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  • As Africa's Smaller Nations Embrace Advanced Internet Mobile Services, Operators Must Cope With New Pre-paid Billing Challenges 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... of the country’s total population. The agricultural economy is also improving for the better because the ... markets such as Mauritius, Senegal, Benin or Gambia- just a few of the many mobile ...

  • The state of Africa 13 May 2008 04:49 GMT
    ... supply in Mozambique or water services in Gambia, it seems that privatisation efforts have at times ... cut prices in real terms and increase employment and growth, in practice, jobs get cut ...

  • A Joint WB and AfDB Strategy to support The Gambia's PRSP-II 13 May 2008 04:37 GMT
    ... (JAS) to support the implementation of the Gambia’s PRSP-II for the next four years (2008-2011). ... reform and governance, she underlined. The Gambian economy has been strong in recent years, with ... recent years, with an average annual real GDP growth rate of about 6 percent during ...

  • African nations should nationalise oil - Venezuela 13 May 2008 04:36 GMT
    ... to shortages of basic goods and high inflation. It has faced difficulties maintaining momentum after ... American countries. Libya, Algeria, Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Gambia had all expressed interest, Bolivar said. "Now CNN ...

  • Comium Launches in Gambia 13 May 2008 04:36 GMT
    ... President Yahya Jammeh has launched Comium Gambia, a subsidiary of Luxembourg-based global telecommunication giant the ... dynamic private sector offers good opportunities for employment generation, enhancement of technological transfer, increase in ...

  • GSM Association Applauds Kenyan Gateway License Decision 13 May 2008 04:33 GMT
    ... WATRA and ECOWAS. Sierra Leone would join Gambia as the only country in the region ... telecoms sector but also to the wider economy, creating jobs and boosting GDP,” added Pieters. “We know that foreign direct ...

  • The Art of Legal Plunder 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
    ... Heads of State and Governments in Banjul (Gambia), “…the big question on everyone's lips was ... in Article IV Consultation assessment of Swaziland's economy expressed serious concerns about the government's exaggerated spending ...

  • Trade: EU Shortchanging Africa 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
    ... scheduled for early July 2006 in , Gambia, on the theme of African regional integration. ... efforts to integrate effectively into the global economy and use trade as an engine for the ...

  • China in Africa: It's Strictly Business 13 May 2008 00:16 GMT
    ... At the African Union meeting in Banjul, Gambia, the Chinese delegation dwarfed the ones sent ... and transformed itself into the world's fastest-growing economy. If Russian, Chinese, Japanese, European and American companies ...

  • Venezuela Says African Nations Should Nationalize Oil 12 May 2008 23:16 GMT
    ... to shortages of basic goods and high inflation. It has faced difficulties maintaining momentum after ... American countries. Libya, Algeria, Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Gambia had all expressed interest, Bolivar said. "Now CNN ...

  • Gambia granted AGOA textile visa 12 May 2008 22:13 GMT
    ... Politics | Economy - Development | Society The United States government has ... The United States government has granted The Gambia a textile visa which allows the country ...

  • Gambia: Agriculture is Mine - Jammeh 12 May 2008 22:07 GMT
    ... state department. The president told thousands of Gambians at a victory celebration in Basse on ... Department of State for Trade, Industry and Employment. "When the two sectors were fused under ...

  • History of Sierra Leone 12 May 2008 21:19 GMT
    ... the Gold Coast (now Ghana) and the Gambia settlements. Sierra Leone served as the educational ... next decade much of Sierra Leone’s formal economy was destroyed in the country’s civil war. Since ...

  • History of Gambia 12 May 2008 21:19 GMT
    ... bgcolor="#999999"> Named after the river Gambia, which flows through its length from East ... in agricultural production and a rise in inflation. In 1978, The Gambia entered into an ... processing of peanuts, fish and hides. Gambia’s economy depends mostly on the cultivation and export ...

  • 200 Hectares for Onion and Irish Potatoes Cultivation 12 May 2008 20:02 GMT
    ... in the country, the government of the Gambia have leased a plot of land measuring ... commence early next week and thus create employment opportunities for the youths within the communities ... agriculture as the backbone of the country’s economy. “We should appreciate the implementation of this ...

  • African economic growth seen rising to 5,9% - AfDB 12 May 2008 07:36 GMT
    ... by 5,6 percent last year in Nigeria, GDP is expected to rise to 6,2 percent ... in the Niger Delta region. South Africa's economy was expected to slow to 4 percent ... Mauritania, Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Eritrea, Djibouti, the Gambia and Senegal would be hardest hit by ...

  • Blainslie haven from Mugabe's regime 11 May 2008 08:46 GMT
    ... Zimbabwe is a nation in turmoil; its economy in tatters, with 80 per cent unemployment, critical food and fuel shortages, and a ... couple of years spent teaching English in Gambia with VSO as a teenager, Jane knew ...

  • Economic situation in Senegal in 2007: constraints of unequally distributed growth 10 May 2008 04:45 GMT
    ... of energy and cereal products. In Senegal, inflation was estimated at 5.9% over the twelve ... increases and their repercussions on the Senegalese economy are different for these two categories of ... to the proximity of this region to Gambia and the competition from imports from that ...

  • Beyond Crude 10 May 2008 04:45 GMT
    ... especially for households, in view of an inflation rate of nearly six percent that has not ... Kaolack benefit from the competition posed by Gambia. What is the point, then, of levying ...


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