The Africa Insurance & Reinsurance Conference Presentations: Fighting Insurance Fraud In Africa & What insurers can do to avoid leaving money on the table Subrogation and dispute resolution (Acrobat Reader)

The 2nd Annual Africa Insurance & Reinsurance Conference kick started today with a compelling opening speech on Charting new structures to ensure a stable and thriving regional insurance market by Ibrahim Kaddunabbi Lubega, The CEO, Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda.  Photo number from left to right the moderator – Sam Ncheeri, MD, Eagle Africa Insurance […]

Clean Power Africa in Cape Town to focus on new opportunities in hydro and solar industries

South African Energy Minister Dipuo Peters to welcome delegates The Clean Power Africa conference and exhibition in Cape Town in September will focus on new opportunities in the clean energy sectors such as retrofitting hydropower to current dams and helping the mining industry to use excess water to provide onsite power. South Africa’s Energy Minister […]

Report says Southern Africa’s development is not integrated

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 21, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — A new report by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says while the linkages between the economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainable development are well understood within Southern Africa, the subregion has not adopted an integrated approach to development. The report, “Progress towards […]

IFC and Norway’s Scatec Solar to Develop Solar Power in West and Central Africa

WASHINGTON, June 11, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Scatec Solar, a Norwegian company specializing in photovoltaic solar systems, have signed an agreement to develop solar power projects that will supply renewable energy to address electricity needs in parts of West and Central Africa. IFC InfraVentures, the […]

Timber & Steel prices in Kenya 2012

Cypress: 2×2: KES 25 per foot.4×2: KES 60 per foot.Mukima: 2×2: KES 20 per foot.4×2; KES 40 per foot.Cpress: 6×1:KES 36 per foot.Mukima: 6×1: KES 23 per footPlywood: KES 300 per m2.Barbed wire:610m@ KES 5,000480M@ KES 3,800Barbed wire Nails @ KES 200 per kg.Iron Sheet:Gauge 30 prepainted box/curved profile.IT4 2m-900=KES 600 per m2Gauge 30-2m kes560=KES […]

Africa Loses Billions in Potential Trade Earnings, Falls Short of Vast Promise in Cross-Border Business―New World Bank Report

Washington, February 7, 2012 – With African leaders now calling for a continental free trade area by 2017 to boost trade within the continent, a new World Bank report shows how African countries are losing out on billions of dollars in potential trade earnings every year because of high trade barriers with neighboring countries, and […]

Dr. Tererai Trent, Founder of Tinogona, to Speak at Walden University Academic Residency

Inspirational voice for empowerment, education and change will address doctoral students on Feb. 18 in Atlanta MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Dr. Tererai Trent, inspirational speaker and founder of the nonprofit organization Tinogona, will speak to more than 600 doctoral students at Walden University’s academic residency on Feb. 18 in Atlanta. Her moving story […]

Live Camera: Agadir, Morocco

Finding the cheapest Hotel in Agadir, Morocco with the maximum facility. To visit a renowned place like Agadir you are must to book a hotel. And finding the most suitable hotel for you is not very easy especially in Agadir Morocco. But it could be a little hard to find the right one for you […]