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  •  Responsible business in Africa - RFI...

    Responsible business in Africa - RFI


    Times LIVE

    Responsible business in Africa
    RFI
    A discussion of Africa's economic future, with (right to left) Bob Geldof, Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga, International Monetary Fund Managing ...
    IMF Says S. Africa Inflation Policy Must Be FlexibleBusinessWeek
    IMF: Inflation targetting right for SATimes LIVE
    IMF Director Praises Africa's Fiscal PoliciesWall Street Journal
    Financial Times -BusinessWeek -BusinessWeek
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  •  Chevron to Trim Downstream Biz -...

    Chevron to Trim Downstream Biz - Zacks.com


    BBC News

    Chevron to Trim Downstream Biz
    Zacks.com
    The company will also review operations in Hawaii and Africa (outside of South Africa). However, Chevron did not expect to close any refineries, ...
    Chevron Corp. plans more refinery layoffs, Pascagoula, Miss., impact unclearMississippi Press (blog)
    Chevron to cut 2000 jobsFinancial Times
    Chevron's Cure For Bad Crack SpreadsForbes
    Houston Chronicle -TheStreet.com (subscription) -Bizjournals.com
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  •  South Africa: Business Confidence Rises...

    South Africa: Business Confidence Rises to 18-Month High - AllAfrica.com


    Reuters South Africa

    South Africa: Business Confidence Rises to 18-Month High
    AllAfrica.com
    Johannesburg ? BUSINESS confidence has surged to an 18-month high, but conditions in many sectors remain tough and most companies are still pessimistic as ...
    S. Africa Business Confidence Climbs Most in 16 YearsBusinessWeek
    S.Africa confidence up in Q1, some sectors still weakReuters South Africa

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  •  Visa Extends FIFA-Themed Marketing...

    Visa Extends FIFA-Themed Marketing Campaign to Global Audience - MarketWatch (press release)


    The Guardian (blog)

    Visa Extends FIFA-Themed Marketing Campaign to Global Audience
    MarketWatch (press release)
    For the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa(TM), Visa has created the "Go 2010 Football Experience" to provide fans with unique access and once-in-a-lifetime ...
    Sony Music Entertainment and FIFA Announce Superstar Charity Album Around ...PR Newswire (press release)

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  •  Angolan delegation at the conference on...

    Angolan delegation at the conference on agro-business in Africa - AngolaPress


    Vanguard

    Angolan delegation at the conference on agro-business in Africa
    AngolaPress
    ... Jose Amaro Taty, is attending in Abuja a conference on agro-business and agro-industry in Africa opened today in the capital of Nigeria. ...
    Economist urges Africa to build on opportunities to develop agro-businessAfrican Press Agency (subscription)
    Call for common African food marketafrol News
    200m Africans Need $620bn For FoodAccra Daily Mail

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  •  Deutsche Bank Appointed as Depositary...

    Deutsche Bank Appointed as Depositary Bank for the Sponsored Level I American ... - MarketWatch (press release)


    Deutsche Bank Appointed as Depositary Bank for the Sponsored Level I American ...
    MarketWatch (press release)
    Murray & Roberts, incorporated in South Africa, is a leading engineering, contracting and construction services company, with a primary focus on the ...
    France Telecom: Makes Available Further 150M ADR SharesWall Street Journal

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  •  BlueBay Buys 44% Stake in South...

    BlueBay Buys 44% Stake in South Africa's Foodcorp - BusinessWeek


    BlueBay Buys 44% Stake in South Africa's Foodcorp
    BusinessWeek
    ?We are delighted to be investing in Foodcorp and very excited about the prospects of the business,? Anthony Robertson, a portfolio manager at BlueBay, ...

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  •  Nova Energy, Inc. (NVAE) Announces...

    Nova Energy, Inc. (NVAE) Announces NewMarket Technology, Inc. Founder and ... - CNNMoney.com (press release)


    Nova Energy, Inc. (NVAE) Announces NewMarket Technology, Inc. Founder and ...
    CNNMoney.com (press release)
    Part of Nova's vision is to improve access to the capital market for small and early stage business opportunities in Africa. General Robinson's help has ...

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  •  Transnet Pipeline Costs Increase by...

    Transnet Pipeline Costs Increase by 22%, Business Day Reports - Bloomberg


    Transnet Pipeline Costs Increase by 22%, Business Day Reports
    Bloomberg
    ... Africa will cost 2.75 billion rand ($371.5 million) more because of increased engineering and other costs, Business Day reported, citing Neville Eve, ...

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  •  South Africa: Sack Zuma's Staff, Say...

    South Africa: Sack Zuma's Staff, Say Unions

    THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) central committee has said the "centre" in the Presidency is not holding and blamed this on the inept coterie of people appointed to manage President Jacob Zuma at the Union Buildings.
  •  Nigeria: State Governor Blames Army for...

    Nigeria: State Governor Blames Army for Massacre

    Plateau State Governor Jonah John Jang has blamed the army for last Sunday's killings in the Jos South Local Government Area of the state.
  •  East Africa: Region Plans U.S. $900...

    East Africa: Region Plans U.S. $900 Billion Railway Upgrade

    The East African Community (EAC) secretariat is organising a regional conference aimed at actualisation of a US$900bn East African Railway Master plan which will cost $900 billion.
  •  Uganda: Experts Warn of More Landslides...

    Uganda: Experts Warn of More Landslides

    Fourteen-year-old Isaac Wadyegere of Bundesi village in Bududa district woke up to a rainy and chilly Monday morning and went to school as usual.
  •  Africa: Nigeria Extradites Al-Qaeda...

    Africa: Nigeria Extradites Al-Qaeda Suspect to U.S.

    A TERRORIST suspected to belong to the Al-Qaeda network, Ibrahim Haman Ahmed, who was extradited to the United States of America by Nigerian government officials had been on the wanted list of the United States Central Intelligence Agency for more than two years, security and diplomatic sources in Abuja told Vanguard, yesterday.
  •  Kenya: Ministers Told to Stay at Home...

    Kenya: Ministers Told to Stay at Home for Constitution Debate

    At least 13 Cabinet ministers have been caught up in President Kibaki's temporary ban on foreign trips to facilitate debate on the draft constitution.
  •  Zimbabwe: Diamond Mining Firms Face...

    Zimbabwe: Diamond Mining Firms Face Stern Parliament Rebuke

    Two state authorised diamond mining firms, who have been mining the controversial Chiadzwa alluvial fields, could face a stern parliamentary rebuke for avoiding two consecutive parliamentary hearings on their activities.
  •  Nigeria: Pope Condemns Jos Mayhem, as...

    Nigeria: Pope Condemns Jos Mayhem, as Police Set to Charge 49

    Catholic papal Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday condemned the "atrocious" mayhem in Jos where over 500 people were massacred at the wee hours of last Sunday, also police said 49 people responsible would be charged with murder.
  •  Botswana: Country Opposes Kenya on...

    Botswana: Country Opposes Kenya on Ivory Sales Moratorium

    Botswana government it is totally against Kenya's plans of a 20-year moratorium on ivory trading.
  •   Many fail to implement oil and...

    Many fail to implement oil and mining industry anti-corruption initiative

    Transparency of financial flows is an important condition needed to unlock billions of dollars in oil and mining revenues to help fight poverty. However, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative deadline has passed with many governments falling short. The voluntary initiative to increase transparent and accountable management of natural resource wealth was ignored by 20 of the 22 countries subject to the deadline. The lack of transparency in the oil, gas, and mining sectors ? including secret payments, contracts, and opaque government budgets ? is a major contributor to the problems in these countries That strains the credibility of the EITI process. DN
  •   Le secteur agroalimentaire et le...

    Le secteur agroalimentaire et le droit à l?alimentation

    Rapport du Rapporteur spécial sur le droit à l?alimentation le rôle joué par les acheteurs de produits de base, ceux qui transforment ces produits et par les distributeurs dans la réalisation du droit à l?alimentation. le Rapporteur spécial s?interroge sur la manière dont les politiques d?approvisionnement, de fixation des prix et salariales suivies par les acheteurs, les transformateurs et les distributeurs influent sur le droit à l?alimentation. DN
  •   Poverty retreating in Sub-Saharan...

    Poverty retreating in Sub-Saharan Africa

    There is a possibility of halving extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa by 2015 if the the current trend continues. M.Makoni
  •   Don?t mention Avatar - and...

    Don?t mention Avatar - and Canadian mining industry

    "Avatar expresses the attitude host countries have to mining," says an expert on resources. It brings to life "a shifting, global mood in which mining is viewed in a completely negative light." In committee hearings in the Canadian Parliament a succession of speakers accused Canadian miners of violence, corruption, extortion, environmental destruction, and other abuses. DN
  •   Agribusiness and the right to...

    Agribusiness and the right to food

    The report therefore asks how the sourcing, pricing, and wages policies of commodity buyers, food processors and retailers impact the right to food. The report seeks to contribute to a better understanding of the respective responsibilities and obligations of agribusiness corporations and States under international law. See 10 recommendations below. DN
  •   Training, recruitment, and...

    Training, recruitment, and prosecutions can reduce violence against women

    Africa?s security forces - both army and police - need new staffing and improved training to better protect women. Their protection requires a comprehensive system-wide approach so that security forces ensure basic, public safety, support the need to investigate, and apprehend perpetrators of violence against women. Then the courts must bring to trial and imprison those found guilty. DN
  •  Pope denounces 'atrocious' Nigeria...

    Pope denounces 'atrocious' Nigeria bloodshed (AFP)

    Policemen stand guard at the police headquarters in Jos where suspects in the brutal religious killlings on March 5 in Dogo Nahawa village are being held. Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday denounced the AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday denounced the "atrocious" bloodshed in Nigeria after a massacre of Christian villagers, as police said 49 people would be charged over the killings.


  •  Nigerian soldiers open fire on youths;...

    Nigerian soldiers open fire on youths; 2 killed (AP)

    Rev. Joshua T. Dafom, right, stands in front of the grave of a woman killed in fighting in the village of Ku-got, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. More than 200 people died in central Nigeria in recent fighting between Christians and Muslims. (AP Photos/Jon Gambrell)AP - Soldiers opened fire on a crowd after curfew and killed two people, witnesses said Wednesday, just days after more than 200 people including dozens of children were slaughtered in several mostly Christian villages nearby.


  •  Top Sunni cleric Tantawi dies of heart...

    Top Sunni cleric Tantawi dies of heart attack (AFP)

    Sunni Islam's top cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, pictured in 2006, a controversial figure in Egypt, died on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack suffered while boarding a plane, state media said.(AFP/File/Khaled Desouki)AFP - Sunni Islam's top cleric Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, a controversial figure in Egypt, died on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia of a heart attack suffered while boarding a plane, state media said.


  •  Libya accepts US 'apology' for Kadhafi...

    Libya accepts US 'apology' for Kadhafi joke (AFP)

    Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi delivers a speech in the coastal city of Benghazi in February 2010. Libya said on Wednesday it accepted the apology of a US official who had joked about Kadhafi's call for jihad against Switzerland and that normal ties would resume.(AFP/File/Mahmud Turkia)AFP - Libya said on Wednesday it accepted the apology of a US official who had joked about Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's call for jihad against Switzerland and that normal ties would resume.


  •  Striking Algerian doctors hold demo ...

    Striking Algerian doctors hold demo (AFP)

    Algerian medical staff shout anti-government slogans during a protest in Algiers. Almost 200 striking Algerian doctors, dentists and pharmacists demonstrated Wednesday near the presidential palace to press their pay demands.(AFP/Fayez Nureldine)AFP - Almost 200 striking Algerian doctors, dentists and pharmacists demonstrated Wednesday near the presidential palace to press their pay demands.


  •  Spain: Aid worker in Africa released by...

    Spain: Aid worker in Africa released by militants (AP)

    AP - A Spanish aid worker who spent 100 days as a hostage of al-Qaida's North African offshoot arrived home tired and grateful after being released Wednesday, and said she hopes two colleagues abducted with her in Mauritania will follow her soon.
  •  ?Innocent victim? has shown remarkable...

    ?Innocent victim? has shown remarkable resilience, but must prepare for more shocks

    The global economic crisis hit Africa hard in many ways. Although the continent was on the sidelines of the events that led up to the worst global recession in 60 years, it was badly affected.
  •  Spice up your holiday in Zanzibar...

    Spice up your holiday in Zanzibar

    BRYAN HARRIS revisits the island that has enchanted travellers from all corners of the world for centuries
  •  Thandiswa electrifies with eccentric...

    Thandiswa electrifies with eccentric sound at Dar?s Double Tree

    Those who could not make it to Zanzibar for the Sauti za Busara festival got a treat in Dar, writes Krista Maya Quint
  •  Battle of the minds in season four...

    Battle of the minds in season four

    Wakhakha Sam on a TV programme that has university students across the continent glued to their seats
  •  When in Kisumu, make sure you visit the...

    When in Kisumu, make sure you visit the museum

    There is more to the town than Lake Victoria and fish, writes Jackson Biko
  •  Fragments of our passing lives...

    Fragments of our passing lives

    Frank Whalley finds Rahab Shine painting the present with an eye on the future


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