Tuesday, 11 August 2009 11:39

One of Africa's largest oil producers, Angola, is much tougher in negotiating deals with Asian firms than critics might suggest, a new report claims. UK-based think-tank Chatham House says that Angola is resisting being exploited by Asian states.

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Monday, 20 July 2009 12:27

Gill Marcus's credentials as a former central bank deputy governor and head of South Africa's largest retail banking group should reassure markets she is an able successor to respected outgoing governor Tito Mboweni.

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Friday, 10 July 2009 12:39

The United Nations and the African Union have launched a new tool, designed in partnership with the Microsoft Corporation, to help map investment flows on the continent and provide business leaders the information they need to make sound decisions.

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Friday, 15 May 2009 12:31

Egypt continues to make progress in combating software piracy, with its rating by the annual Business Software Alliance (BSA), showing declining levels of the practice in the country.

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Tuesday, 12 May 2009 16:33

Indonesia and Namibia will sign a memorandum of understanding today to form a joint ministerial commission for bilateral cooperation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

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Monday, 23 March 2009 16:12

Time magazine has selected 'Africa, business destination' as one of the 10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now, a collection of ideas in response to the changing global economy.

 

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Thursday, 12 March 2009 11:12

During African Economy week, the BBC's African Perspective spoke to two business gurus about the potential the continent offers for business and for profit.

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Friday, 27 February 2009 11:36

Michael Kijjambu is fighting an uphill battle. The owner of a small café in Kampala wants to make his country a coffee drinking nation.  But Uganda is a country of tea drinkers.  When Michael read that Ugandans drink more beer than any other nation in the world, he got a novel idea - make beer out of coffee, fermented coffee beans to be precise.  Suddenly, his stylish café is the place to be in Kampala.

Welcome to entrepreneurship in Africa where big challenges meet even bigger ideas.

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Thursday, 19 February 2009 11:54

Access to finance and the levels of financial growth and development have a direct bearing on the rate of real economic growth and real incomes of a country; as a result Africa's ability to deepen her financial sector is critically important for sustainable real growth.

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Wednesday, 06 September 2006 13:34

Doing business became easier in Africa in 2005–2006, according to a new report by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

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