Ports prepare for the future: fewer delays and better facilities
will be the result of the many port improvements taking shape a
THE COMMODITIES BOOM has encouraged port authorities around Africa
to expand and upgrade their facilities. More and more they are in
competition with one another. African Review has done a round-up . . .
Industry opinion from West Africa: a conversation with Patrick
Akinwuntan, Executive Director, EcoBank, Nigeria.(Information
Tec
THE CENTRAL BANK of Nigeria (CBN) reform programme more than
doubled the capital base of Nigerian banks from about US$2.5 billion in
June 2004 to about US$5.8 billion at the end of last year. What . . .
Mr Sun-Bong Kim, President, Samsung Electronics.(Company
Focus)
MR SUN-BONG KIM was named president of Samsung Gulf Electronics,
the leading brand in consumer electronic goods in February 2007. Mr Kim
is charged with overseeing company operations in sales and . . .
Mr Vinod Nair, Regional Manager, Telecommunication Division,
Middle East and Africa for Samsung Gulf Electronics.(Company
Focus)
MR VINOD NAIR currently holds the position of Regional Manager of
Samsung Gulf Electronics Telecommunication Division. He is responsible
for setting the goals and strategy for mobile phone business . . .
Elissa is Samsung music phones' Brand Ambassador for
2008.(Company Focus)(Company overview)
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO Ltd, a global leader in the mobile phone
industry, has announced its strategic focus on the music phone product
category with the revealing of Elissa as its 2008 music . . .
WB supports call centres in Kenya.(Information
Technology)
CALL CENTRES IN Kenya are to benefit from government financial aid
as part of a Ksh78mn project supported by the World Bank. The cash
released under the Transparency Communication and . . .
Secure printing and software payment solutions.(Information
Technology)
SECURE PRINTING IS a growing industry in many African countries
with the developing economy creating a real need for authentic cheques,
receipts, licences, plus a host of other secure documents.
. . .
Being energy efficient can cut your costs: electricity costs have
become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership f
ELECTRICAL POWER COSTS over the life of a data centre may exceed
the costs of the electrical power system including the UPS and also may
exceed the cost of the IT equipment.
That should be . . .
Increase security whilst cutting printer costs: the growth of IT
has undoubtedly helped you to cut costs and improve efficiency,
YOU MAY NOT realise it, but the so-called simple acts of printing
and copying take up a tremendous percentage of the IT and facilities
infrastructure in the average office, taking up a large chunk . . .
Money transfer services by mobile phone: Mwangi Mumero reports on
the growth in demand for domestic money transfer, from electro
EVEN WITH THE expansion of financial services in Kenya, 60 per cent
of the population still remains unbanked. The majority of the unbanked
cite huge monthly charges on account holders and opt to . . .
Building new institutions.
GABORONE IS THE home for some of Southern Africa's soundest
institutions. The Southern African Development Community's
headquarters is there, so is USAID's Regional Center for Southern
Africa. The . . .
The drive to diversify: Ronald Watts, who worked under Seretse
Khama before he was sworn in as President in 1966, reflects on th
To RISE FROM being one of the poorest and least developed countries
in the continent to being, over several years, the largest exporter of
rough diamonds in the world has been amazing. The . . .
Stock exchange goes from strength to strength: Botswana's
national bourse has an expanding role and its turnover almost doubled
THE BOTSWANA STOCK Exchange is the national bourse given the
responsibility to operate and regulate the equities and fixed interest
securities market. The Botswana Share Market (BSM) initially came . . .
Good governance and gems attract investors: as a new era dawns at
the top, things are looking good for Africa's 'miracle
economy
IN ITS BLUEPRINT series of January 2008, Standard Bank's Group
Economics team writes that: "Prudent macroeconomic policies and
significant capital investments over the past few decades . . .
Post-election violence causes regional fallout: post-election
violence in Kenya has already left its mark on East African
busine
THE HOPE NOW is that President Mwai Kibaki and his new Executive
Prime Minister Ralia Odinga can keep to the spirit of their
power-sharing deal in a way that averts further bloodshed and . . .
Dollar debacle.
AS DRAMATIC A month on the foreign exchanges as remembered left the
markets reeling mid-March. And that was before a major US bank had to be
humiliatingly sold for a knock-down sum; difficulties in . . .
Forecast movements against the dollar.(Financial
Forecast)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
Forecast movements against the dollar
17 March May July
Country 2008 (actual) 2008 2008
Japan (Yen) 100.2 95-100 . . .
Exchange rates.(Financial Forecast)
Exchange Rates
The currencies shown below are valued at the middle rates between buying
and selling on 17 March. The rates are an indication of the value and
are not intended to be used as the . . .
Shariah-style banking takes centre stage: to see how banks
respond to new market dynamics, it's been instructive to watch the
gr
A WORLDWIDE MARKET of 1.3bn customers is enough to change any
industry. However, until fairly recently major banking groups saw the
different demands of Muslim customers--or, rather, . . .
Gabon.(Oil News)(Brief article)
TOTAL IS TO redevelop its Anguille field, on stream since 1966, in
a US$2bn project which should lift production from the present 7,500
barrels/day to over 30,000 barrels/day in 2013-14. The firm . . .
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