TANZANIA
Tanzania's Exim Bank boasts profit growthThe MD of Exim, Sabetha Mwambenja has said that during its 10 years of existence, Exim has enjoyed year-to-year growth in profits, assets and deposits.
EAST AFRICA
Car dealer bags award[Carole Kimutai] Award targets dealers of Mercedes in Africa and is measured against sales, service delivery and overall customer satisfaction.
EGYPT
The tangled web we weaveBy most accounts, 2007 marked a worldwide decline in information freedoms — and Egypt was no exception. Do two recent court decisions upholding freedom of expression signal change is in the air? Or will they be remembered as little more than ghostly blips a year from now?
TANZANIA
Celtel Tanzania has new MD[Remmy Nweke] The former Chief Commercial Officer, Celtel Nigeria, Michael Foley, has been named the new Managing Director of Celtel Tanzania.
EAST AFRICA
Ugandan, Kenyan organisations win in global competition[David Muwanga] Kenya's Centre for Training and Integrated Research for Development (CETRAD) and NETWAS Uganda are among the four winners in the inaugural nGomobile competition. The winning projects were selected from a pool of over 70 entries that came from Kenya, Uganda, Mexico and Azerbaijan.
AFRICA
The Guardian International Development Journalism CompetitionThe competition invites new voices in journalism who are writing about issues facing the developing world today - issues that are often overlooked or under-represented by the media.
NIGERIA
Nigeria: Cadbury sees strong rise in salesCadbury Schweppes has reported 7% growth in confectionery sales for the three months to March.
SOUTH AFRICA
Intelligent approach needed to reduce retail crimeTechnology must be harnessed to effectively tackle shrinkage and rising crime in South Africa's retail sector. This was the key message coming out of the Retail Risk 2008 conference held in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg in March.
AFRICA
Creating fearful shoppers[Carole Kimutai] High cost of basics worries consumers.
AFRICA
Sub-Saharan Africa to grow, but…According to the International Monetary Fund's sub-Saharan Africa spring 2008 regional economic outlook, growth is expected to remain robust but global developments cloud prospects.
