Search Africa Good News
-
East Africa looks towards single currency by 2012
(News/Trade and Investment)
Tags: [East Africa, currency, trade, market, East African Community Common Market Protocol, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Burundi and Uganda, economy] ...
Friday, 30 July 2010
-
Economy back on track, Zimbabweans making merry at Christmas
(News/Economy)
Tags: [Christmas, economy, foreign currency, Morgan Tsvangirai, MDC, Robert Mugabe, Unity government, South Africa, Botswana, Bevlyn Makamba, Cleopatra Matimbe, Zimbabwe] ...
Friday, 18 December 2009
-
Egypt sees increase in non-oil exports
(News/Trade and Investment)
... heavily on tourism, Suez Canal receipts and remittances from its workers abroad for foreign currency income. Reuters ...
Thursday, 19 August 2010
-
Japan sponsors rice research hub in East Africa
(News/Trade and Investment)
... that rice consumption there was lacking and the continent was losing a lot of foreign currency through importing rice." The Uganda project, which is one of JICA's biggest agricultural initiatives to ...
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
-
India signs $42 mln loan with Congo following debt relief
(News/Trade and Investment)
... minister Jean Baptise Ntahwa told reporters on Thursday that $262 million intended for debt service payments had been freed up this year following debt relief. He said Congo's currency was strengthening ...
Friday, 06 August 2010
-
East Africa looks towards single currency by 2012
(News/Trade and Investment)
With the East African Community Common Market Protocol now in effect, the region is looking to launch a single currency by 2012. Many hope the integration will break down economic barriers across the ...
Friday, 30 July 2010
-
East Africa to begin economic integration Thursday
(News/Regional Integration)
... of goods, services and citizens throughout East Africa. The protocol is part of a vision that would see the nations eventually form a federated state, complete with a single currency and unified foreign ...
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
-
South Africa sees South-South trade opportunities
(News/Economy)
South Africa sees growing opportunities for trade with other developing countries as new economic powerhouses emerge and Europe is engulfed by economic and currency weakness, its trade chief said on Wednesday. ...
Wednesday, 09 June 2010
-
Ghana sees more oil finds aiding growth
(News/Economy)
... the government was mindful of the risk and said an expected surge in import demand should relieve upward pressure on the currency. He added that Ghana remained on track to boost cocoa production to a ...
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
-
IFC, soverign wealth funds partner in $800 mln fund
(News/Trade and Investment)
... to attract commercial investors." Sovereign wealth funds have existed since the 1950s but as large Asian exporting countries and oil producing nations have seen their currency reserves balloon, these ...
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
-
Angola economy to rebound in 2010 - World Bank
(News/Economy)
... and the devaluation of the kwanza currency, down 19.5 percent last year, should continue to fuel inflation. "Price pressures are likely to remain strong in 2010 due to stronger economic growth and the ...
Monday, 15 March 2010
-
Egypt's Mediterranean coast protected in reserve
(News/Environment)
... an important source of foreign currency and jobs in Egypt. In a move to encourage sound environmental practices, the government has begun a $238 million project to slash carbon emissions in the resort ...
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
-
Ghana to fast-track infrastructure for oil: Mills
(News/Infrastructure finance)
... against almost all the major currencies of the world. Today, we have a stable currency as well as other indicators pointing to healthy economic conditions for real take-off into sustained growth," Mills ...
Friday, 26 February 2010
-
Egypt prepares for its next economic leap forward
(News/Economy)
... foreign currency earner for Egypt, had bounced back to levels before the financial crisis. "Now everyone looks to what happens next. We should even look further ahead," Nazif said. "The economy built ...
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
-
Tunisian president reshuffles government
(News/Leadership)
... liberalise the economy, which is one of the most open in the region to foreign investment. He has said the dinar currency will be fully convertible from 2014 and his officials earlier this month announced ...
Friday, 15 January 2010
-
Zimbabwe gold production up 35%: Chamber of Mines
(News/Economy)
... increase in production to an improved economic environment since the government adopted a multi-currency in January last year, leading to the reopening of several mines. "The operating environment last ...
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
-
Zambia 2010 GDP likely above 7%
(News/Economy)
... copper prices that should support the local currency. "The increase in copper prices always leads to the appreciation of the kwacha and that will help to ease inflationary pressures. With these positive ...
Tuesday, 05 January 2010
-
Economy back on track, Zimbabweans making merry at Christmas
(News/Economy)
... left worthless by inflation estimated in multiples of billions. Then in January, the government abandoned the local currency and allowed trade in foreign currencies, suddenly re-stabilising the economy ...
Friday, 18 December 2009
-
Namibia economy weathering crisis, grow in 2010 - Fitch
(News/Economy)
... Kalema said. "Failure to do so could put downward pressure on the ratings." Fitch rates Namibia's long term foreign currency at "BBB-" and the local currency rating is "BBB" with a stable outlook. ...
Monday, 14 December 2009
-
Tunisia's tourism sector rakes in $2.5bn in 2009
(News/Travel and Tourism)
... striving, according to reports from state-owned news agency, TAP. Revenue from visitors has become the country's top foreign currency earner and the biggest employer after labour-intensive farming, according ...
Tuesday, 08 December 2009
Search