ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 14, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Although Aid for Trade in Africa is starting to show results, interventions are urgently needed to overcome the short and long term constraints this was the key message by the Economic Commission for Africa underlining “African Case Stories: A Snapshot of Aid for Trade on [...]

A new book by Kingsley Moghalu, deputy governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank ABUJA, Nigeria, June 14, 2013/ – Bookcraft (http://www.bookcraftafrica.com) has published a new book by Kingsley Moghalu, deputy governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank. Against the backdrop of a deluge of newspaper and magazine articles about the rise of Africa, and the attendant new scramble [...]

Aggreko Lifetime Achievement Award presented to KenGen CEO Edward Njoroge Some 800 power professionals, including 11 African ministers, as well as heads of utilities, regulators and international energy companies, will attend the Africa Energy Forum from 18-20 June in Barcelona to address pressing issues concerning Africa’s power sector, including partnerships, finance, investment and renewable energy. [...]

  The fifteen-year tower management and leasing deal is focused on both the maintenance of existing sites by Eaton Towers and the building of new sites NAIROBI, Kenya, June 14, 2013/ – Integrated telecommunications services provider, Telkom Kenya, which operates Orange’s mobile and fixed-line telecommunications services (http://www.orange.com) in Kenya, announced today that it has signed [...]

Johannesburg – Africa’s cleantech future could be driven by 3D printing technologies. The continent’s deficiency of infrastructure and services have proved beneficial in quite few sectors, such as telecommunication, where mobile technology have leap-froged the need for traditional terrestrial network infrastructure.   Africa is in dire need of being introduced to a range of services [...]

G8 leaders: The ICIJ’s unprecedented exposure of a corrupt financial system built on secrecy should be taken into account as you work to establish mechanisms for greater financial transparency. Washington DC, June 14, 2013 The release of massive amounts of new information about hidden off-shore wealth by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), confirms beyond [...]

OTTAWA, Canada, June 13, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Private sector-led economic growth is creating opportunities to move people from poverty to prosperity in developing countries. Today, to mark the launch event of the Canadian chapter of the United Nations Global Compact, the Honourable Julian Fantino, Minister of International Cooperation and Lois Brown, Parliamentary Secretary [...]

CAIRO, Egypt, June 13, 2013/ – As part of its ongoing activities under the South-South Cooperation Trust Fund (funded by the Government of Brazil), the Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department of the African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) hosted a high-level workshop in Cairo, Egypt, on June 11, 2013 to showcase the results and recommendations of [...]

HARARE, Zimbabwe, June 13, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund has approved a Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Zimbabwe, covering the period April-December 2013. An SMP is an informal agreement between country authorities and Fund staff to monitor the implementation of the authorities’ economic program. SMPs do not entail [...]

  By Chemory Gunko   MD & Creative Director   Dsignhaus (Pty) Ltd     Web: www.dsignhaus.co.za     I’m not sure if it’s particular to the marketing industry or just a sign of our economic times, but lately there seem to be an enormous amount of people who have come to the conclusion that [...]

Arabian United Float Glass Company, one of the MENA region’s most important and influential glass manufacturers, is one of the latest big name companies to announce its participation at Gulf Glass 2013, taking place 3-5 September 2013 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Float glass is the largest process type, accounting for a lion’s share [...]