Africa
South Africa: Bank Pioneers New Way of Farming
STANDARD Chartered Bank is providing nearly R3bn to fund agricultural production in SA, using an innovative scheme that avoids the conventional approach of asking farmers to provide a physical asset as security.
Rwanda: The Best is Yet to Come - Kagame
Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), Presidential Candidate, Paul Kagame, has said that his party still has a lot to offer to Rwandans beyond what it has delivered in the past seven years.
Africa: Amisom Capture Key Mogadishu Positions
JULY was a fruitful month militarily for peacekeepers and Somali government forces, a spokesman said.
Africa: Race On for BP's African Assets
BP Plc is in talks with India's Reliance Industries and Essar Group to sell its African retail assets, including those in Namibia, that could be worth as much as US$500 million, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters yesterday.
Africa: Investor Sees Africa Risks Easing, Plenty of Growth
Political risks to investment are easing gradually across Africa, making it easier to tap into the continent's robust growth, Africa's top private equity investor Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) has said.
Southern Africa: EU Backs Off on EPA
European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Karel de Gucht has appeased leading European civil society organisations about the negotiations for a Southern African economic partnership agreement (EPA), promising "not to put undue pressure" on countries.
Somalia: 21 People Killed in Fresh Mogadishu Fighting
At least 21 people have been killed and 45 others injured in gun battle and mortars exchanged by Somali government troops backed by AMISOM and Al-Shabaab extremist militias since Tuesday, Radio Garowe reports.
Somalia: Somaliland President Names New Cabinet Ministers
The new elected president of Somalia's breakaway republic of Somaliland, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamud (Silanyo) named on Wednesday new Cabinet ministers for his government, Radio Garowe reports