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 2008-10-08 04:20     AllAfrica.com    Kenya: Oil Price Controls On the Way
The Government escalated its battle with oil companies on Tuesday announcing that plans for price controls were being worked out by the regulator....

 2008-10-08 04:20     AllAfrica.com    Kenya: Wananchi Group Launches New Data Cable
Telecommunications service provider, Wananchi Group, has unveiled Kenya's first triple play cable- a value added retail product....

 2008-10-08 04:20     AllAfrica.com    Somalia: Govt Cautions On Face-Off
American and Russian naval forces have been asked to deal with the mv Faina pirates firmly, but cautiously, to protect the crew being held hostage aboard the Ukrainian vessel....

 2008-10-08 03:40     AllAfrica.com    Kenya: Two New Energy Parastatals Set Up
Efforts to end the country's energy problems were stepped up on Tuesday following the establishment of two new parastatals in the sector....

 2008-10-08 03:20     AllAfrica.com    Uganda: Commonwealth Chief Calls for Increased Food Production
COMMONWEALTH finance ministers should adopt extension services and create strategic food reserves to minimise the consequences of high food prices, the Commonwealth Secretary General, Kamalesh Sharma, has said....

 2008-10-08 03:20     AllAfrica.com    Uganda: Women Win Agricultural Award
EIGHT Ugandan women researchers have been awarded prestigious agricultural awards by the new African Women in Agricultural Research and Development Programme (AWARD)....

 2008-10-08 01:40     AllAfrica.com    Africa: Wiping Out Hunger - One Fruit Fly at a Time
For years, farmers in one of Senegal's most mango-rich zones, Keur Mbir Ndao, 80km east of the capital, were losing more than half their harvests....

 2008-10-07 13:40     AllAfrica.com    Namibia: Minister's Address to Investor Forum
Prepared remarks to the Namibia Investor Forum on Trade and Infrastructure Investment Opportunities in Washington, DC by Dr. Hage Geingob, the minister of trade and industry. ...

 2008-10-07 11:20     AllAfrica.com    South Africa: Telkom Rolls Out Its Own 3G Network
South African telecoms company Telkom will over the next month deploy its own third generation (3G) wireless network across the country....

 2008-10-07 10:00     AllAfrica.com    Africa: Trade Liberalisation a Downturn to Economy, Says Unions
Trade unions in Africa have been urged to unite in protesting the signing of Economic Partnership Agreements that worsen unemployment on the continent....

 2008-10-07 10:00     AllAfrica.com    Kenya: Govt to Form Power Company
The Government will create two State-owned companies in the Energy ministry to meet market demands in the sector....

 2008-10-07 10:00     AllAfrica.com    Africa: Raila Sees U.S. Financial Crisis Affecting Continent
Prime Minister Raila Odinga joined world leaders in warning on Monday that the financial crisis on Wall Street will inflict significant damage on African economies, including Kenya's....

 2008-10-07 09:00     AllAfrica.com    Namibia: Lecturers Strike Averted, But Threat Lingers
The strike by dissatisfied lecturers at teachers training colleges around the country was averted, albeit for a while....

 2008-10-07 08:00     AllAfrica.com    Uganda: Country Takes Steps to Turn Bananas Into Cash Crop
Farmers, scientists and policy makers from around the world, are meeting in Mombasa to formulate a ten-year strategy expected to unlock the potential of banana as the next commercial crop to alleviate poverty and generate wealth....

 2008-10-07 08:00     AllAfrica.com    West Africa: Sameer Looks to Region to Expand Market for Powder Milk
Sameer Agriculture and Livestock has extended its exploits in the powder milk market to West Africa as the company seeks to become a leader in an industry dominated by foreign brands....

 2008-10-07 07:40     AllAfrica.com    South Africa: All Eyes on the JSE
South African markets recuperated somewhat this morning after enduring one of their worst days in years yesterday....

 2008-10-07 07:20     AllAfrica.com    Botswana: CIC Energy, International Power Seal Successor Deal
CIC Energy Corp last week said that it has signed a successor agreement with International Power plc (IPR), its partner for the Mmamabula Export Energy Project in Botswana....

 2008-10-07 06:00     AllAfrica.com    Nigeria: Passenger Traffic Soars At MMA2
With more airlines operating from the newly constructed multi-billion naira Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 (MMA 2), the terminal is getting congested like what used to be at the old domestic terminal....

 2008-10-07 06:00     AllAfrica.com    Nigeria: France to Sign MoU With Country On Electricity
French minister of state for foreign trade, Mrs AnneMarie Idrac, will tomorrow sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the minister of state for energy, (power),Mrs Fatima Balaraba Ibrahim, on co-operation in the field of electricity....

 2008-10-07 06:00     AllAfrica.com    Zambia: Prices' Downward Spiral to Continue
ACTING Republican President, Rupiah Banda has assured of continued price reductions in the essential commodities in the country....

 2008-10-07 05:40     AllAfrica.com    Nigeria: Nupeng's Deadline Ends Tomorrow, May Begin Strike
The deadline given by members of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) to Chevron Nigeria Plc will expire tomorrow....

 2008-10-07 05:40     AllAfrica.com    Nigeria: Oil Thieves Now Armed Robbers
The security outfit, Joint Task Force (JTF), yesterday said those involved in illegal bunkering in the Niger Delta region have now turned to armed robbers, because JTF has paralysed the illicit oil business....

 2008-10-07 05:40     AllAfrica.com    Zimbabwe: Unesco Programme to Benefit Teachers Living With HIV/Aids
TEACHERS living with HIV and Aids will benefit from a network to be formed under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation this year....

 2008-10-07 05:40     AllAfrica.com    Zimbabwe: Rationalised Bank Charges Laudable
SOME banks have for some time been subjecting customers to unfair treatment, levying unjustified and to a very large extent, extortionate service charges and fees....

 2008-10-07 05:40     AllAfrica.com    Nigeria: Investments in Telecoms Sector Hit U.S. $11 Billion
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has said from 2001 to 2008, the telecommunications industry in Nigeria has experienced major changes in terms of structure and growth, as investments into the sector has reached the $11 billion mark....

 2008-10-07 05:40     AllAfrica.com    Nigeria: Crude Oil Price in Free Fall
Oil prices dropped to a new record yesterday on fears that demand would tumble further as investors confidence on US bail out package for the financial system continue to flounder....

 2008-10-07 05:20     AllAfrica.com    Nigeria: Parliament Fails to Agree on Budget
The joint Committee of the National Assembly again failed yesterday to find common ground on the troubled 2008 Appropriation (Amendment) bill and shifted deliberation on the matter to 6 pm today....

 2008-10-07 05:20     AllAfrica.com    South Africa: Weapons Firm Seeks Govt Funds
The successful conclusion of arms manufacturer Denel's turnaround strategy, and its future long-term sustainability as a going concern, require additional state funding of R1,7bn, former CEO Shaun Liebenberg said in his last report before his departure from the group....

 2008-10-07 05:20     AllAfrica.com    Africa: Global Panic Hits Local Currency
PANIC erupted in world markets yesterday with stocks and commodities continuing to take a battering as the credit crisis spread across the globe....

 2008-10-07 05:00     AllAfrica.com    Nigeria: Teachers Score Yar'Adua's Administration Low
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Abdul-wahed Ibrahim Omar yesterday warned that Presi-dent Yar'Adua's administration is bound to fail because of its non-challant attitude to education, even as he described the administration's seven point agenda as an illusion that cannot make the country one of the largest economies in the world come 2020 as envisaged....

 2008-10-07 05:00     AllAfrica.com    Nigeria: Again Senate, Reps Fail to Harmonise 2008 Budget
The joint Committee of the National Assembly again failed yesterday to find common ground on the troubled 2008 Appropriation (Amendment) bill and shifted deliberation on the matter to 6 pm today....

 2008-10-07 05:00     AllAfrica.com    Nigeria: Private Sector to Bail Out Stock Market
Efforts to find a solution to the nation's lingering stock market meltdown continue today as officials of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) meet to work out a plan that will inject private funds to bail out the market....

 2008-10-07 04:20     AllAfrica.com    South Africa: We are Not Immune
THE thing about banks is they take a very small amount of capital and leverage it up tenfold or more, to a very large amount of lending. They borrow short and lend long....

 2008-10-07 04:20     AllAfrica.com    Kenya: Website Blew the Whistle On Arms
A France-based website blew the whistle on South Sudan's importation of weapons through Kenya in contravention of a UN embargo in February....

 2008-10-07 04:20     AllAfrica.com    Zimbabwe: Misa Submits Recommendations On Proposed ICT Bill
MISA-Zimbabwe notes current efforts by the Attorney General's Office to develop an Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Bill through the circulation of a questionnaire which, among other considerations, seeks to identify shortfalls in ICT related legislation in Zimbabwe....

 2008-10-07 04:20     AllAfrica.com    East Africa: Secretariat Not Supportive - EA MPs
THE East African Legislative Assembly have blamed the slow progress in fast-tracking of the common market on lack of support from the community's secretariat and inadequate coordination between the two bodies....

 2008-10-07 04:20     AllAfrica.com    Uganda: Women Urged Development Loans
WOMEN entrepreneurs have been asked to use the existing loan schemes to compete with men in running business....

 2008-10-07 04:20     AllAfrica.com    Kenya: Vital Pill for the Economy
The inauguration of the second economic advisory council by President Kibaki on Monday marked an important chapter in the quest to lift the country from regression....

 2008-10-07 04:20     AllAfrica.com    South Africa: Judges 'Should Not Need Extra Remuneration'
Chief Justice Pius Langa yesterday said the conditions of service of judicial officers should be such that they do not have to look elsewhere for remuneration or other benefits....

 2008-10-07 04:20     AllAfrica.com    South Africa: Country Will Prosper By Curing Its Structural Ills, Says Review
THE government believes that it is possible for SA to achieve a faster rate of growth and development, but this would depend on a national consensus around core ideas....

 2008-10-07 04:00     AllAfrica.com    South Africa: Platinum Sinking as Global Recession Looms
PLATINUM continued to tumble yesterday with the precious metal trading at a three-year low of $928,80/oz as a global recession looked likelier....

 2008-10-07 04:00     AllAfrica.com    South Africa: Country May Battle to Sustain Growth
SA's financial sector is still well shielded from direct fallout from the global credit crisis, but the economy may battle to maintain robust growth next year as several of its main trade partners slide into recession....

 2008-10-07 04:00     AllAfrica.com    Southern Africa: SADC Leaders At UN Call for Increased Agricultural Investment
Southern African leaders attending the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly have called for increased investment in agriculture to ensure food security on the continent....

 2008-10-07 04:00     AllAfrica.com    Kenya: 'Evil Tree' Turns Out a Saviour As Fuel Prices Bite
When Samson Ochieng' read newspaper reports on the economic potential of biofuel crops, he set out to grow jatropha trees on his one-acre plot to benefit from the increased global demand of the crop....

 2008-10-07 04:00     AllAfrica.com    Kenya: Seafarers' Organisation Head Arrested for 'False Statements' On Arms Shipment Destination
Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of ex-journalist Andrew Mwangura, head of the Kenyan chapter of the Seafarers assistance programme, who was arrested by Kenyan police on 1 October for "making false statements"....

 2008-10-07 04:00     AllAfrica.com    Kenya: Ministry Working On Fuel Price Controls
A three-day National Energy Conference starts on Tuesday against the backdrop of runaway petroleum and electricity prices....

 2008-10-07 04:00     AllAfrica.com    Kenya: Economic Team to Be Expanded
The National Economic and Social Council will be expanded to include more ministers and representatives from the private sector....

 2008-10-07 04:00     AllAfrica.com    South Africa: Old Mutual Downplays Risk From Taxi Financing
INSURANCE giant Old Mutual yesterday downplayed any suggestion an investigation by the credit regulator into the lending practices of SA Taxi Finance (SATF) represented a risk to its investment in that company....

 2008-10-07 04:00     AllAfrica.com    Africa: JSE Launches Africa Indices to Draw Funds
AFRICA's largest stock exchange has launched two Africa indices as part of its strategy to tap more investment funds into the continent....

 2008-10-07 04:00     AllAfrica.com    South Africa: Denel Seeks R1,7 Billion to Fulfil Turnaround
The successful conclusion of arms manufacturer Denel's turnaround strategy, and its future long-term sustainability as a going concern, require additional state funding of R1,7bn, former CEO Shaun Liebenberg said in his last report before his departure from the group....


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