Business

Mbabane, 30 May, 2005— Creating more business opportunities to counter rising unemployment is expected to take centre stage at an upcoming jobs summit in Swaziland. The summit, scheduled to take place in July, follows a […]

Bulawayo, 30 May, 2005— Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has endorsed an ongoing crackdown by the police on illegal settlements and the parallel economy in a controversial campaign to clean-up the country’s major towns and cities […]

Dar es Salaam, 30 May, 2005— Rwanda could be admitted to the East African Community (EAC) by the end of this year, according to a directive by the heads of state of Kenya, Tanzania and […]

Harare, 19May, 2005— Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono announced the devaluation of the Zimbabwean dollar by 31 percent from Zim $6,200 to Zim $9,000 per US $1 in his quarterly review of monetary policy on […]

Johannesburg, 18 May, 2005— The rise of transnational organised crime in Africa has scared off foreign investment and undermines economic progress across the continent, a new United Nations study has found. In a report released […]

Harare, 29 April, 2005— The sudden closure of mines in Zimbabwe five years ago is still having a negative impact on the livelihoods of thousands of former employees. Forty-four year old Sara Muwati was among […]

Washington, 20 April, 2005— The Millennium Challenge Account offers a “new approach” to development, which empowers people at the grassroots level, Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana told reporters April 19, one day after his government signed […]

Washington, 17 April, 2005— The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is experiencing an economic boom driven largely by soaring oil revenues, but this growth remains insufficient for addressing the region’s daunting development challenge […]