one in Nigeria—side by side, the difference is night and day. Read more »
November 18, 2007
Liberia: Govt Calls for Tough Action on Crime
The Liberian government called Sunday for the use of "maximum force" against armed crime after two separate incidents in which a Belgian employee of the Liberian… Read more »
November 16, 2007
Liberia: Major Road Building Begins in Capital
Construction and repair work on some of Monrovia's main thoroughfares officially began Friday, marking the launch of the first phase of an emergency road repair project… Read more »
Africa: Why China Beats Its Competitors
Low costs give Chinese investors in Africa a competitive advantage over their counterparts from other countries, a Chinese analyst told the U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Cape… Read more »
November 15, 2007
Africa: Lonrho Plans Comeback
Among international companies operating in Africa, Lonrho has long enjoyed a high profile. Built up by colorful businessman Roland 'Tiny' Rowland, it was an early business… Read more »
November 14, 2007
Africa: Major Reforms Boosting Growth, Says World Bank
Africa’s prospects for economic growth are improving as a result of reforms in macro-economic management and trade policy, as well as better governance, the World Bank… Read more »
November 13, 2007
Liberia: Big Steps Taken Toward Debt Relief
Liberia is on its way to clearing debts of U.S. $1.5 billion to international financial institutions under relief schemes designed for the world’s most heavily-indebted… Read more »
Liberia: IMF Announces Debt Relief Milestone
The International Monetary Fund has announced an important milestone in granting substantial debt relief to Liberia. Read more »
October 30, 2007
Uganda: Museveni and Bush Discuss Trade, HIV at Meeting
President George W. Bush on Tuesday welcomed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to the White House, where the two heads of state discussed a variety of issues, including trade,… Read more »
October 25, 2007
South Africa: Chinese to Invest R36.7 Billion In Local Bank
In a huge deal for South Africa and the continent, one of China's major banks is to buy a one-fifth share of Africa's largest bank. Read more »