Business

Monrovia, 25 April, 2008— A surge in rice prices in 1979 contributed to Liberia’s descent into chaos, sparking riots and a political crisis that led to the coup that brought Samuel Doe to power. Now […]

Berlin, 31 March, 2008— Deutsche Bahn AG’s revenues, transport performance and profits rose for the third year in a row in 2007. At the same time, the company was able to cut its net financial […]

Mbabane, 6 March, 2008— A bloody week of the worst labour strife in a decade has exposed cracks in the Swazi government’s poverty-alleviation plan of creating thousands of low-paying jobs by promoting a textile industry. […]

Johannesburg, 29 February, 2008— Although the South African government’s Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is on track to achieve its main objective of creating one million jobs for the poor by 2009, significant and sustained […]

Dar es Salaam, 17 February, 2008— The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact with Tanzania will provide nearly $700 million in five years to improve the country’s transportation network, secure reliable supplies of energy and expand […]

Washington, 30 November, 2007— In Cameroon, when 28 new buses moved from Douala, the port and commercial center, to the capital city of Yaoundé in August 2006, excitement was so high that people were lining […]

Washington, 26 November, 2007— “There is a culture of failure that is unique to the United States,” said Jonathan Ortmans, of The Public Forum Institute, referring to the role failure plays in business activity. “You […]

Washington, 16 November, 2007— Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson has identified four areas where African leadership is vital to accelerate and sustain economic development — natural resource protection, financial markets, business climates and free trade. […]