Black economic empowerment (BEE) is still largely seen in South Africa as benefiting a small black elite closely linked to the ruling African National Congress (ANC). Not without some reason in fact. In 2004, 72% of BEE agreements benefited just [.
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The way in which the Ethiopian Freedom, Human Rights and Democracy Act (HR 4423) was passed on 6 April by [...]
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The French employers’ federation Mouvement des entreprises de France (Medef International) has not been lucky with Sudan. On 20 December [...]
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The visit to Kampala last week of two high-ranking American officers, Major General Timothy F. Ghormley, commander general of the [...]
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The election campaign of Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi is getting a favourable reaction from some of the youth in Anjouan [...]
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Some clerics are calling President Kibaki to form a pact with his opponents and to reintegrate their leaders in the government in order to avoid the wrath of God.
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The representatives of the Malagasy employers’ organisations no longer get on with Roger Marie Rafanomezantsoa, the minister of industrialisation and trade.
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Some opposition groups are trying to organise actions of civil disobedience, while others have their eye on Addis Ababa city hall.
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The Djibouti government believes it has found a good opportunity to make recalcitrant union leaders dance to its tune.
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During his recent official journey to Tanzania at the end of March/early April, President Assoumani Azali obtained an undertaking from [...]
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Several German firms have formed a company in Dar es-Salaam to promote a new project to generate electricity from gas.
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The Tanzanian minister of finance gave some clues about the forthcoming plan to bring Tanesco back into financial health in a letter he recently sent to the IMF.
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A company owned by people close to President Mwai Kibaki has been acquiring a growing number of stakes in local firms.
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Oil and Gas Development Corp is going after two oil exploration permits in Eritrea at a time when the government of Islamabad is turning more and more of its attention to Africa.
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Adam Molai’s rapid rise in the world of business is the result of the protection afforded him by President Robert Mugabe, whose niece he is married to.
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The Spanish company Iberdola Ingenieria y Construccion (Iberinco) has just won a $6.7 million contract in Kenya. It concerns the [...]
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Thierry Montocchio, the director general of the Mauritius based advertising agency Circus Advertising, spent the week-end of 8 and 9 [...]
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The Kenyan firm Spencon Services Ltd has just signed a contract worth $19 million with the government of South Sudan [...]
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The Mauritian group Harel Mallac intends to invest 70 million rupees ($2.2 million) for the construction of an intelligent building [...]
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Rather than a career diplomat, President George W Bush finally chose a black official from North Carolina but who has [...]
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The current head of the French economic mission to Madagascar, Jean-François Bijon, is being transferred to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) from [...]
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The Henri Fraise fils & Cie group has had a new Business Development Manager for the last month and a [...]
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The director of the UNDP in Angola, Gita Honwana Welch is a Mozambican who has been working for the United [...]
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After spending two years (2002-2004) as executive director of the [...]
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The former Ugandan Minister Betty Bigombe could be the next special envoy of the United Nations to Sudan.
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The InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has still not managed [...]
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The Deputy Grand Master of the Grande Loge de France [...]
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A French diplomat will soon be installed in Juba, the [...]
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Vijay Ramgoolam is tipped to become the director of the [...]
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Woldegabriel Naizghi did not take long to find a new [...]
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The Scottish firm The Union, operating out of Edinburgh and [...]
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The Ugandan firm United Assurance Company Ltd has a new [...]
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The Tourism Authority (TA), which has been leaderless since the [...]
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A new director of the Adventist Development & Relief Agency [...]
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The government of Asmara has just reconciled with Sudan and [...]
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Last week Italy approved the appointment of Grum Abay Teshome [...]
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