Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader BBC News When Egyptians joined a popular revolt last year, many were demanding economic change. | They were suffering from high unemployment and prices, low wages, widespread poverty and crippling corruption. | Over the last 15 months little has changed and many have even seen their finances worsen. | On a b...
SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba Business Day | South African Airways (SAA) needed to be recapitalised by the state to allow it to renew its fleet of aircraft and roll out its African aviation strategy, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said yesterday. | The strategy, which is scheduled to be submitted to Cabinet next month, would targe...
U.S.$6 Billion Projects Fail to Take Off All Africa [Financial Gazette] ABOUT US$6 billion worth of projects approved by the Zimbabwe Investment Authority (ZIA) last year have failed to take off, an executive with the agency said. | ...
Chamber of Mines' Property Portfolio Up 8,9 Percent All Africa [Financial Gazette] ZIMBABWE'S Chamber of Mines says the value of its property portfolio held by its property fund went up 8,9 percent last year to US$79 million, from US$72,7 million the previous year, after provisional valuation by Southgate and Ba...
Mangwana Acquires Gold Mine All Africa [Financial Gazette] CONSTITUTION Parliamentary Select Committee (CO-PAC) co-chairperson, Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana has acquired a gold mine in Kwekwe previously owned by Falcon Gold for an undisclosed amount. The deal whose details remain a closely gu...
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AFRICA: AU wants peace, security and bigger global role in 2012 IRINnews Photo: Trevor Samson/World BankThe IMF predicts average growth of 5.5 percent for Africa in 2012WASHINGTON, 12 January 2012 (IRIN) - The African Union (AU) has unveiled an ambitiou...
Air Seychelles restores link to Paris via Abu Dhabi Nation | Air Seychelles has launched codeshare flights to Paris via Etihad Airways, subject to regulatory approvals. | The codeshare agreement between the partner airlines, which commence...
Parliament Speaker for Cooperation With Argentina All Africa [ANGOP] Luanda - The speaker of the National Assembly, António Paulo Kassoma, defended on Friday in Luanda the need for a greater dynamic cooperation between Angola and Argentina in new domains of common interest, such as parliament area. | ...
Argentinean President Welcomes Partnership With Govt All Africa [ANGOP] Luanda - The Argentinean president, Cristina Fernandez Kirchner, Friday in Luanda defended the reinforcement of cooperation with Angola, so that the two countries economies complement each other and contribute to the wellbeing of the peoples....
South Africa targets rainbow tourists BBC News There is arguably no worse place in the world to be gay than Africa. Today more than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalising homosexual acts and across the continent the imprisonment, murder and abuse of gays has become part of the fabric of society. | So to many Africans the Rainbow Flag, which has emerged as one of the most powerf...
