“Since the contested presidential election in November, Ivory Coast’s economy has been in chaos. With Laurent Gbagbo’s arrest, Ivorians are hoping the recovery can begin. In a country where nearly one in two Ivorians live on less than a dollar a day, the current crisis has left many out of work – and foreign investment [...]

By Sikonathi Mantshantsha April 12 (Bloomberg) — The FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index snapped two days of gains, retreating 430.25, or 1.3 percent, to 32,384.18 at 2:02 p.m. in Johannesburg. The following were among the most active stocks in the South African market today. Anglo American Plc (AGL SJ), the diversified mining company that makes [...]

Leading South African club Mamelodi Sundowns’ Brand Manager Joan Ramagoshi has been roped in as a speaker at the first African Football Executive Summit, the organisers have announced. Other confirmed South African speakers in the gathering to be hosted in Accra are former World Cup 2010 Chief of Communications Rich Mkhondo, who is now Head [...]

Coal mining equipment multinational Eickhoff is using South Africa as a base from which to ramp up its penetration of the global market for continuous mining machines. Eickhoff MD Reinhard Jahn tells Mining Weekly Online in a video interview that the company has chosen South Africa for the introduction of its continuous miner prototypes because [...]