October 01, 2001
Africa: World Bank Warns of Worsening Poverty in Africa After US Attacks
The poverty in developing nations next year will deepen as a result of the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, especially in Africa, the World Bank has warned:… Read more »
Africa: US-Africa NGO Warns Terrorism Focus Will Divert Attention From Africa
The Constituency for Africa (CFA) which first began to take shape under the umbrella of the NGO, Africare, is now in its 11th year. The loose-knit coalition attempts to bring… Read more »
September 11, 2001
Africa: Flexibility, Innovative Institutions Key To Ending Poverty - World Development Report
A new World Bank report identifies what it calls "four main lessons...to ensure effective [economic] institutions" in Africa and throughout the world of developing nations: designs… Read more »
August 08, 2001
Nigeria: Chevron Offers US$18 million Drilling Jobs to Local Contractors
Six indigenous oil service companies won drilling jobs worth two billion naira (about US$18 million, at 111 naira to a dollar) from Chevron Nigeria Limited, the company announced… Read more »
August 07, 2001
Nigeria: Dispute Over Oil Block Allocation Delays Next Licensing Round
More than seven months after the Nigerian government awarded eight oil blocks to 16 firms, the parties are yet to reach agreement on several keys issues, thus delaying licensing of… Read more »
Nigeria: Finally, GSM Takes Off Amid Complaints Over Tariff
After several months of speculation, the General System of Mobile telephones (GSM) service has finally taken off in Nigeria, with one of the three licensed providers, Econet… Read more »
August 03, 2001
Nigeria: No Easy Way for Increased Local Content, Indigenous Participation in Oil Industry
Participants at a two-day workshop on local content and indigenous participation in the oil industry rose here Friday stressing that a lot of work needed to be done to make… Read more »
August 02, 2001
Nigeria: Workshop Opens with Calls for More Indigenous Participation in Oil Industry
A two-day workshop on ways of improving local content and indigenous participation in the Nigerian oil sector began here Thursday with calls for empowerment of the local people. Read more »
August 01, 2001
Nigeria: Call for Bigger Stake in Oil Industry for Local Companies
Efforts to increase the local content and participation by indigenous firms in Nigerias oil industry will form the focus of a two-day workshop that starts here Thursday. Read more »
July 18, 2001
Africa: "Digital Divide" Widest In Africa But Focus On "Digital Development," Conference Urged
The African continent - home to one in eight of the world's people - has just one in 50 of the world's fixed line subscribers, one in 60 of the world's mobile cellular subscribers,… Read more »
July 17, 2001
Africa: Finding An African Shape For Technology
Ministers of Communications from across Africa as well as directors of telecommunications companies from around the world are meeting in AFCOM 2001, the 10th telecommunications and… Read more »
July 11, 2001
Nigeria: Company Signs Agreement with Enron for Sale of Gas
Nigeria LNG Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Enron for the sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the company announced in a statement released to… Read more »
July 04, 2001
Senegal: 'This Is My Whole Life'- A Scientist's Dedication To Defeating AIDS
Senegal's low HIV infection rate is the envy of other African nations and has been attributed to excellent and early planning as far back as the early 1980s. One thing that has… Read more »
Nigeria: Senior Staff Union Suspends Strike at Shell
Members of Pengassan (the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria) who were on strike at the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria have suspended the… Read more »
July 03, 2001
Nigeria: Agip Seeks To Pre-Qualify Contractors For Thermal Plant Project
The Nigeria Agip Oil Company Limited says it is ready to pre-qualify contractors for the development of its 500-Mega Watt thermal plant, according to an announcement placed by the… Read more »
Nigeria: Strike And Delta Unrest Force Shell To Declare 'Force Majeure'
Faced with a strike by its senior employees and community disturbances in its operational areas, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria was forced late on Monday to… Read more »
June 29, 2001
Nigeria: Shell Aims to 'Empower' Niger Delta Contractors with Loan Scheme
Nigeria's top oil producer and prospector, Shell, wants to empower indigenous companies in the Niger Delta by making loan finance available to them and, thus, contribute to the… Read more »
June 28, 2001
Africa: President Wade Says Joint Plan for African Development Under Study
Following a visit to New York, where he attended the United Nation's Special Session on AIDS, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade came to Washington today for talks with President… Read more »
June 27, 2001
Nigeria: Chevron Seeks Contractors for Tubu Field Development
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) seeks to pre-qualify contractors for the completion of its Tubu oil field development project located offshore in the Bight of Bonny Island, the… Read more »
June 25, 2001
Nigeria: Mobil Tenders for Yoho Field Development
Mobil Producing Nigeria Ltd. is seeking to pre-qualify contractors for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of a Floating, Storage and Offloading (FSO)… Read more »
June 21, 2001
Southern Africa: Spectacular View in a Cloudless Sky
"There hasn't been a single cloud in the sky all day," said Professor Jay Pasachoff of Williams College in the United States and leader of an international team of scientists who… Read more »
Nigeria: Public Or Private Rescue For The Film Industry
Motion picture producers in Nigeria this week agreed that funding was the answer to their problems, but there was no agreement on who was to provide it. Read more »
June 19, 2001
Nigeria: A Movie Industry In Search Of Investors
What should an authentically Nigerian film be like? And what's the best way to distribute it to ensure maximum returns to the producers or investors? Read more »
June 16, 2001
Nigeria: Workers Fight Against Use of Casual Labor
In Nigeria, oil-producing and marketing companies' preference for hiring casual labour has provoked protest by junior workers in the industry who are threatening a work stoppage… Read more »
Nigeria: Doctors and Nurses Call Off Crippling 18-day Strike
Doctors and nurses in Nigeria Friday called off their 18-day strike action, called to protest against the government's failure to offer better conditions of service, according to… Read more »