In a widely-predicted move, the South African Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee has cut its benchmark repurchase rate by 50 basis points, from 6 percent to 5,5 percent a ... Read more »
Leaders are discussing ways in which mobile technology can increase the access, efficiency and effectiveness of health systems the world over. Read more »
The use of mobile technology to help improve health in both the developed and developing world is rapidly gaining momentum. A summit on mobile health technology was recently held ... Read more »
If wheat and maize production do not rise substantially in 2011, global food security could be uncertain for the next two years, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has ... Read more »
A U.S. based company involved in exploration activities off the coast of Sierra Leone said it has has discovered oil Read more »
Motorists are once again faced with high fuel prices as the festive season approaches. Read more »
Online consumers in Kenya are spending more time on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn than on e-mail, signalling a major change in Internet consumer ... Read more »
Oil marketers are feeling the heat of tanker owners charging higher premiums to sail to Mombasa due to piracy in the Indian Ocean. Read more »
Scores of people have lost their lives as a result of illegal electricity connections. In the Western Cape, the towns of Du Noon, Khayelitsha and Phillipi are the worst affected. Read more »
A "forgotten emergency" has left tens of thousands of pastoralists in Djibouti needing food and nutrition assistance as well as longer-term coping mechanisms, according to the UN. Read more »
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