EAST AFRICA
Kenyan bank enters Uganda[Carole Kimutai] Equity Bank's cross-border acquisition marks start of its regional foray.
AFRICA
Burkina Faso welcomes the second ICT Best Practices ForumPersonalities from the public and private sectors, international community of donors and non-governmental and intergovernmental sectors will join the Burkina Faso government to welcome the second African ICT Best Practices Forum, which will be held in Ouagadougou, the capital, from 21st to 23rd April 2008.
AFRICA
ITU Secretary General lures bankers[Remmy Nweke] The first African Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) telecommunications regulator, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Dr. Hamadoun Toure has tasked financial institutions on the continent to invest in the telecommunications sector.
AFRICA
Web video viewership balloons by two-thirds[Walaika Haskins] Viewership of online video shot up 66% in February over the year-ago period as Net surfers watched over 10 billion clips, shows and movies throughout the month. This is according to a comScore report released Wednesday, 16 April, at the annual meeting of the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas, USA.
AFRICA
Africa, get interactive
Africa Interactive, the online publisher of www.AfricaNews.com and http://voicesofafrica.africanews.com/, has a new website.
AFRICA
Kenya calls for increased intra-Africa trade[Judith Akolo] Kenya has called for an increase in intra-Africa trade in order to provide a market for exports from the African countries. Kenyan Trade and Industry Ministry Permanent Secretary, David Nalo said this will in turn help boost economic development on the continent. He was addressing the re-launch of the Proctor and Gamble Company's products on the local market on Thursday, 17 April 2008.
ZIMBABWE
Inflation soars to 165,000%Zimbabwe's annual rate of inflation soared to an all-time high of almost 165,000% in February, according to the latest government statistics obtained Wednesday, 16 April 2008.
ZIMBABWE
Zim manufacturing sector crisis escalates; govt issues ultimatum[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's manufacturing sector is tottering on the brink of an unprecedented crisis due to alleged government threats and non-payment of critical foreign currency receipts from exports.
SOUTH AFRICA
Botswana and NW to develop economic relations[Bathandwa Mbola] Mmabatho - A trade and investment seminar aimed at strengthening ties and developing economic relations between Botswana and the North West Province of South Africa is scheduled to take place this month.
AFRICA
Farming families in Angola to benefit from UN schemeSome 126,000 farming families in Angola, one of the world's poorest countries, will benefit from a $49.5 million United Nations-backed agreement to improve agricultural productivity and revitalise markets.
