Blommer Chocolate Company plots sustainability roadmap CHICAGO, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Blommer Chocolate Company, the largest cocoa processor and ingredient chocolate supplier in North America, today announced its plans to invest an incremental $45 million in cocoa sustainability efforts by 2020 as a part of its Sustainable Origins program. Driven by an effort to [...]

Delegation of leading American companies and private sector organizations visited Libya to discuss reconstruction and economic priorities with national and local officials ISTANBUL, May, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Senior leaders from NASA Services International (NSI) participated in a 20-member trade and investment delegation to Libya from April 20 to April 28. NSI leadership, including NSI President [...]

GENEVA, Switzerland, May 8, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Bekele Geleta, Secretary-General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies will be a Co-Chair for this year’s World Economic Forum Africa, which will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, between 9th and 11th May 2012. Ethiopian-born Mr Geleta will be co-chairing the [...]

ARUSHA, Tanzania, May 8, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Secretary General of the EAC Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera is this week scheduled to visit two Institutions of the Community to acquaint himself with their operations. Amb. Sezibera will visit the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) and the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO) between Wednesday [...]

The 2nd annual IT Infrastructure Africa Summit will be held at the Westin Hotel in Cape Town from 12 to 13 July 2012. The summit will focus on IT Infrastructure challenges and how these challenges can be overcome through innovation, alignment of business with technology and the positive influence of active government participation.   International [...]

Press Release AIRC 2012(.pdf) The timely 2nd annual Africa Insurance & Reinsurance Conference will again be held in Nairobi Kenya on the 26-27 June 2012. With Africa now being home to world’s fastest growing economies experiencing a seemingly unstoppable infrastructure and project investment boom, the conference will be an ideal platform to discuss growth prospect [...]

Sanday Chongo Kabange (ABN) HONG KONG – Mobile phones are transforming the way HIV test results are being transmitted to AIDS patients in Africa, a study has shown. AIDS is one of the biggest diseases affecting the continent due to limited access to antiretroviral treatment and heath care. AIDS related deaths account for close to [...]

By Sanday Chongo Kabange (ABN) HONG KONG – For three years, Kossi Serge has been buying various items in Hong Kong and China for resale in his native African country of Togo. Serge – who supports a family of six back in Africa – runs a small business which supplies electronic gadgets and clothing to [...]

Washington, May 7, 2012 – Makhtar Diop, a Senegalese national with more than 25 years of development experience, today becomes the new World Bank Vice-President for Africa. Diop was previously Country Director for Brazil since 2009 where he managed the World Bank’s largest country program. Prior to joining the Bank, Diop worked at the International [...]

The energy needs of men and women can often be different In Tanzania, a program to train local communities in the use of alternative fuel is saving women time and money The World Bank’s Gender and Energy Program for Africa is helping Rural Energy Agencies integrate gender considerations into their work through research, training and [...]