Africa's quest for greater connectivity and improved intra-regional trade could soon become a reality after the continent's leaders agreed to increase public spending on ... Read more »
The East African Community has endorsed the controversial vehicle load bill restricting the amount of cargo trucks leaving Mombasa port. Read more »
President Goodluck Jonathan has asked the National Assembly for approval to take U.S.$7.9 billion in foreign loans to finance construction of oil pipelines. Read more »
The national assembly has been urged to pass a bill on the national building code with the aim of regulating the building industry. Read more »
The power sector is facing arguably its sharpest criticism since the government liberalised the industry in 1999. Read more »
South Africa's state-owned freight transport firm Transnet plans to build a U.S.$2 billion railway through Swaziland to create a new link to Indian Ocean ports. Read more »
The construction of the country's southern by-pass road is expected to start in 10 days. This road is set to ease traffic by diverting trucks away from the central business ... Read more »
The United States government's Export-Import Bank is lending Nigeria up to $1.5 billion to buy American goods and services aimed at boosting power output ten-fold by 2020. Read more »
Africa's economic growth is creating substantial new business opportunities that are attracting global companies, writes Nelly Nyagah for TradeInvest Africa. Neville Isdell, the ... Read more »
As flood waters recede, officials are expecting the risk of exposure to disease and ill health to increase. Read more »
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