Nigeria: IFRS Adoption to Boost FDI in Banks - CBN Gov
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has said that the drive by the country to converge their financial reporting standards with the International Financial...
View ArticleCouncil Turns Down Diamond Cutting Project
The Harare City Council has turned down an application to construct a diamond cutting training centre in Harare.
View ArticleAnyim Takes Over As SGF
Former Senate President Anyim Pius Anyim yesterday formally assumed office as Secretary to the Government of the Federation. He replaced Mahmud Yayale Ahmed.
View ArticleZimbabwe: Minister, Permanent Secretary to Be Questioned
THE State Procurement Board is eager to unravel circumstances leading to the awarding of a multi-million dollar contract for the Plumtree-Mutare highway dualisation to a South African contractor, Group...
View ArticleMDC-T in New Political Terrain
THE post-2011 congress period is indicatively pointing towards being one of the most grueling and challenging phases to the survival of the MDC-T.
View ArticleZimbabwe: Govt Dreams BRICS
Zimbabwe believes its four-year Medium-Term Plan (MTP) approved by Cabinet on Tuesday can be a dream ticket to the BRICS, a club of the world's leading and fastest emerging markets comprising Brazil,...
View ArticleHouse Throws Out PIB Bill
The House of Representatives yesterday unanimously resolved not to pass the long-awaited controversial Petroleum Industry Bill popularly known as PIB.
View ArticleNigeria: Bank Liquidation is Last Option, Says Sanusi
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, Wednesday clarified his pronouncement that some of the rescued banks will be liquidated if they fail to recapitalise before...
View ArticleWheat Production Drastically Declines
Zimbabwe's tale of winter wheat production has been told over and over again to the extent of getting monotonous.
View Article'Kwankwaso is Blackmailing Me'
Kano State's former governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, says the new governor of the state, Engineer Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, is in a hurry to blackmail him through insinuations and concocted statements.
View ArticleSibanda Divides Zanu-Pf
CONTROVERSIAL war veterans' national chairperson, Jabulani Sibanda, who has been campaigning for ZANU-PF across Masv-ingo since last year denies the allegations, saying it was cheap propaganda...
View ArticleAfrica: Entrepreneurship Awards Launched
Legatum, a private international investment group, and Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm, announced the launch of the 2011 Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship.
View ArticleLibya: Crisis Dominates Africa-Europe Talks
Facing unrest in the north and a struggle against poverty elsewhere, leaders of the African Union and their European counterparts are working as "equal partners" to spread democracy and economic...
View ArticleSudan: South Government Meets Investors in Dubai
A high level delegation of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) headed by the Vice President, Riek Machar, discussed with potential investors from Middle East in Dubai, the capital of the United...
View ArticleAngola: Mozambican Parliament Speaker Stresses Political Stability
The Parliament speaker of Mozambique, Veronica Nataniel Dihovo said Tuesday in Lobito, Benguela province, that the socio-economic and political stability of Angola is a victory for Mozambicans.
View ArticleAlhagie Momodou Njie, Biri Biri Honored in Grand Style
If the ceremony honoring Biri that took place last Sunday at the Roy Lester Stadium in the Maryland suburb of Rockville is anything to go by; then the Gambian American Association under the dynamic...
View ArticleZambia: Education Sector Growing
EDUCATION is key to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and is a powerful driver of the development of individuals and societies.
View ArticleMM, State Ink U.S.$52 Million IPPA Deal
MM Integrated Steel Mills Limited yesterday signed an Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA) with the Zambian Government, worth more than US$52 million for the expansion of its operations.
View ArticleNigeria: Cleared Cheques Hit N1.9 Trillion Value
Following the ongoing reforms in the Nigerian payment system by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the total worth of cheques cleared by banks in the country rose by 8 per cent to N1.954 trillion in May.
View ArticleSouth Africa: Land Reform Farms Should Be Fully Productive - Nkwinti
Key role players in the land reform sector have set a goal that all land reform farms should be 100 percent productive and sustainable during this Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period.
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