AFRICA
SAT-3 reinforces market monopolies in Africa - studyA study examining the impact the SAT-3 fibre optic submarine cable has had on telecommunications in four African countries has found that the potential of the cable has not been properly exploited.
AFRICA
Video gaming market growing apaceEMEA video gaming market to reach AED 32.3 billion in 2008 up by 18.4% over the last year.
AFRICA
Roads to prosperity in the headlightsThe 2nd African Congress of Highways is continental event that will gather from 26 - 28 of June of 2008, in Luanda, Angola. It will play host to representatives from all African countries, investors and international specialists, entrepreneurs and technicians from the sector, among other interested parties, in order to debate the road network as factor of social development, economic growth, African integration and unification.
ZIMBABWE
Mugabe's vision so poor he can't read newspapers - ministerRobert Mugabe's vision is so poor that he cannot read newspapers, Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu has unwittingly disclosed.
ZIMBABWE
Newsprint pricing affects conglomerate's performance[Dumisani Ndlela] A ZSE-listed conglomerate says its newsprint production division had badly dented its performance during the half-year to March 31, 2008, blaming power outages and coal shortages for the crisis.
ZIMBABWE
Printing companies record business boom in Zim electionPrinting companies record business boom in Zim election.
EGYPT
H&M to open in Cairo
H&M, Hennes & Mauritz, the international fashion retailer, will soon be available to eager followers of fashion in Cairo, Egypt. The store will open on June 5th 2008 in Cairo's exclusive Stars Center mall in the new Citystars development. The expansion of the trendy high street brand is a result of H&M's strategic partnership with M.H. Alshaya, one of the Middle East's leading retailers.
WEST AFRICA
Urban farmers in Cameroon profit from rising food pricesYaounde - Jacques Biyiha came from the countryside to the big city to seek his fortune in the 1970s when the country was in the midst of a construction boom. He continues to live there today, but he hasn't worked in construction for 15 years. He is an urban farmer, as are many people in Cameroon's largest city.
AFRICA
How can West Africa become more food-secure?The global food and fuel price crisis presents a “strategic opportunity” to West African states to become more food-secure according to agricultural analysts, but they will only achieve this by committing 10% of state budgets to agriculture and better exploiting their comparative advantage.
AFRICA
Top footballer Seedorf launches Goal4AfricaYesterday, 27 May 2008, AC Milan's Clarence Seedorf announced the launch of Goal4Africa, a global funding mechanism and awareness campaign for educational and development programs and the promotion of football throughout the African continent.
