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2010-09-02 16:00	AllAfrica.com	Ghana: Trade Ministry to Partner Centarl Region Uproot Poverty The Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms. Hannah Tetteh, has revealed that her ministry was making frantic efforts to partner the Central Region Development Commission (CEDECOM) and Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), to help rid the region of the poverty staring the majority of residents in the face....
2010-09-02 16:00	AllAfrica.com	Ghana: Susu Collectors Refine Operations to Compete in Micro-Financing Susu collectors in the Ashanti Region are spearheading a new drive to refine the operations of the traditional micro-finance industry in Ghana....
2010-09-02 15:40	AllAfrica.com	Ghana: First National Savings and Loans Introduces 'Sika Plus' First National Savings and Loans Company (FNSL) has added another product to its existing innovations, known as the 'Sika plus'....
2010-09-02 15:40	AllAfrica.com	Ghana: Maintenance Works On Akosombo Dam Begins Today The Volta River Authority (VRA) will today begin maintenance works on the Akosombo hydro power station. The program is part of the company's annual maintenance and modification on its six generating units at the Akosombo Generating Station and is expected to end December, 2010....
2010-09-02 15:40	AllAfrica.com	Ghana: We Are Not Members of Any Political Party - TUC The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says neither the leadership of the union nor its members are in alliance with any political party in the country....
2010-09-02 13:40	Business Report (IOL)	Doctors call for resolution to public sector strike
2010-09-02 12:40	AllAfrica.com	Ghana: SMEs Must Manage Loans Prudently Small and medium-scale entrepreneurs need to use loans obtained from banks prudently to win the confidence of the banks and the entire financial system....
2010-09-02 11:00	Business Report (IOL)	DA calls for Ithala CEO's arrest
2010-09-02 11:00	Business Report (IOL)	Second quarter gold production increases
2010-09-02 11:00	Business Report (IOL)	New Age 'soft' launches
2010-09-02 11:00	Business Report (IOL)	Govt will intervene on steel price - Davies
2010-09-02 11:00	AllAfrica.com	Ghana: Country Deserves B+ Rating - IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has credited the basis upon which Standard and Poor (S&P) downgraded the country's credit worthiness from B+ to B....
2010-09-02 10:40	Business Report (IOL)	Steel industry will be forced to comply - Davies
2010-09-02 10:40	Business Report (IOL)	NPA denies SAA claim over forensic reports
2010-09-02 10:40	Business Report (IOL)	Vuvuzela can't be patented - lawyer
2010-09-02 10:40	Business Report (IOL)	Strike cancels out World Cup benefits - SACCI
2010-09-02 09:40	Business Report (IOL)	Price hikes in Mozambique 'irreversible' - government
2010-09-02 09:40	AllAfrica.com	South Africa: Photovoltaic Firm Opens its First Power Facility CONCENTRATED photovoltaic firm Concentrix Solar has begun preparations to build a 50MW solar plant in the Western Cape, CEO Hansjorg Lerchenmuller said yesterday....
2010-09-02 09:00	AllAfrica.com	Ghana: African Green Revolution Forum Welcomes Delegates Heads of state, private sector leaders and agricultural experts are arriving in Ghana for the inaugural African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)....
2010-09-02 09:00	AllAfrica.com	Africa: Pharmaceutical Giants to Expand Deal Adcock Ingram, SA's second-biggest pharmaceutical manufacturer, has expanded its five-year co-promotion and distribution agreement with the world's second-biggest drug firm US-based Merck & Co (MSD) beyond SA's borders to include six other African countries, it announced yesterday....
2010-09-02 08:40	Business Report (IOL)	Labour members seek distance to Blair-Brown feud
2010-09-02 08:40	Business Report (IOL)	Numsa leader out on bail
2010-09-02 08:40	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: FEC Approves N1.2 Billion for UBEC The Federal Government yesterday approved contracts totaling N1.71 billion for the purchase and supply of Primary 6 English Language, Mathematics and Science textbooks for public schools nationwide....
2010-09-02 08:40	AllAfrica.com	South Africa: Nation Needs to Do Business Differently to Succeed If South Africa is to succeed in extracting maximum benefits from its mineral endowment it must do business differently, says Mineral and Resources Minister Susan Shabangu....
2010-09-02 08:40	AllAfrica.com	East Africa: Maize Disease Threatens Food Security, Livelihoods A new maize disease, not previously reported in Africa, will threaten food security and the livelihoods of millions of people on the continent, scientists have said....
2010-09-02 08:40	AllAfrica.com	South Africa: Govt Calls for an End to Strike Government has once again called on negotiators in the public sector strike to find a "win win" solution to end the mass action that has halted schooling and hospital services across the country....
2010-09-02 08:00	Business Report (IOL)	Electricity consumption increases in July
2010-09-02 08:00	AllAfrica.com	Somalia: Greek Frigate HS Adrias Joins the Task Force HS ADRIAS is a type standard multiple role frigate that has been in the service of the Hellenic Navy since March 1994. She has a displacement of 3,630 tons and a crew of 192....
2010-09-02 08:00	AllAfrica.com	Liberia: Golden Veroleum Executive Arrives Thursday - US $100 Scholarship Program to Be Launched The Chairman of Golden Agri-Resources Limited, the lead investor of Golden VerOleum (Liberia) Limited, arrives in Liberia Thursday for a one-day visit....
2010-09-02 07:40	Business Report (IOL)	Special deal for Zim citizens to end
2010-09-02 07:40	AllAfrica.com	Namibia: Ongwediva Marks 10 Years of Growth THE 10th Ongwediva Annual Trade Fair (OATF) kicked off on Friday on a high note, with more than 550 confirmed exhibitors clamouring to show off their business colours....
2010-09-02 07:40	AllAfrica.com	Namibia: Ladies Cricket Gets Financial Lifeline NAMIBIAN ladies cricket received a massive boost through a sponsorship of N$90 000 from Bank Windhoek yesterday....
2010-09-02 07:40	AllAfrica.com	Africa: Huge Potential in Africa's Fisheries And Aquaculture Sectors Booming business out of aquaculture is happening elsewhere in the world, compared to Africa where the sector is still at its infancy. But there is a wind of change blowing on the continent as African governments implement policies that are opening lucrative investment opportunities in the sector....
2010-09-02 07:40	AllAfrica.com	South Africa: Poor, Unemployed 'Have No Friends' Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's warning last week that we need to achieve a sustained 7% growth rate for the next 20 to 30 years if we are to meet the social and economic needs of this county should come as a reality shock to all South Africans....
2010-09-02 07:00	Business Report (IOL)	Tourism figures promising - minister
2010-09-02 07:00	Business Report (IOL)	Govt considering submissions on Info Bill
2010-09-02 07:00	Business Report (IOL)	Central bank says policy should stabilise output
2010-09-02 07:00	Business Report (IOL)	Business unprepared for consumer act: lawyer
2010-09-02 07:00	Business Report (IOL)	Parents call strike a tragedy
2010-09-02 06:40	AllAfrica.com	Rwanda: Civil Servants Should Live Up to Their Vows The new initiative by government to have all civil servants in public institutions take oath should not be taken lightly....
2010-09-02 06:40	AllAfrica.com	Africa: Agriculture Excites Foreign Investors THERE has been a large positive shift in global investment perceptions towards agriculture in Africa, driven by the global race for resources and food....
2010-09-02 06:40	AllAfrica.com	South Africa: Govt Strike Continues as Unions at Odds Over Pay Offer THE state's revised wage offer to public servants hit new obstacles yesterday, with unions at odds over whether to end their strike and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) indicating the stoppage will continue....
2010-09-02 06:40	AllAfrica.com	Rwanda: Over 30 Firms Blacklisted From Public Tenders The government's procurement agency, Rwanda Public Procurement Authority (RPPA) has suspended 33 companies from bidding for public tenders for periods ranging from one year to three years....
2010-09-02 06:00	Business Report (IOL)	Web: SA lacks regulatory certainty in mining sector
2010-09-02 05:40	Business Report (IOL)	New vehicle sales up 36.9 percent year on year
2010-09-02 05:40	Business Report (IOL)	Cabinet urges strike settlement soonest
2010-09-02 05:40	Business Report (IOL)	JSE says bourse news feed down
2010-09-02 05:40	AllAfrica.com	Kenya: Firms See Opportunity, Risk in Rapid Urbanisation Producers of consumer goods were on Wednesday scouring the just released census results for new market opportunities or major shifts in demand for specific goods and services with the changing demographics....
2010-09-02 05:00	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: 'Nation Needs 25 Million Jobs By 2030 to Check Unemployment' Nigeria needs to create about 25 million jobs over the next 10 years if it is to offer work to new entrants and cut halve the current unemployment rate in the country, according to a report presented yesterday....
2010-09-02 05:00	AllAfrica.com	Nigeria: Fake Products - FG Yet to Sign MOU With China Nigeria is delaying the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with China on the elimination of substandard products because details of the MoU did not take into consideration the aspect of quality assurance of Chinese goods coming into Nigeria....


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