All rights reserved Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:49:32 GMT Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:49:32 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss AfricaNews - page http://www.africanews.com/site/rss/page/rss_business React, www.react.nl http://www.react.nl/ http://www.parse.nl/react.png mail@africanews.com mail@africanews.com http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23407?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23407 dummy@example.com (AfricaNews editor) Zain - a mobile network - has said its African operations are not for sale and will continue to expand its services on the continent, disclosed Chris Gabriel, the chief executive officer of Zain Africa. The Kuwait's biggest phone carrier plans to become one of the top 10 global mobile operators by 2011. The CEO revealed Zain had dropped its plans…
The CEO revealed Zain had dropped its plans…]]> Articles http://www.africanews.com/site/CEO_Zain_Africa_Not_for_Sale/list_messages/28025 http://www.africanews.com/site/CEO_Zain_Africa_Not_for_Sale/list_messages/28025 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:13:42 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23395?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23395 dummy@example.com (Tom Minney) The Nigerian Stock Exchange served notice that it needs some N5 billion (US$33 million) in capital for its fifth software upgrade and to help finance the Sierra Leone Stock Exchange. Donors helped Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to upgrade theirs but believe Nigeria is too rich for funding. NSE Director General Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke reportedly told…
NSE Director General Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke reportedly told…]]> Tom http://www.africanews.com/site/Nigerian_Stock_Exchange_seeks_33m/list_messages/28013 http://www.africanews.com/site/Nigerian_Stock_Exchange_seeks_33m/list_messages/28013 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:04:33 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23359?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23359 dummy@example.com (Kemo) Nigeria's Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi, has concluded a day long visit to the Gambia, where he addressed an audience of bankers, diplomats and judges. "We must hold individuals accountable for misusing public fund," Sanusi told his audience. There has been a proliferation of subsidiaries of Nigerian banks in the Gambia. But…
There has been a proliferation of subsidiaries of Nigerian banks in the Gambia. But…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Kemo http://www.africanews.com/site/Nigeria_governor_assures_Gambia_bankers/list_messages/27975 http://www.africanews.com/site/Nigeria_governor_assures_Gambia_bankers/list_messages/27975 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:57:13 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23360?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23360 dummy@example.com (Addou) The Moroccan Transport and Equipment Ministry has called on the European Union to increase its backing to transport infrastructure projects in Mediterranean countries. The call was made at the international meeting on trans-European transport (RTE-T 2009). The ministry pointed out the considerable funds needed to carry out Mediterranean road projects…
The ministry pointed out the considerable funds needed to carry out Mediterranean road projects…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Addou http://www.africanews.com/site/Morocco_falls_on_EU_for_transport_deal/list_messages/27976 http://www.africanews.com/site/Morocco_falls_on_EU_for_transport_deal/list_messages/27976 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:25:26 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23361?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23361 dummy@example.com (Addou) Egypt will announce the leading bidding company that would build two more ports on the Nile River by the end of this year, stated Egyptian Transport Ministry officials. Already there are two existing tenders for the ports in the northern Mediterranean city of Alexandria and in Qena in central Egypt. Four more cargo ports are eyed in 2010 for tender.…
Already there are two existing tenders for the ports in the northern Mediterranean city of Alexandria and in Qena in central Egypt. Four more cargo ports are eyed in 2010 for tender.
…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Addou http://www.africanews.com/site/Egypt_Nile_River_to_transport_more_cargo/list_messages/27977 http://www.africanews.com/site/Egypt_Nile_River_to_transport_more_cargo/list_messages/27977 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:34:46 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23364?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23364 dummy@example.com (pejomo) Gauteng, South Africa's economic province, would not showcase its high-speed train during the Fifa 2010 World Cup. The R26-billion (¤2.3-billion) project would see Johannesburg’s international airport connected by rail to Sandton, downtown Johannesburg and Pretoria. It was hoped that the Bombela Consortium, who are building the project,…
The R26-billion (¤2.3-billion) project would see Johannesburg’s international airport connected by rail to Sandton, downtown Johannesburg and Pretoria. It was hoped that the Bombela Consortium, who are building the project,…]]> The AfricaNews articles of pejomo http://www.africanews.com/site/SA_High_speed_train_project_delays/list_messages/27980 http://www.africanews.com/site/SA_High_speed_train_project_delays/list_messages/27980 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:50:32 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23370?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23370 dummy@example.com (Richard Chirombo) Malawi continues to experience a paralyzing fuel shortage that authorities blame on technical problems at the Mozambique's Beira Port. The country has for the past four weeks gone with empty tanks at fuel service centres, forcing vehicles to wait for hours on end in a quest to get fuel. Officials from Petroleum Importers Limited and the Malawi…
The country has for the past four weeks gone with empty tanks at fuel service centres, forcing vehicles to wait for hours on end in a quest to get fuel.

Officials from Petroleum Importers Limited and the Malawi…]]> Chirombo http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Fuel_shortage_deepens/list_messages/27986 http://www.africanews.com/site/Malawi_Fuel_shortage_deepens/list_messages/27986 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:42:49 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23375?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23375 dummy@example.com (Sanday) Fuel shortage has hit Zambia again in less than 48 hours when it was reported that the situation was getting normal. Meanwhile, reports say the situation has spilled over to Malawi - Zambia's eastern neighbour - and has seriously affected the tobacco industry. AfricaNews had reported on Tuesday that most service stations across the Zambia capital…
AfricaNews had reported on Tuesday that most service stations across the Zambia capital…]]> Sanday http://www.africanews.com/site/Zambia_Fuel_shortage_spill_into_Malawi/list_messages/27991 http://www.africanews.com/site/Zambia_Fuel_shortage_spill_into_Malawi/list_messages/27991 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:12:07 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23311?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23311 dummy@example.com (Yohanes) The state owned financing firm, China Exim Bank, has approved a $349 million loan for Ethiopia's new expressway project. Upon completion the highway would be the first of its kind in Ethiopia - 12 meter width and eight lanes. It is expected to ease traffic from Addis Ababa to Adama - the country's major import line. The two countries signed…
The two countries signed…]]> Yohanes http://www.africanews.com/site/Ethiopia_China_provides_loan_for_expressway/list_messages/27930 http://www.africanews.com/site/Ethiopia_China_provides_loan_for_expressway/list_messages/27930 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:21:46 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23374?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23374 dummy@example.com (Tom Minney) Kenya launched its first bond through an Automated Trading System (ATS) on the Nairobi Stock Exchange when the KenGen listed its US$336 million (KSh25 billion) bond this week. According to local media the firm offered its investors the choice to trade on the ATS or trade on the traditional market with paper holdings. 91% opted to have bond certificates…
91% opted to have bond certificates…]]> Tom http://www.africanews.com/site/Kenya_336m_automated_bond_launched/list_messages/27990 http://www.africanews.com/site/Kenya_336m_automated_bond_launched/list_messages/27990 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:45:30 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23317?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23317 dummy@example.com (Emeruwa) An activist group has asked Shell Development Corporation to pay its royalty fee and rent or face a strong opposition. The group, Ogoni Solidarity Forum, has accused Shell of operating for 35 years in its community without paying it royalty and rent fee. The group is also accused Shell of destroying natural vegetation and causing severe environmental…
The group is also accused Shell of destroying natural vegetation and causing severe environmental…]]> Articles of Victor Emeruwa http://www.africanews.com/site/Nigeria_Group_lead_protest_against_Shell/list_messages/27936 http://www.africanews.com/site/Nigeria_Group_lead_protest_against_Shell/list_messages/27936 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:51:08 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23373?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23373 dummy@example.com (Muhyadin) One of the Somali pirates that allegedly kidnapped a Panamanian-flagged ship with 18 crew members on board insisted that the ship was not carrying weapons. Isse Abdi Ahmed said they are negotiating a ransom demand with the owners. Mohammed Iqbal, the ship manager confirmed that report from Dubai. The hijacked crew according to the VOA includes 15 Indians,…
The hijacked crew according to the VOA includes 15 Indians,…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Muhyadin http://www.africanews.com/site/Somalia_Pirates_negotiate_deny_arms_claim/list_messages/27989 http://www.africanews.com/site/Somalia_Pirates_negotiate_deny_arms_claim/list_messages/27989 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:19:57 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23339?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23339 dummy@example.com (Sanday) The fuel shortage that hit Zambia for almost a month is normalizing, AfricaNews reporter said. AfricaNews' checks at most gas stations around the capital, Lusaka, revealed the availability of petrol, diesel and kerosene. Indeni - the sole petroleum refinery - disrupted supplies some weeks ago. Energy Minister Kenneth Konga, who refused to step…
Energy Minister Kenneth Konga, who refused to step…]]> Sanday http://www.africanews.com/site/Zambia_Fuel_supply_normalizes/list_messages/27935 http://www.africanews.com/site/Zambia_Fuel_supply_normalizes/list_messages/27935 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:25:28 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23301?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23301 dummy@example.com (Mernat) Gill Marcus the new South African Reserve Bank Governor takes office on Monday. She becomes the ninth leader of the 88-year-old bank, taking over from Tito Mboweni. Under Mboweni, the bank reached a positive reserves position in 2004 and since then has built holdings to just under $40 billion. AfricaNews reporter said Marcus will be hard pressed to…
AfricaNews reporter said Marcus will be hard pressed to…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Mernat http://www.africanews.com/site/New_SA_governor_takes_office_today/list_messages/27920 http://www.africanews.com/site/New_SA_governor_takes_office_today/list_messages/27920 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:41:21 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23312?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23312 dummy@example.com (AfricaNews editor) The Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) service has been re-introduced in Kenya by Kenya's Orange (formerly Telkom Wireless). Telkom Kenya's Head of Corporate Communications Angela Ng'ang'a-Mumo confirmed that CDMA services reputed to be relatively stronger than GSM, will now be available countrywide. [htmlThe company was compelled…
[htmlThe company was compelled…]]> Articles http://www.africanews.com/site/Kenya_Orange_reintroduces_CDMA_service/list_messages/27931 http://www.africanews.com/site/Kenya_Orange_reintroduces_CDMA_service/list_messages/27931 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:25:28 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23306?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23306 dummy@example.com (Sanday) Zambia recorded a trade deficit valued at US$63,879,957 (K298.4 billion) in October, 2009. This means that the country exported less in October, 2009, than it imported in value terms. The country’s major export products in October, 2009 – by International Standard Industrial Classification – were, under the manufacturing sector, accounting…
The country’s major export products in October, 2009 – by International Standard Industrial Classification – were, under the manufacturing sector, accounting…]]> Sanday http://www.africanews.com/site/Zambia_records_trade_deficit/list_messages/27925 http://www.africanews.com/site/Zambia_records_trade_deficit/list_messages/27925 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:03:40 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23285?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23285 dummy@example.com (Mernat) One of South Africa's weekend newspapers, The Weekender, has succumbed to the global recession pressure and printed its last edition over the weekend. The paper that had been in existence for three-and-a-half years was an extension of Business Day. "It's finished. Ultimately it was advertising but the paper was in an economic hole, part…
"It's finished. Ultimately it was advertising but the paper was in an economic hole, part…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Mernat http://www.africanews.com/site/SA_Newspaper_folds_up_due_to_recession/list_messages/27907 http://www.africanews.com/site/SA_Newspaper_folds_up_due_to_recession/list_messages/27907 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:45:56 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23291?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23291 dummy@example.com (Murtala) Sierra Leone has finally commissioned a hydro project which started some 30 years ago. The project endorsed by President Ernest Bai Koroma is estimated to cost $372 million. The Bumbuna hydro project would provide stable electricity supply to Sierra Leone and beyond. “We are all gathered here today to witness and celebrate the completion of a…
“We are all gathered here today to witness and celebrate the completion of a…]]> Murtala http://www.africanews.com/site/S_Leone30_yrs_power_project_completed/list_messages/27911 http://www.africanews.com/site/S_Leone30_yrs_power_project_completed/list_messages/27911 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:27:40 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23297?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23297 dummy@example.com (Kemo) Upcoming World Super Power China has pledged $10bn in new low loans to Africa over the next three years. This was revealed by the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, who was addressing a gathering of business men and officials on Sunday, at a summit in the Egyptian Red Sea Resort of Sharm El-Sheikh. This is part of a two-day forum on China-Africa cooperation,…
This is part of a two-day forum on China-Africa cooperation,…]]> The AfricaNews articles of Kemo http://www.africanews.com/site/China_woos_Africa_with_10bn_loans/list_messages/27916 http://www.africanews.com/site/China_woos_Africa_with_10bn_loans/list_messages/27916 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:00:27 GMT http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/23284?data%5Bsource%5D=rss#m23284 dummy@example.com (Dolphyne) There has been growing debate about the global financial crisis and whether Africa can really take advantage of the situation and the challenges of the continent in this regard. This however necessitated the World Bank and Inwent to organize this year's International Business Forum under the theme: "Global Crisis - African Challenges"… …]]> The AfricaNews articles of Dolphyne http://www.africanews.com/site/Ghana_World_Bank_Invent_host_Business_Forum/list_messages/27906 http://www.africanews.com/site/Ghana_World_Bank_Invent_host_Business_Forum/list_messages/27906 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:39:20 GMT Enter your search terms data[q] http://www.africanews.com/site/find