October 08, 2004
Libya: U.S. Non-Oil Businesses Eye Return to Libya
U.S. corporations are positioning for a return to Libya, where they have been banned from doing business since the late 1980s. Read more »
October 01, 2004
Liberia: A 'Dirty Dozen' List of Preconditions for Attracting Foreign Direct Investment - by Richard Tolbert
Based on my own experience and the experiences of many other international businessmen who have done business in Developing Countries, there are a number of factors that have been… Read more »
June 22, 2004
Kenya: Kenya Presses Economic Reforms, Seeks Agoa Extension
Since the election at the end of 2002 of Mwai Kibaki as president of Kenya, replacing Daniel Arap Moi, the new government has embarked on an ambitious program of reform that has… Read more »
June 14, 2004
Africa: Uganda's President Calls Extending African Import Law Urgent
High tariffs and trade barriers on African-manufactured products block the continent's development, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told a Washington audience at the Center for… Read more »
January 12, 2004
Mauritius: Country Seeks to Become a Global Cyber Island Paradise
First came California's Silicon Valley, then India took the honours. Next, if all goes according to plan, the tiny Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius hopes to lead the way in Africa,… Read more »
May 27, 2003
Ghana: US Firm Opens Talks to End Dispute with Ghana's Government
Negotiations are taking place this week in Ghana to resolve an ongoing dispute between the government and an American mining company that is complicating an otherwise cooperative… Read more »
March 31, 2003
Ghana: American Firms Form U.S. - Ghana Business Body
A group of American companies with major investments in Ghana have joined forces to launch an organization to promote improved bilateral ties. Charter members of the U.S. Ghana… Read more »
March 13, 2003
Africa: Follow the Master Plan and Re-elect Obasanjo, says Nigerias Transport Minister
After 3 days of deliberations in the Nigerian federal capital, Abuja, the first African Ministerial Forum on Integrated Transportation (Amfit) ended a three-day conference on… Read more »
September 18, 2002
Chad: Chad Activist Wants Pipeline Put on Hold
The World Bank argues that the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project provides an opportunity for one of the poorest regions in Africa to diversify its economy and increase… Read more »
September 17, 2002
Ghana: Building from the Ground Up - With Local Earth
In Ghana, as in many African countries, concrete - with its dependence on imported inputs - is considered indispensable for building. Yet an excellent, cheap and local alternative… Read more »
September 14, 2002
Central Africa: World Bank Greenlights Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Despite Warnings
The World Bank has rejected campaigners' demands and concerns expressed by its own internal advisory panel and approved the continuation of the $4bn Chad-Cameroon Pipeline project. Read more »
