Sweet taste of success down South The sugar industry in Southern Africa is a success story. It is expanding against all odds, owing to favourable fluctuations in the market.
Report: Bad roads slow Africa’s growth to a crawl The poor quality of Africa’s infrastructure is costing the continent’s economies around two per cent of their potential economic growth each year.
KQ starts flights to Central Africa’s ‘diamond city’ Kenya Airways has launched direct flights to Bangui, the largest city in the Central African Republic.
Landlocked countries pin their hopes on EASSy cable The 10,800 kilometre long East African Submarine Sytem (EASSy), to be complete in March before going live in June 2010, is set to provide fibre optic Internet connectivity to most of the...
Bombay: Refuge for slave Africans The role played by the freed slaves returning from India — also known as the “Bombay Africans,” a phrase coined in India — in the various expeditions which European explorers mounted in Africa in...
Yes, aid is dead, and I’m not feeling too well myself I like former Ghana president John Kufuor. He is a soft-spoken, gentle man who didn’t try to change the constitution so he could stay on when his second term ended last year.
All imports to be screened at source to block fakes Tanzania will start screening imported products at the source to block the entry of counterfeits.
Govt to shut down Mbezi checkpoint Tanzania is to close down the Mbezi transit checkpoint by end of September as it is unable to adequately serve trucks destined for hinterland states.
Leasing firms want friendlier laws in EA Tanzania and South Africa have reviewed their leasing laws, leaving traders in Kenya and Uganda at a great disadvantage, reports MARK KAPCHANGA
Singita Grumeti starts horseback game safaris Tourists to the Singita Grumeti Reserve in the Serengeti national park now have an additional incentive: They can view game from the comfort of a horseback. According to Singita Grumeti’s...
