Africa

  • Jun 13, 2011
  • 2 min read

African free trade plans still face obstacles

Yesterday three economic communities agreed to form a 'Grand Free Trade Area' covering 26...

Africa
  • Jun 10, 2011
  • 2 min read

Africa skills gap and job hopes will worry top miners

An annual mining trends survey released in Johannesburg yesterday of CEOs of the world's top 40...

Africa
  • Jun 7, 2011
  • 11 min read

Prospects for African economies in the third quarter

Sub-Saharan Africa's recovery from the globally induced 2008-09 slowdown is now well in progress,...

Africa
  • Jun 6, 2011
  • 2 min read

Inflation a risk as African recovery consolidates

The combined African Development Bank, OECD and UN report states that after reduced...

Africa
  • Jun 2, 2011
  • 2 min read

Capital controls will remain attractive

Net private capital flows to emerging markets will increase by around 5% to 1.04 trillion...

International
  • May 31, 2011
  • 7 min read

East Africans will slowly push new framework for Nile

On May 29, Egyptian and Ethiopian business and government officials met in Cairo, amid renewed...

Africa
  • May 25, 2011
  • 1 min read

Indian links to African markets deepen only slowly

The second India-Africa Summit is due to close today in Addis Ababa, with leaders from the region...

Africa
  • May 24, 2011
  • 2 min read

SADC tribunal suspension may worry investors in Africa

Regional civil society groups yesterday criticised SADC's May 20 decision to suspend its...

Africa