The oil giant Chevron, which announced in March its intention to explore for petroleum in Liberia, is starting off shore drilling that could move Liberia into the ranks of west ... Read more »
The Understanding Land Investment Deals in Africa reports reveal that largely unregulated land purchases are resulting in virtually none of the promised benefits for native ... Read more »
Venture capitalists are making a beeline for Africa as interest builds up in investing in the continent's tech startups. Read more »
Local banks are not keen on funding green energy projects, which is holding back investment in the emerging sector. The World Bank and others want banks to revise their lending ... Read more »
Promises made by leaders to increase their investment in agriculture to ten per cent of their national budgets have been met by only eight out of 53 countries. Read more »
The U.S. Commerce Department office in Ghana is likely to be shut down due to budget cuts, says Corporate Council on Africa President Steve Hayes. This would close Americas ... Read more »
Local and foreign investment is slowly moving away from agriculture and raw materials to manufacturing, services, communication and tourism, despite poor infrastructure and low ... Read more »
As Egypt braces for Saturday's vote on constitutional amendments in its first referendum since the revolution, U.S. lawmakers are seeking to introduce laws that seeks to stimulate ... Read more »
Cameroon and Gabon have put in place a Permanent Joint Commission on security issues as a way of solving cross-border problems and have also sought ways of reactivating an ad hoc ... Read more »
Ghana's economy is expected to grow faster than the rest of sub-Saharan Africa in 2011, with a substantial contribution to the expected growth coming from the oil and gas sector. Read more »
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