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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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