SADC region gets interconnected.(Commercial Review)
FOUR COUNTRIES IN the SADC region are to embark on a project to
construct a 333KV inter-linked power line that is aimed at improving
distribution of electricity among the power utilities. ZESA . . .
German investors visit Uganda.(Commercial Review)(Brief
article)
THE DIRECTOR OF export sales for ThyssenKrupp GFT Gleistechnik, Dr
Manfred Schatter, who led a delegation to Uganda in February, held talks
with the executive director of Uganda Investment . . .
IFC backs private sector in Africa.(Commercial Review)(Brief
article)
IFC, THE PRIVATE-sector investment arm of the World Bank, says its
total funding for the privatisation of the two Railways Corporation in
East Africa now amounts to US$22mn. This is in addition to . . .
Rwanda sets up stock exchange.(Commercial Review)
THE CENTRAL BANK of Rwanda has launched its own securities exchange
in the country's capital, Kigali. Initially it will deal in
corporate and treasury bonds, but the Bank says it will include . . .
Fiscal reforms in Maputo.(Commercial Review)
THE IMF REPORTS good progress on the development of a
fully-computerised/integrated information system to help with the
Mozambique government's financial management problems. The
so-called . . .
Nigeria's Onne port now operational.(Commercial
Review)
NIGERIA'S MODERN CONTAINER port at Onne has now settled down
to sustained operation, handling approximately 60,000 teus in 2007 (an
incomplete year). The facility offers shippers 570m of quay space . . .
On 30 March, Emirates will begin operating daily flights between
Cape Town International Airport and Dubai International
Airport
ON 30 MARCH, Emirates will begin operating daily flights between
Cape Town International Airport and Dubai International Airport. On the
route, Emirates will operate its Boeing 777-200, one of the . . .
President Yoweri Museveni held a meeting with a delegation of
entrepreneurs from Abu Dhabi who called on him at State House in
K
PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI held a meeting with a delegation of
entrepreneurs from Abu Dhabi who called on him at State House in
Kampala. They informed him they want to establish an airline to . . .
Soroti flying school in eastern Uganda is to acquire six new
planes worth US$1.5mn.(Briefly)
SOROTI FLYING SCHOOL in eastern Uganda is to acquire six new planes
worth US$1.5mn. The school had only three aircraft, including two
Cessana 172 and one Cessana . . .
The Uganda Investment Authority has developed a business guide to
enable small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) to improve their
THE UGANDA INVESTMENT Authority has developed a business guide to
enable small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) to improve their services.
The guide has information about procedures for business . . .
Tanzania will set up 13 Export Processing Zones close to border
areas to help its business community access markets in neighbour
TANZANIA WILL SET up 13 Export Processing Zones close to border
areas to help its business community access markets in neighbouring
countries. The new initiative seeks to export canned fish and . . .
Malawi has sealed a US$150mn deal with a Qatar firm, Venessia
Petroleum, which is to construct a pipeline for refined oil from B
MALAWI HAS SEALED a US$150mn deal with a Qatar firm, Venessia
Petroleum, which is to construct a pipeline for refined oil from Beira
in Mozambique to Nsanje in Malawi. The project will drastically . . .
UK-based generator supplier Yorpower Manufacturing Limited is
celebrating the first anniversary of its operation in
Kenya.(Brief
UK-BASED GENERATOR supplier Yorpower Manufacturing Limited is
celebrating the first anniversary of its operation in Kenya. The company
took the decision to set-up an operation in Nairobi owing to . . .
Standard Bank and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
(ICBC) have confirmed that all of the regulatory and shareholder
r
STANDARD BANK AND the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
(ICBC) have confirmed that all of the regulatory and shareholder
requirements for the transaction between them to proceed had . . .
Botswana is to carry out a mini household income and expenditure
survey (HIES) in 2008.(Briefly)
BOTSWANA IS TO carry out a mini household income and expenditure
survey (HIES) in 2008. The survey, to be conducted by the Central
Statistics Office (CSO), is the primary data source for . . .
A ferrochrome plant is to be established in Zimbabwe through a
joint venture initiative to be financed by the China-Africa Devel
A FERROCHROME PLANT is to be established in Zimbabwe through a
joint venture initiative to be financed by the China-Africa Development
Fund (CADF). CADF is financed by the China Development Bank . . .
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID),
in partnership with TechnoServe, NedBank Swaziland and Standard
THE UNITED STATES Agency for International Development (USAID), in
partnership with TechnoServe, NedBank Swaziland and Standard Bank, has
announced a US$25mn loan guarantee facility to support . . .
Lonrho Plc has announced that it will establish a new water
company in South Africa to meet the growing demand for premium quali
LONRHO PLC HAS announced that it will establish a new water company
in South Africa to meet the growing demand for premium quality, glass
bottled water in Johannesburg. The new company, Lonrho . . .
Editor's note.
NIGERIA'S GAS ENDOWMENTS far exceed its oil reserves, writes
Moin Siddiqi, as the nation gears up to become a major gas producer and
processor. Yet many oilfields lack utilisation infrastructure . . .
Market turmoil puts spotlight on precious metals: South Africa is
the world's premier producer of gold and platinum but its hege
WHILE SOUTH AFRICA has to contend with the challenges of deep level
mining, Chinese deposits tend to be small and refractory in nature,
which also presents technical challenges. In addition. South . . .
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