Business

Frankfurt, 18 July– Achieving ”strong and vibrant” global economic growth is one of the world’s most pressing priorities, and the global economy is counting on the United States and Europe for leadership in this area, […]

Paris, 18 July– Senior government officials from major steel-producing economies convened a sixth High-Level Meeting on steel at the OECD here today to discuss significant industry, market and policy developments, and to advance work on […]

Addis Ababa, 18 July– The African Development Fund (ADF) has given Ethiopia nearly US $50 million to enable impoverished rural farmers to boost their incomes. In a statement, it said the funding – in the […]

Abuja, Nigeria, 17 July– The vice president of petroleum-rich Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, told U.S. business representatives meeting at the sixth biennial Leon Sullivan summit, July 14-18, 2003 that the West African economic powerhouse should begin […]

Johannesburg, 17 July– Zimbabwe’s Consumer Council (ZCC) on Thursday said the latest jump in inflation would put the price of basic commodities further beyond the reach of the urban poor. The Central Statistical Office pegged […]

Washington, 16 July– Measuring effectiveness in implementing anti-money laundering rules and sharing that information with financial institutions are two of money regulators’ most important challenges, says a (US) Treasury Department official. Ensuring that other countries […]

Abidjan, 15 July– Landlocked Chad, one of the poorest countries in Africa, this week becomes an oil exporter as crude starts flowing down a 1,070 km pipeline to a floating export terminal off the coast […]

Johannesburg, 15 July– The Namibian government has reportedly blamed the country’s commercial farmers for the slow pace of land reform. The newspaper Republikein said on Monday that a report on land reform, presented by a […]